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Abingdon Museum, Oxfordshire

Abingdon Museum, Oxfordshire

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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Abingdon Abbey, Oxfordshire

Abingdon Abbey, Oxfordshire

Abingdon Abbey was founded in 675 and demolished following Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. During the life of the.....

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Winslow Hall, Buckinghamshire

Fascinating stately home designed by Sir Christopher Wren with an elegant russet brick fascia, graceful narrow windows and four.....

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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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Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

Recreating the golden age of the Great Western Railway with steam locomotives in the engine shed, signalling displays, Brunels's.....

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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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Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire

Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire

Breathtakingly beautiful landscape gardens including more than 40 monuments and temples...

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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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West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire

West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire

Perfectly preserved rococo landscape garden, surrounding a neo-classical mansion...

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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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Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire

Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire

This was one of England's most important houses, it was built for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothchild in 1855 by Joseph Paxton, the.....

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Ascott House, Buckinghamshire

Ascott House, Buckinghamshire

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

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Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire

Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire

This was the home of Benjamin Disraeli(1804-81) who lived here with his wife from 1848 until his death in 1881. The couple loved.....

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Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum is closed to day visitors for the 2010 season. Management of the site is being passed to a new Trust......

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Tring Natural History Museum, Hertfordshire

Home to the world class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group, and a fantastic collection of.....

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