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The beautiful gatehouse, spanning the road, is much restored. On the left, it is flanked by the church of St. Nicholas, built by Abbot Nicholas of Culham (1289-1307). The main buildings of the Abbey were on the left as you proceed up the road through...
This 17th-century building housed the Assize Courts, which judged the more serious crimes such as murder. Today it is home to the Abingdon Museum....
The present building dates from 1845. It was designed by Charles Cockerell in a classical style and stands on Beaumont Street. One wing of the building is occupied by the Taylor Institution, the modern languages faculty of the university. The main mu...
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...
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 ...
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'...
Welcome to the Bate Collection, one of the most magnificent collections of musical instruments in the world. The Bate has over 2000 instruments from the Western orchestral music traditions from the renaissance, through the baroque, classical, romanti...
The Benson Veteran Cycle Museum has veteran and vintage cycles dating from 1818 to 1925....
Blenheim Palace is home to the 11th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
Set in 2100 acres of beautiful parkland landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown, the magnificent Palace is surrounded by sweeping lawns, ...
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...
Bohun Gallery in Henley-on-Thames specialises in contemporary British fine art. Work shown includes paintings, sculpture, watercolours, drawings, original prints, and ceramics.
Artists represented range from the young and promising to recognised a...
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 ...
Early 18th-century house. Built in 1703 of Cotswold stone, the house is set on the banks of the Thames and has a small garden...
Neo-classical mansion with fine art and furniture collection, set in landscaped grounds. The late 18th-century house contains the fine paintings and furniture of the Faringdon Collection Trust. The grounds include various avenue walks, an Italianate ...
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...
The tower of the 14th century church of St Martin, with its 'quarter boys' clock stands at busy Carfax crossroads which derived its name from the Latin 'quadrifurcus' meaning four-forked. The 99 steps are worth the climb....
Charlbury Museum shows visitors the traditional crafts & industries of the Oxfordshire town of Charlbury & includes exhibits given or lent by the residents of Charlbury & the villages surrounding the local area.
Charlbury Museum's collections was...
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway in Oxfordshire is a friendly country branch line providing heritage train rides for both families and enthusiasts alike. The line runs along the foot of the Chiltern Hills, parallel to the Icknield Way, passing ...
The Cholsey and Wallingford Railway is a preserved former Great Western Railway branchline that links the national railway network at Cholsey, with the historic market town of Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Trains run on selected weekends and bank holi...
A Grade II* Listed Building, Combe Mill Museum is the original 'power house' of the old Blenheim Palace Estate timber mill and workshops. This working industrial museum offers visitors a fascinating insight into work that went on behind the scenes o...
Cotswold Wildlife Park is set in 160 acres of parkland and gardens around a listed Victorian Manor House and has been open to the public since 1970.
The Park is home to a fascinating and varied collection of mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebr...
The earthworks forming Deddington Castle lie in a rural location to the south-east of the village of Deddington. No stonework is visible above ground today, but the site is nevertheless a striking one owing to the scale of the earthworks – the ...
Welcome to Didcot Railway Centre, home of the Great Western Society and its unique collection of Great Western Railway steam engines, coaches, wagons, buildings and small relics and a recreation of Brunel's broad gauge railway. Join us in our rural s...
The Museum has displays in the oak-panelled, 16th century Old School Room in the Abbey Guest House and in the Abbey’s Cloister Gallery. The intention is for these displays 'to be a guide to the past and present of the village of Dorchester-on-Thame...
Here at Farmer Gow's we have lots of activities both indoors and outside.
Meet the Animals takes place daily at 11am and 2pm ~ bottle and hand fed lambs and kids, cow and pig feeding and handling, egg collecting, ferret and goat walking.
To kee...
Stone-built house with fine 18th-century decoration and landscaped garden. This beautiful honey-coloured house, home of the Holbech family for over 300 years, was richly decorated in the mid-18th century. The interior plasterwork is some of the fines...
Fawley Court has a history that dates back to the 11th Century, the current house being designed by the world famous Sir Christopher Wren. It was built in 1683 for Colonel William Freeman as a magnificent Family home. The breathtaking carved ceiling ...
13th-century stone barn. This large monastic barn has a stone-tiled roof and interesting timber structure....
Intriguing house with a tranquil garden. This picturesque house, mainly Tudor in style, has a beautiful courtyard and one surviving tower dating from 1347. The house has an interesting history and was involved in Jacobean court intrigue. It has been ...
Six miles south of Oxford on the A4074 is the Harcourt Arboretum. This is an integral part of the plant collection of the Botanic Garden.
There are no walls, glasshouses or straight lines at the Arboretum - it is almost as if it were designed to b...
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...
Iona House Gallery is an established, highly respected art gallery situated in the heart of Woodstock in Oxfordshire. Showcasing quality and affordable art from both renowned artists and new rising talent, it specialises in English, Scottish and Russ...
The family home of Virginia Grant and her children Elizabeth and Alexander. Kingston Bagpuize House is open to the public on selected days and for group visits, by appointment, throughout the year. The house and grounds are also available for wedding...
The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th-century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete nearby dovecote. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell....
Modern Art Oxford is the largest gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the South East. Founded in 1965, the gallery has a national and international reputation for the quality of its exhibitions and accompanying community and education pr...
Explore the wonders of Oxford’s long history at the Museum of Oxford. Before the first student took his first lesson at the University, saints walked here, kings were crowned here and parliaments debated here. Discover the city’s earliest residen...
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century....
North Leigh Roman Villa are now the remains of a large, well-built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature of North Leigh Roman Villa is a near complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns....
Otmoor is a magical nature reserve of wet meadows and reedbeds. It is a haven in winter for thousands of ducks, such as teals and wigeons, and in spring and summer for breeding wading birds, such as lapwings and redshanks.
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Home to the oldest University in Britain, Oxford is an architectural marvel. You'll get fantastic views of its honey coloured buildings as well as tantalising glimpses of the hushed courtyards of its many Colleges. Gaze at the beautiful buildings com...
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological and geological specimens. The Museum itself is a Grade 1 listed building, renowned for its spectacular neo-Gothic architecture...
At Pendon we aim to recapture, in detailed and colourful miniature, scenes showing the beauty of the English countryside as it used to be in the years around 1930. Realistically modelled cottages like the one pictured above, farms, fields and lanes r...
The Pitt Rivers Museum cares for one of the world's great collections. It is equally famous for its celebrated displays and its leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship. This site introduces visitors to both.
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Former monastic buildings, now converted into two houses. South Cottage contains the Great Hall of the original priory....
Enjoy your journey exploring landscapes past, present and future.
Become a scientist in the Earth Lab, handle a mammoth's tooth, see Iron Age skeletons and learn more about how climate change could affect the future of the landscape....
Set on the banks of the River Thames in Henley-on-Thames, the award-winning River & Rowing Museum has three permanent galleries devoted to the River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the town of Henley on Thames.
Newly opened in summe...
The Rollright Stones consist of three groups of stones; the King's Men, the Whispering Knights and the King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
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Rousham and its landscape garden should be a place of pilgrimage for students of the work of William Kent (1685-1748). Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design and remains almost as Kent left it, one of the few gardens of this d...
Owned by Mr and Mrs Bernard Taylor and managed by the Rycote Buildings Charitable Foundation, this 15th-century chapel has original furniture, including exquisitely carved and painted woodwork....
Welcome to Stonor - one of England’s oldest manor houses, situated in one of the most beautiful settings, owned by the same family of the same faith for 850 years.
The house contains a remarkable collection of family portraits, beautiful staine...
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...
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...
Set in beautiful surroundings in the heart of the historic town of Woodstock, the Oxfordshire Museum tells the story of Oxfordshire through 11 galleries and many exhibitions featuring history, popular culture, contemporary arts and crafts throughout ...
We are working to create a museum of children’s literature and storytelling in the heart of Oxford, UK. This will be a museum in its true sense – a place of inspiration and wonder – an impressive and beautiful building with performance and exhi...
The Tolsey Museum is midway along Burford's main street. The black and white timber fronted building erected on stone pillars was once the medieval meeting point for the wealthy wool merchants who also paid their tolls or tax here.
The Tolsey now...
The Museum has displays of local history and archaeology as well as mementoes of Thomas Hughes and the late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, who spent many happy years living in Uffington.
Overlooking the village is the Iron Age hillfort of Uffi...
The internationally-renowned Uffington White Horse can be seen for miles away leaping across the head of a dramatic dry valley in the Ridgeway escarpment.
But this is only part of the unique complex of ancient remains that are found at White Horse...
We are often asked how a botanic garden differs from other types of gardens. Botanic gardens are collections of plants that are grown for purposes other than purely aesthetic reasons – but in Oxford Botanic Garden we do try to arrange the plants in...
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...
Extensive, attractive gardens and earthworks on site of Wallingford Castle demolished by Oliver Cromwell. Only limited visual ruins remain. Central Southern England in Bloom best small parks winner....
Housed in a 15thC hall-house, the museum presents the story of Wallingford from earliest times to the present day. Special features include a free audio tour featuring the Saxon town and medieval castle, models of the castle and Wallingford station, ...
Warburg Nature Reserve is a magical place to visit throughout the year with excellent visitor facilities.
Warburg is the premier nature reserve of the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust and nestles in the tranquil Bix valley near Henley-on-Thame...
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...
Wayland's Smithy is an atmospheric historic site situated approximately 2km along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse. A Neolithic chambered long barrow, it was once believed to have been the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland. ...
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