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Abingdon, entrance to St Helen's Church

Abingdon (98 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (2.3 miles, 3.7 km, direction E)

Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...

Village Shop - open for many centuries. East Hendred, Oxfordshire

East Hendred (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction S)

East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...

Cottage in Standlake, Oxfordshire

Standlake (18 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction NW)

The village of Standlake is situated 5 miles south of the market town of Witney, and 10 miles to the south-west of Oxford. The village is situated along the river Windrush which.....

Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

Clifton Hampden (28 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction E)

This is a popular Thames side village which was the choice of Jerome K. Jerome for a setting for one of the riotous scenes of his "Three Men in a Boat" and it is easy to see just.....

Cornfield, Wantage

Wantage (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SW)

Wantage is a small historic market town in Oxfordshire, famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, who was born there during the 9th century, though the site of the.....

Inside the Eagle and Child, Oxford

Oxford (771 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire (6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NE)

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...

Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire.

Dorchester-on-Thames (74 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction E)

This is a delightful village set beside the River Thames at a point where the historic river is joined by the lesser known River Thame. The village is renowned for its Abbey.....

A lovely thatched cottage in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SE)

This gorgeous little village set in a hollow beneath Whittington Clumps is revered as the home of Doctor Edward Bach, creator of the celebrated Bach Flower Remedies used in homeopathic treatments...

Bridge over River Thame

Witney (30 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (10.2 miles, 16.5 km, direction NW)

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St. Martin's Church in Bladon

Bladon (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction N)

It is an old village of enchanting stone cottages that sits comfortably amid sweeping meadows and gentle rolling hills...

Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

Great Haseley (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction E)

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.....

Cottages in Old Minster, Minster Lovell

Minster Lovell (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NW)

Minster Lovell, in its beautiful dream-like setting against the gently rising Cotswold landscape, has a history stretching back to Saxon times...

Tomb of Alice de la Pole in St. Mary's Church, Ewelme

Ewelme (52 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction E)

Ewelme is a quiet place particularly noted for its historic parish church...

Woodstock

Woodstock (94 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction N)

Woodstock will be forever inextricably linked with the great Palace of Blenheim and as birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest Englishmen ever...

The Village centre in Ashbury

Ashbury (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (14.1 miles, 22.6 km, direction SW)

The village of Ashbury is located in a lovely scenic area where the borders of south Oxfordshire meet with Wiltshire. It is one of a string of villages along the White Horse.....

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kirtlington

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction N)

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.....

The village church, Glympton, Oxfordshire.

Glympton (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction N)

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River Thames and St Lawrence's Church

Lechlade (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction W)

This pleasant little market town, set beside the upper reaches of the Thames, is dominated by the elegant spire of the beautiful parish church of St.Lawrence..

Burford

Burford (79 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction NW)

Burford is an attractive Cotswold town in the Oxfordshire part of the Cotswolds, with a famous High Street that slopes down to a three-arched medieval bridge that carries traffic.....

Cottage in Nettlebed, seen in 'Midsomer Murders' detective series

Nettlebed (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (16.3 miles, 26.3 km, direction E)

Nettlebed is a lovely English village in the heart of rural Oxfordshire...

Recommended attractions near Marcham

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

Abingdon Museum (6 Pictures)

(2.5 miles, 4.1 km, direction E)

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

Abingdon Abbey - July 2009

Abingdon Abbey (16 Pictures)

(2.7 miles, 4.3 km, direction E)

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

View of Charney Bassett water mill taken from the upstream side. Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire

Charney Bassett Mill (1 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction W)

This charming rural water mill was built in the local timber and weather-boarded style with a hipped roof and dates from 1807. .....

A picture of Champs Chapel Museum

Champs Chapel Museum (3 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction S)

Displays of Hendred's Millenium history housed in a Grade one Listed ex-Carthusian Chapel (15th Century)...

'Day Out With Thomas' at Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

Didcot Railway Centre (39 Pictures)

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SE)

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

Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction NE)

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

A picture of Botanic Gardens of Oxford

Botanic Gardens of Oxford (7 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction NE)

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

A picture of University Museum of Natural History

University Museum of Natural History (7 Pictures)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NE)

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)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NE)

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

A picture of Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey (14 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction E)

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.....

Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction NE)

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)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction NE)

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

Cogges Farm Musium, Cogges, Witney, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction NW)

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

Exterior of the Witney & District Museum, Witney, Oxfordshire

Witney and District Museum (1 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction NW)

The ground floor displays tell the story of Witney's history with special emphasis on the Blanket Industry, school life and.....

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Tom Browns School Museum

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction SW)

Memorabilia of Uffington and district ranging from pre-historic and Roman times up to the present. Information on recent digs at.....

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N)

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

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote (13 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction NW)

The ruins of Minster Lovell Hall stand in an attractive position on the banks of the River Windrush. Despite speculation, the.....

A picture of Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse (8 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction W)

The beautiful Vale of the White Horse is the region lying between the River Thames and the Berkshire Downs. It is an area.....

A picture of Ashdown House

Ashdown House (1 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction SW)

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A picture of Nuffield Place

Nuffield Place (2 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction E)

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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