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Recommended Towns & Villages near Swerford

The pictureque village of Great Tew

Great Tew (31 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction SE)

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

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Chipping Norton (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction SW)

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...

Local ironstone cottages in Bloxham

Bloxham (12 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NE)

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Village Cottages

Long Compton (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Warwickshire (5.4 miles, 8.7 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.....

Deddington, near Banbury, Oxfordshire

Deddington (17 Pictures)

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

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

A picture of Chadlington

Chadlington (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction SW)

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

Lovely picture of the Cotswold village of Churchill, Oxfordshire

Churchill (13 Pictures)

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

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.....

All Saints Church

Wroxton (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction N)

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...

The village church, Glympton, Oxfordshire.

Glympton (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction SE)

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Golden Puddle at Banbury Railway Station

Banbury (61 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NE)

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.....

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire. From the East

Chastleton (13 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction W)

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Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction SE)

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Church Street, Kingham

Kingham (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (8.4 miles, 13.6 km, direction SW)

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,.....

St Michael's Church, Aynho, Northants.

Aynho (23 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction E)

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'...

Blenheim Palace

Woodstock (94 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction SE)

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...

Moreton in Marsh

Moreton in Marsh (19 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction W)

The delightful market town of Moreton has welcomed visitors for many centuries...

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kirtlington

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction SE)

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.....

St. Martin's Church in Bladon

Bladon (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SE)

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

Church Lane, Cropredy

Cropredy (19 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NE)

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...

Stow-on-the-Wold, one of the most popular cotswolds towns.

Stow on the Wold (105 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction W)

"Stow on the Wold, where the wind blows cold"..

Recommended attractions near Swerford

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

Rollright Stones (12 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.3 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.....

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire. From the East

Chastleton House (7 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 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.....

A picture of Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton

Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton (16 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction N)

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Old Austin

Upton House & Gardens (55 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction N)

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

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction SE)

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

A picture of Parish Church of St Edward

Parish Church of St Edward (9 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction W)

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

Batsford House & Arboretum, Batsford Park, Gloucestershire

Batsford Park Arboretum (9 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction W)

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Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.

Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote (13 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction S)

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

Exterior of the Witney & District Museum, Witney, Oxfordshire

Witney and District Museum (1 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction S)

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

Burton Dassett

Burton Dassett Hills Country Park (28 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.3 km, direction N)

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

Cogges Farm Musium, Cogges, Witney, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction S)

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

Burford Church, Burford, Oxfordshire

Burford Church (24 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction SW)

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)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SW)

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

A picture of Kiftsgate Court Garden

Kiftsgate Court Garden (25 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction NW)

Kiftsgate Court was built by Sydney Graves Hamilton between 1887-1891. He already owned the large manor house in Mickleton and.....

Hidcote Garden

Hidcote Manor Garden (106 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction NW)

Lawrence Johnston, an American officer purchased this estate in 1907 when it was little more than a wilderness site on the.....

A picture of Bourton on the Water Model Village

Bourton on the Water Model Village (17 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SW)

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

Penguin at Birdland, Bourton on the Water

Birdland (5 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction SW)

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

Sulgrave Manor (1 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction NE)

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

Park gateway

Cotswold Wildlife Park (9 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction SW)

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Broadway Tower, Broadway, Worcestershire

Broadway Tower and Animal Park (40 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction W)

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