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Horse Chestnut tree flowers, Middle Claydon, Bucks

Middle Claydon (23 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction NE)

This genteel place is famous for the great house that has connections with Florence Nightingale...

The War Memorial, Stratton Audley, Oxon.

Stratton Audley (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction W)

Stratton Audley is a picturesque village about 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086 as Stratton, the village.....

Winslow, Buckinghamshire.  Church Street and St. Laurence Church

Winslow (27 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction NE)

The town lies in an outstanding position amid attractive agricultural countryside in the Vale of Aylesbury...

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Buckingham (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (5.9 miles, 9.6 km, direction N)

Said to have been founded by 'Bucca' leader of the first Anglo Saxon settlers during the 7th century AD, and declared the county town of Buckinghamshire during the year 888 by.....

House in Long Crendon, Bucks

Long Crendon (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction S)

Long Crendon is a picture postcard village of thatched cottages hung with rich foliage strung out through a myriad of winding leafy lanes. It has a history stretching back to.....

Lillingstone Lovell, Buckinghamshire--Little Thatch cottage

Lillingstone Lovell (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction N)

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Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.

Haddenham (13 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction S)

This is a large sprawling village in the heart of picturesque Buckinghamshire countryside. The village has a long history, it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and later, at.....

King`s Head Passage

Aylesbury (19 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (10.7 miles, 17.1 km, direction SE)

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, taking over the mantle from the town of Buckingham during the 16th century. Aylesbury is a very busy vibrant town, situated at.....

Town Hall in Thame, Oxon

Thame (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction S)

Thame is an ancient market town whose charter was granted by Wulfhere, King of Mercia. It was later mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1087 and has a parish church built during.....

Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

Stony Stratford (10 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction NE)

The pretty market town of Stony Stratford is an ancient town built around the Roman road 'Watling Street' which runs through the middle of the town. It is well worth a visit with.....

Saxon Church in Wing, Buckinghamshire

Wing (3 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction E)

Wing has a long history, it was recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086, and people passing through here en-route for famous Ascott House little realise they are by-passing an.....

Pigeons Lock, Kirtlington, Oxon.

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction W)

Kirtlington is an attractive village in Oxfordshire, 6.5 miles west of Bicester. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in AD 977 King Edward the Martyr held a witenagemot at.....

At the code breaking Museum

Bletchley (43 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction NE)

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St Michael's Church, Aynho, Northants.

Aynho (23 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction NW)

There is a pale beauty about Aynho that is enhanced only by the pale golden fruit that flourishes in these parts and caused this lovely place to become known as 'The Apricot Village'...

Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction W)

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Milton Keynes theatre and art gallery(left), theatre district, Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes (46 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction NE)

Of interest to visitors to the town is Milton Keynes Museum, this preserves the history of the town and its area from the early 19th century through to the present day...

Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

Great Haseley (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction S)

Great Haseley is a picturesque village in South Oxfordshire, about 4.5 miles from the market town of Thame. It has many listed buildings and thatched stone cottages. The name is.....

Deddington, near Banbury, Oxfordshire

Deddington (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction W)

Rustic-brown houses adorn the fine Market Square and broad main street of this charming Oxfordshire village...

Lions at Bledlow Pub

Bledlow (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction S)

This is one of Buckinghamshire most attractive villages. Anyone visiting the area could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it somewhere before because the village has been the setting for scenes in the T.V. drama Midsommer Murders. Take a close look at the Church of The Holy Trinity - in one episode this became St.Michael's church...

Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough (5 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction SE)

An exquisite feature of the town is the Norman Church of St.Mary, the church shows restoration work from the 13th and 14th centuries and a modern spire built during the early part of the 20th century...

Recommended attractions near Calvert

Claydon House in Middle Claydon, nr Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.

Claydon House (5 Pictures)

(2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction E)

Claydon House was built by the 2nd Earl Verney in the middle of the 18th-century, on land which had belonged to his family since.....

Quainton Windmill and Stone cross, Quainton, Buckinghamshire.

Quainton Windmill (8 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction SE)

The Tallest Windmill in Buckinghamshire..

Quainton Railway Museum, Quainton, Near Aylesbury, Bucks.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (9 Pictures)

(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction SE)

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Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon Manor (92 Pictures)

(5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction SE)

Creator of Waddesdon, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, who was a great fan of France and its arts, together with his french.....

The Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham

The Old Gaol Museum (8 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction N)

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Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

Long Crendon Courthouse (2 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction S)

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

A picture of Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park (28 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.9 km, direction NE)

Also referred to as Station-X, Bletchley Park was the top-secret wartime base of Allied code breakers, such as Alan Turing and.....

Ascott House the Dutch garden

Ascott House (3 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction E)

This stunningly beautiful house began life in the 17th-century as a small timber-framed black and white farmhouse. It was.....

Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction SW)

C S Lewis' former home known today throughout the world as the Kilns was built in 1922. The area surrounding it was in fact a.....

Distant views of Cowley, Oxfordshire.

Shotover Country Park (52 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SW)

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

Stockgrove Country Park, Leighton Buzzard

Stockgrove Country Park (4 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.4 km, direction E)

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Coombe Hill, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Coombe Hill (4 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction SE)

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Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire. Ancestral home of George Washington's family

Sulgrave Manor (1 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction NW)

This delightful Tudor house is the very epitome of the comfortable English country home, and yet it embodies all that is best of.....

A picture of Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SW)

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

A picture of University Museum of Natural History

University Museum of Natural History (7 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SW)

Opened in 1860 as a home for the teaching of natural science in Oxford. The Museum, with its glass-roofed court, naturalistic.....

A picture of Botanic Gardens of Oxford

Botanic Gardens of Oxford (7 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SW)

Situated on the banks of the River Cherwell is the peaceful settings of the beautiful Botanic Gardens of Oxford. The gardens are.....

Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction SW)

Built in 1845 as the university Galleries, this Museum became home to the Ashmolean collection in 1894. The museums present.....

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction W)

Home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace has been awarded Historic Attraction of the Year 2002 and is birthplace of.....

Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. August 2006

Woburn Abbey (14 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction E)

Set in 3,000 acres of beautiful park land, Woburn Abbey has been the home of the Russell family for almost 450 years and it is.....

Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Canons Ashby House (44 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction NW)

This house was originally part of an Augustinian Priory, it was only converted into a charming Elizabethan manor house during the.....


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