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Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire

Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire

The wonderful abbey church of St.Peter and St.Paul has a history stretching back to the year 634, but the church we see today.....

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Glenn Mill, Oxfordshire

A rural water-powered corn mill on a tributary of the River Ock. The present building of local limestone and the working parts.....

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Greys Court, Oxfordshire

Greys Court, Oxfordshire

Intriguing Tudor Manor with 14th-century fortifications, and Ornamental gardens set within medieval walls. Things to see include.....

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Highclere Castle, Hampshire

Highclere Castle, Hampshire

This was once a rather plain building until Sir Charles Barry turned it into the matchless beauty we see today. A place of rare.....

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Long Crendon Courthouse, Buckinghamshire

Long Crendon Courthouse, Buckinghamshire

Long Crendon is a beautiful Buckinghamshire village which is possibly best know for its stunning 15th century Courthouse, given.....

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Mapledurham House & Watermill, Oxfordshire

Mapledurham House & Watermill, Oxfordshire

The oldest working water mill on the Thames, dating back to the 15th century and still producing high-quality stone-ground flour.....

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Milestones Living History Museum, Hampshire

Milestones Living History Museum, Hampshire

Hampshire's own living history museum is set inside a huge modern building. There is a network of streets with shops, village.....

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Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire

Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire

Nuffield Place is the former home (1933-63) of Lord Nuffield who was the founder of Morris Motors. The house is a rare survival.....

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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxfordshire

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxfordshire

An impressive storehouse filled with the richest examples of human creativity and imagination. Masks peer down from the high.....

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Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire

Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire

Chapel containing Stanley Spencer's visionary paintings...

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Shotover Country Park, Oxfordshire

Shotover Country Park, Oxfordshire

Shotover Country Park covers 117 hectares on the southern slopes of Shotover Hill, and is very popular with walkers, joggers, dog.....

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Stanton Country Park & Nature Reserve, Wiltshire

Evolving from a medieval estate into a 19th century landscaped 'parkland' with sweeping pastures, large lake and semi ancient.....

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The Chantry House, Oxfordshire

The Chantry House, Oxfordshire

This is a magnificent 14th-century Grade I listed church hall. Its timber-framing is typical of the late medieval period, and.....

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The Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire

The Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire

The Chilterns are mostly gentle beechwood hills which begin in the vales of Oxford and Aylesbury stretching forth in a.....

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The Hell-Fire Caves, Buckinghamshire

Supposedly of very ancient origin these unique caves were extended in the 1740’s by Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the.....

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