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Recommended Towns & Villages near Grendon Underwood

Faint double rainbow near Middle Claydon, Bucks

Middle Claydon (23 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction NE)

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

The Red Lion pub, Stratton Audley, Oxon.

Stratton Audley (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction NW)

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 (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NE)

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

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

Long Crendon (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (7.3 miles, 11.8 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.....

A picture of Haddenham

Haddenham (13 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction SE)

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.....

The Old Gaol Museum in Buckingham

Buckingham (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (8.3 miles, 13.4 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.....

Fishing at Milton Ponds  near Thame

Thame (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (9.3 miles, 15.0 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.....

Church Street Almshouses.

Aylesbury (19 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (9.8 miles, 15.8 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.....

Church of St Mary the Virgin.

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.2 miles, 18.0 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.....

Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

Great Haseley (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.9 miles, 19.1 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.....

Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction W)

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Saxon Church in Wing, Buckinghamshire

Wing (3 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 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.....

Little Thatch Cottage

Lillingstone Lovell (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction N)

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Lions at Bledlow Pub

Bledlow (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction SE)

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...

St Michael's Church, Aynho, Northants.

Aynho (23 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (13.1 miles, 21.1 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'...

Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough (5 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (13.2 miles, 21.2 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...

Balliol College, Oxford

Oxford (771 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SW)

Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II...

A picture of Bletchley Park

Bletchley (43 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (13.8 miles, 22.3 km, direction NE)

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Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

Stony Stratford (10 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (14.0 miles, 22.6 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.....

Wendover

Wendover (68 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction SE)

Wendover, is a spacious town and situated amidst beautiful open countryside...

Recommended attractions near Grendon Underwood

Quainton Railway Museum, Quainton, Near Aylesbury, Bucks.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (9 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction E)

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Claydon House in Middle Claydon, nr Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.

Claydon House (5 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction NE)

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)

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction E)

The Tallest Windmill in Buckinghamshire..

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon Manor (92 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SE)

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

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

Long Crendon Courthouse (2 Pictures)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)

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

The Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham

The Old Gaol Museum (8 Pictures)

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction N)

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Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 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)

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction SW)

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

Ascott House the Dutch garden

Ascott House (3 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction E)

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

A picture of Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 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)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 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)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 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.....

Coombe Hill, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Coombe Hill (4 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction SE)

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Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction SW)

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

A picture of Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park (28 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.6 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.....

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 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.....

Stockgrove Country Park, Leighton Buzzard

Stockgrove Country Park (4 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction E)

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

Sulgrave Manor (1 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.4 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 Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey (14 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction S)

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.....

Abingdon Museum (Old Berkshire County Hall), Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Abingdon Museum (6 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction SW)

Abingdon museum is housed in the centre of this ancient town in the spectacular 17th century County Hall. It includes displays.....


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