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Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction S)

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Deddington, near Banbury, Oxfordshire

Deddington (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction NW)

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

St Michael's Church, Aynho, Northants.

Aynho (23 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction N)

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'...

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kirtlington

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction S)

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.....

High Street, Bloxham and the war memorial

Bloxham (12 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.1 miles, 9.7 km, direction NW)

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Saint Michael & All Saints Church, Great Tew, Oxfordshire. September 2002.

Great Tew (31 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction W)

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

The village shop and post office in Glympton

Glympton (11 Pictures)

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

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The War Memorial, Stratton Audley, Oxon.

Stratton Audley (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction E)

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.....

Golden Puddle at Banbury Railway Station

Banbury (61 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction N)

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.....

St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. This is a view from the graveyard.

Woodstock (94 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction SW)

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...

Bladon Church

Bladon (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction S)

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

Cottages, Wroxton, Oxfordshire

Wroxton (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction NW)

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...

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

Sulgrave (2 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction N)

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

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Chipping Norton (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction W)

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...

Bridge 152 -  Red Lion Street

Cropredy (19 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (11.3 miles, 18.3 km, direction N)

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...

The Brook at Brook End in Chadlington, Oxfordshire.

Chadlington (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction W)

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

Street scene in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Buckingham (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.8 miles, 20.5 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, Long Compton

Long Compton (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Warwickshire (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction W)

Long Compton is a small picturesque village in southern Warwickshire close with the border of Oxfordshire and on the edge of the Cotswolds, just 5 miles north of the wonderful.....

Lovely picture of the Cotswold village of Churchill, Oxfordshire

Churchill (13 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction W)

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.....

Farnborough Hall 15 June 2011

Farnborough (4 Pictures)

in the county of Warwickshire (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction N)

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

Recommended attractions near Somerton

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(8.7 miles, 14.0 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.....

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

Sulgrave Manor (1 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 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.....

A picture of Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton

Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton (16 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction NW)

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

Rollright Stones (12 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 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.....

The Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham

The Old Gaol Museum (8 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction E)

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Old Austin

Upton House & Gardens (55 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

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

A picture of Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction S)

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)

(13.6 miles, 21.9 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.....

Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.3 km, direction S)

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

Claydon House in Middle Claydon, nr Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.

Claydon House (5 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E)

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 Botanic Gardens of Oxford

Botanic Gardens of Oxford (7 Pictures)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction S)

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

Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 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.....

Cogges Farm Musium, Cogges, Witney, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 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)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction SW)

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

Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Canons Ashby House (44 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction N)

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

Distant views of Cowley, Oxfordshire.

Shotover Country Park (52 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction S)

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

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote (13 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction SW)

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

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire. From the East

Chastleton House (7 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction W)

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

Burton Dassett

Burton Dassett Hills Country Park (28 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction N)

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

Quainton Railway Museum, Quainton, Near Aylesbury, Bucks.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (9 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction E)

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