Banbury



Aynhoe Park - Day outAynhoe Park
Banbury Cross - Day outBanbury Cross
Banbury Museum - Day outBanbury Museum
Bloxham Village Museum - Day outBloxham Village Museum
Broughton Castle - Day outBroughton Castle
Bygones Museum - Day outBygones Museum
Hook Norton Brewery Tours and Visitors Centre - Day outHook Norton Brewery Tours and Visitors Centre
Sulgrave Manor - Day outSulgrave Manor
Swalcliffe Barn - Day outSwalcliffe Barn
Upton House and Garden - Day outUpton House and Garden
Waterfowl Sanctuary and Childrens Farm - Day outWaterfowl Sanctuary and Childrens Farm
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Aynhoe Park

Aynhoe Park is a property that has been remodelled and altered throughout its history, first by Thomas Archer in the early 1700s and then by Sir John Soane a century later. Since then there have been several major changes in the life of the house. Ja ...

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Banbury Cross

The town of Banbury in Oxfordshire dates back much further than the nursery rhyme dedicated to it. Until a few years ago the first signs of habitation in the area went back to a Roman villa at Wykham Park from the period around 250AD. However in ...

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Banbury Museum

Banbury Museum is situated in an attractive canal-side location in the centre of Banbury.
Banbury MuseumExciting modern displays illustrate Banbury's history. These include the Civil War, the Victorian market town and the Oxford Canal and Tooley' ...

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Bloxham Village Museum

Museum housed in 1 room in the ancient court house. Collection of exhibits pertaining to Bloxham. Our 2008 Exhibition is 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue' which is in line with other museums in Oxfordshire who have chosen Oxford Welcomes the World ...

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Broughton Castle

Broughton Castle ... about the most beautiful castle in all England ... for sheer loveliness of the combination of water, woods and picturesque buildings.'
A generous tribute from historian Sir Charles Oman in 1898, and one continued by the noted ...

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Bygones Museum

Private farming museum includes tractors and stationary engines from the 1920s onward, with or driving their appropriate implements. The steam section comprises a 1903 steam traction engine, 1912 steamroller, 1839 stationary engine and 2 others, plus ...

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Hook Norton Brewery Tours and Visitors Centre

The Visitors Centre is housed in the original maltings that were bought by John Harris in 1849 and where he commenced brewing.
Brewery tours and brewery museum
Brewery tours are available Monday to Friday. School educational parties are welcome ...

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Sulgrave Manor

Visitors to Sulgrave on non-event days, see the Manor on a guided tour. We are known for the excellence of our tours, which are both informative and entertaining.
Tours last for about 1 1/4 hours in the house; and then take a stroll around the bea ...

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Swalcliffe Barn

Known locally as the Tythe Barn, Swalcliffe Barn was built for the Rectorial Manor of Swalcliffe by New College, who owned the manor. Constructed between 1400 and 1409, it is one of the dozen best barns in the country, with much of its mediaeval timb ...

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Upton House and Garden

Outstanding art collections in a 17th-century mansion, with superb terraced gardens. One of the National Trust's most important art collections can be found in this house, built in 1695 of mellow local stone, purchased and remodelled 1927-29 by Walte ...

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Waterfowl Sanctuary and Childrens Farm

At the Sanctuary you can enjoy the tranquillity of this part of Oxfordshire surrounded by animals living happily.
You may enjoy feeding some of the animals.
The Sanctuary has a 'Cuddle Corner' where adults and children (with strict adult sup ...