Royal Oak (disambiguation)

Royal Oak (disambiguation)

The Royal Oak was the tree in which Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Cities and towns

In England:
*Royal Oak, County Durham
*Royal Oak, Lancashire
* Royal Oak, Yorkshire

In the united States:
* Royal Oak, Maryland
* Royal Oak, Michigan
* Royal Oak Charter Township, Michigan
* Royal Oaks, California
* Royal Oaks, Indiana

Elsewhere
* Royal Oak, Launceston, Tasmania, in Australia
* Royal Oak, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* Royal Oak, County Carlow, a village in the Republic of Ireland
* Royal Oak, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland

Warships

* HMS "Royal Oak", eight warships of the British Royal Navy, including the first battleship to be lost in the Second World War
* Royal Oak class ship of the line, a class of six 74-gun third rates in the British Royal Navy

Transport

* Royal Oak Station (Vancouver), a Vancouver SkyTrain station located on Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
* Royal Oak tube station, a tube (subway) station on the Hammersmith & City Line in London
* Royal Oak (Amtrak station), Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
* Royal Oaks (Sacramento RT), a light rail station located in Sacramento, California

Education

* Royal Oak Intermediate, Auckland, New Zealand
* Royal Oak Neighborhood Schools, Michigan, USA
** Royal Oak High School
** Royal Oak Middle School, Michigan, USA

Other uses

* Royal Oak (watch), a collection from Swiss watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet
* Royal Oak Hotel, a pub in the suburb of Balmain in the inner-west of Sydney, Australia
* Royal Oak Inn, a pub in Meavy, Devon, England
* Royal Oak Mall, shopping mall in Auckland, New Zealand
* Royal Oak Mines, a gold mining company
* Royal Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas
* Royal Oaks Golf Club, in Moncton New Brunswick, Canada
* Prix Royal-Oak, a flat horse race in France
* The Royal Oak Foundation, an American charitable body
* Royal Oak, the name of a 17th Century English tune, often used for All things bright and beautiful


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