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Recommended Towns & Villages near North Leigh

Bridge over River Thame

Witney (30 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (2.4 miles, 3.9 km, direction SW)

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Minster Lovell Hall, Oxfordshire

Minster Lovell (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction W)

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

Bladon Church

Bladon (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction E)

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

Woodstock

Woodstock (94 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction NE)

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...

Post Office in Glympton, Oxfordshire.

Glympton (11 Pictures)

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

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Standlake, Oxfordshire

Standlake (18 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.1 miles, 9.9 km, direction S)

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.....

The Brook at Brook End in Chadlington, Oxfordshire.

Chadlington (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction NW)

Picturesque quiet Cotswold village set on Chadlington Downs amidst attractive walking country just a short distance away from the lovely River Evenlode...

Burford

Burford (79 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction W)

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.....

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kirtlington

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NE)

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.....

Oxford

Oxford (771 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire (9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction SE)

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...

Game over!

Churchill (13 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction NW)

The charming hill village of Churchill is to be found a short distance south west of Chipping Norton, it lies amidst what is mostly agricultural lands. It is of interest as.....

Great Tew cottage and flowers

Great Tew (31 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction N)

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

Chipping Norton Church

Chipping Norton (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction NW)

Chipping Norton lies in the midst of beautiful cotswold countryside and is surrounded by other villages that radiate the glory of traditional honey-coloured cotswold stone Manor Houses and magnificent Churches...

Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction NE)

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Kingham train station in the Cotswolds looking lovely with the snow

Kingham (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction NW)

Kingham is a pleasant Cotswolds village in the heart of the Evenlode valley which, in 2004, a Country Life panel judged to be "England's Favourite Village". Not only that but,.....

Tiny Cottage

Great Barrington (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction W)

Great Barrington occupies a lovely position in the magnificent valley of the River Windrush. It is a quiet, tranquil spot, sprinkled with picturesque Cotswold cottages...

Abingdon, entrance to St Helen's Church

Abingdon (98 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction SE)

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

The Old Parsonage, Deddington, Oxfordshire

Deddington (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction NE)

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

Small Copper

Chastleton (13 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (13.3 miles, 21.3 km, direction NW)

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Wyck Rissington

Wyck Rissington (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction NW)

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Recommended attractions near North Leigh

Cogges Farm Musium, Cogges, Witney, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1 Pictures)

(2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction SW)

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)

(2.5 miles, 4.1 km, direction SW)

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

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote (13 Pictures)

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction W)

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

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction NE)

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

Burford Church, Burford, Oxfordshire

Burford Church (24 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction W)

Burford Parish Church is one the most beautiful and interesting churches in England. The building of the present church began in.....

A picture of Tolsey Museum

Tolsey Museum (1 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction W)

The Tolsey Museum can be found in the center of town at the ancient Burford crossroads, the main center of Burfords old market.....

Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.2 km, direction SE)

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

A picture of Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction SE)

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)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction SE)

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

Park gateway

Cotswold Wildlife Park (9 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction W)

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A picture of Botanic Gardens of Oxford

Botanic Gardens of Oxford (7 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.2 km, direction SE)

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

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

Charney Bassett Mill (1 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction S)

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

Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction E)

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 King's Men, part of the megalithic Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones (12 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NW)

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

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

Abingdon Museum (6 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction SE)

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

Distant views of Cowley, Oxfordshire.

Shotover Country Park (52 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction E)

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

Abingdon Abbey - July 2009

Abingdon Abbey (16 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction SE)

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

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire. From the East

Chastleton House (7 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

One of England's finest Jacobean manor houses, occupied by the same family from its construction in 1607 until 1991 when it.....

A picture of Bourton on the Water Model Village

Bourton on the Water Model Village (17 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction W)

Bourton on the Water has a replica of itself built in traditional local cotswold stone. The Model Village is built to one-ninth.....

A picture of Parish Church of St Edward

Parish Church of St Edward (9 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction NW)

This beautiful church was built somewhere between the 11th and 15th century. The tower is 88ft high and was completed in 1447. It.....


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