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Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire

Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire

Broughton is surrounded by a moat, but the fact that it called a "castle" is somewhat misleading, for it is more a superb example.....

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The Oxfordshire Museum, Oxfordshire

Situated at the heart of the historic town of Woodstock, the award-winning redevelopment of Fletcher's House provides a home for.....

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Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

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

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Swalcliffe Barn, Oxfordshire

Swalcliffe Barn, Oxfordshire

Known locally as the Tythe Barn, Swalcliffe Barn was built for the Rectorial Manor of Swalcliffe by New College, who owned the.....

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Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire

Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire

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

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Chipping Norton Museum of Local History, Oxfordshire

The museum is now in the Victorian "Co-op Hall" opposite the Town Hall, with exhibits of agricultural equipment, Bliss Tweed Mill.....

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Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire

Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire

Opened in 1978, this was once an old extraction pit for clay used for local brick manufacture. Now home to many wildfowl and.....

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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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Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire

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

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Upton House & Gardens, Oxfordshire

Upton House & Gardens, Oxfordshire

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

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Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire

Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire

Honey-coloured stone house with exquisite plasterwork and fine landscaped garden...

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University Museum of Natural History, Oxfordshire

University Museum of Natural History, Oxfordshire

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

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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxfordshire

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxfordshire

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

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Rushbeds Wood Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire

Rushbeds Wood Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire

Ancient woodland, meadows and hedgerows near the Bucks, Oxon borders that abounds with flowers and butterflies...

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxfordshire

Ashmolean Museum, Oxfordshire

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

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