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Recommended Towns & Villages near Brackley

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

Sulgrave (2 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (5.4 miles, 8.8 km, direction N)

USA President George Washington's ancestral home in England...

The church, Aynho, Northants

Aynho (23 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction SW)

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'...

Buckingham

Buckingham (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction E)

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.....

The Red Lion pub, Stratton Audley, Oxon.

Stratton Audley (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction S)

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.....

Little Thatch Cottage

Lillingstone Lovell (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction E)

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The Old Parsonage, Deddington, Oxfordshire

Deddington (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction SW)

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

Banbuy's Town Center, Oxfordshire

Banbury (61 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction W)

This is one of the best known town's in England. It was made famous by its celebrated cross of 1859, built in honour of the wedding of Prince Frederick of Prussia, it replaces an.....

Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction SW)

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Bridge 152 -  Red Lion Street

Cropredy (19 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NW)

Famous for the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, which took place in 1644 when on the 29th of June King Charles I was victorious over Waller, leader of the Cromwellian troops...

High Street, Bloxham

Bloxham (12 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction W)

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Horse Chestnut tree flowers, Middle Claydon, Bucks

Middle Claydon (23 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction SE)

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

Wroxton University Parkland

Wroxton (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction W)

Quintessential pretty Oxfordshire village showing a wealth of attractive thatched cottages, built mostly following a fire which struck the village during the latter half of the 17th-century...

Pigeons Lock, Kirtlington, Oxon.

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SW)

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.....

Stoke Bruerne

Stoke Bruerne (38 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction NE)

Lying just south of Northampton this beautiful canal village offers a wealth of interest to any boating enthusiast or any country lover...

Farnborough Hall 15 June 2011

Farnborough (4 Pictures)

in the county of Warwickshire (12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction NW)

Traditionally known as the last outpost of the Cotswolds...

Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

Stony Stratford (10 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction E)

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.....

Winslow, Buckinghamshire.  Church Street and St. Laurence Church

Winslow (27 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.6 miles, 20.4 km, direction SE)

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

Everdon, Northamptonshire. Pictures by David Graham Adkins, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Everdon (29 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction N)

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Beautiful house in Great Tew, Oxfordshire.

Great Tew (31 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction SW)

Mellow Oxfordshire village with cottages built by Lord Falkland in the 17th-century...

Badby Post Office

Badby (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction N)

Badby is an attractive village spread around a hillside. It shows a confection of pretty cottages, some of which are thickly thatched with creeper climbing up to pretty dormer windows...

Recommended attractions near Brackley

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

Sulgrave Manor (1 Pictures)

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction N)

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

The Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham

The Old Gaol Museum (8 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction E)

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Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Canons Ashby House (44 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction N)

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

Claydon House in Middle Claydon, nr Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.

Claydon House (5 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction SE)

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.....

A picture of Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton

Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton (16 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction W)

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Quainton Windmill and Stone cross, Quainton, Buckinghamshire.

Quainton Windmill (8 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction SE)

The Tallest Windmill in Buckinghamshire..

Quainton Railway Museum, Quainton, Near Aylesbury, Bucks.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (9 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.4 km, direction SE)

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Old Austin

Upton House & Gardens (55 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.4 km, direction W)

The impressive mansion, built in the 17th century on an earlier site, was remodelled in the 1920s by the 2nd Viscount Bearsted,.....

Burton Dassett

Burton Dassett Hills Country Park (28 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction NW)

This is a delightful country park covering almost 100 acres of rugged landscape full of rich and varied historical interest. The.....

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon Manor (92 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction SE)

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

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction SW)

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

Salcey Forest, the Elephant Ponds

Salcey Forest (1 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction NE)

Beautiful forest, with massive oaks over 500 years old, situated a short distance from Ravenstone, close to Stoke Goldington. .....

A picture of Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park (28 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction E)

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

The King's Men, part of the megalithic Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones (12 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.5 km, direction W)

These Bronze-Age monolithic circles are third in importance only to Stone-Henge and Avebury. They are one of the most historic.....

Althorp House near Northampton, Northamptonshire

Althorp (6 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction N)

Althorp (said Althrup) has been in the Spencer family since 1508. It has undergone many major changes over the generations and.....

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

Long Crendon Courthouse (2 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction S)

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

Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(18.8 miles, 30.2 km, direction S)

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.....

The Museum, Abington Park, Northampton

Abington Park Museum (10 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.8 km, direction NE)

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A picture of University Museum of Natural History

University Museum of Natural History (7 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction S)

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 Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction S)

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


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