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The Chantry House, Oxfordshire

The Chantry House, Oxfordshire

This is a magnificent 14th-century Grade I listed church hall. Its timber-framing is typical of the late medieval period, and.....

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Tring Natural History Museum, Hertfordshire

Home to the world class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group, and a fantastic collection of.....

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Botanic Gardens of Oxford, Oxfordshire

Botanic Gardens of Oxford, Oxfordshire

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

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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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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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Bekonscot Model Village, Buckinghamshire

Bekonscot Model Village, Buckinghamshire

For many the idyll of rural life as it was in the 1930's has gone forever, but it's charm can be re-discovered at Bekonscot Model.....

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Claydon House, Buckinghamshire

Claydon House, Buckinghamshire

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.....

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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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Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

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

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Abingdon Abbey, Oxfordshire

Abingdon Abbey, Oxfordshire

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

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Abingdon Museum, Oxfordshire

Abingdon Museum, Oxfordshire

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

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Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire

Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire

This was one of England's most important houses, it was built for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothchild in 1855 by Joseph Paxton, the.....

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Cliveden, Buckinghamshire

Cliveden, Buckinghamshire

This great house built for the Dukes of Buckinghamshire in the 1850's by Charles Barry overlooks the lovely wooded banks of the.....

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Ascott House, Buckinghamshire

Ascott House, Buckinghamshire

This stunningly beautiful house began life in the 17th-century as a small timber-framed black and white farmhouse. It was.....

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The Mayflower Barn, Buckinghamshire

There is strong evidence that the timbers in the roof of this barn were taken from the ship 'The Mayflower' that carried the.....

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Mapledurham House & Watermill, Oxfordshire

Mapledurham House & Watermill, Oxfordshire

The oldest working water mill on the Thames, dating back to the 15th century and still producing high-quality stone-ground flour.....

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Winslow Hall, Buckinghamshire

Fascinating stately home designed by Sir Christopher Wren with an elegant russet brick fascia, graceful narrow windows and four.....

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Basildon Park, Berkshire

Basildon Park, Berkshire

18th-century country house set in extensive parkland...

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