Things To Do in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds
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Asthall- St Nicholas Church
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Church/Chapel
Asthall
A 12th century church in the Windrush Valley, with a 14th century transept converted into a chantry chapel. This has a very rare small 14th century altar with a built-in piscina, two reliquaries and a huge tomb recess housing a delicately carved…
North Leigh Roman Villa
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Historic Site
Witney
The remains of a large and well-built Roman courtyard villa facing south east over the Evenlode valley. The most important feature is a near complete mosaic floor, which can be seen through a viewing window.
This is an English Heritage site with…
Burford - St John the Baptist Church
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Church/Chapel
Burford
Items of interest include: a memorial tablet to Henry VIII’s barber-surgeon, Edmund Harman, showing one of the earliest representations of South American Indians; the ornate, canopied tomb of Sir Lawrence and Lady Tanfield; a tablet commemorating…
Woodstock - St Mary Magdalene Church
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Church/Chapel
Rectory Lane, Woodstock
A musical clock that plays a different tune each day of the week and over 200 hand-embroidered kneelers - St Mary Magdalene Church was built in the reign of Henry I for the convenience of the court during royal visits to their royal hunting lodge
Carterton Leisure Centre
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Leisure/Swimming Pool
Carterton
Carterton Leisure Centre has a wide range of activities and facilities to suit everyone. Facilities include a state of the art gym, a 6 lane 25 metre swimming pool, separate learner pool, a spacious dance studio and spin studio with a varied fitness…
Broadwell - St Peter & St Paul's Church
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Church/Chapel
Broadwell
This large medieval cruciform church, with a north and south transept, dates back to the 12th to 14th centuries and reflects the importance of Broadwell (or Bradwell) at that time. Nowadays it stands in a small village of a few houses, with another…Filkins - St Peter's Church
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Church/Chapel
Filkins
St Peter’s, Filkins was built in medieval (Victorian Gothic) style in 1855 - 57 by George Edmund Street, who went on to build the Law Courts in the Strand, London
Witney - St Mary's Church
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Church/Chapel
Witney
Though with Norman origins, the present building is mostly 13th century and was dedicated in 1243. The 156ft spire is a notable landmark, visible for miles around.
Woodstock Outdoor Pool
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Leisure/Swimming Pool
Woodstock
Woodstock Open Air Pool is a seasonal 25m 4 lane heated swimming pool with changing rooms, toilets, and a reception area to buy refreshments and ice creams.
Oxford Bus Museum
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Museum
Long Hanborough, Witney
A museum containing 30 preserved buses dating back to 1913, an 1881 horse drawn tram, the Morris Motors Museum with vehicles from 1925 to 1977 and 45 vintage bicycles dating back to 1817.
Hailey - St John the Evangelist Church
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Church/Chapel
Hailey
St John the Evangelist is Victorian, built in 1868/9 to replace an 18th century church close by. Built in the French Gothic style with prominent buttresses and an unusual bell turret.
Bishop's Palace
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Historic Site
Church Green, Witney
The remains of the ‘Bishop’s Palace’ are situated in the grounds of Mount House, just east of St Mary’s Church in Witney. In reality the ‘palace’ was a manor house, one of the earliest and largest of its type, the working centre of the estates owned…
Shilton - Holy Rood Church
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Church/Chapel
Shilton
Humble and unadorned, Shilton's Church of the Holy Rood stands on a slope above the village
Baptisms take place as part of the Parish Communion service.
The Pottery Place
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Craft Centre
Witney
Oxfordshire’s best Paint-Your-Own Pottery and Craft Studio, offering a range of activities to keep the whole family creative.
Combe Mill
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Heritage/Visitor Centre
Witney
A 19th century sawmill with rare working steam beam engine and waterwheel. Other small steam engines and model engines. Rural artefacts, visiting craftsmen and working forge
The Aston Martin Heritage Trust
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Museum
Wallingford
The heart of this museum is the cars! The vehicle collection ranges from A3 - the oldest surviving Aston Martin in the world - through definitive models from every era to cars of today.
Swinbrook - St Mary's Church
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Church/Chapel
Burford
Near the porch are headstones to three of the Mitford sisters, Nancy, Unity and Diana Mitford. Their parents, and a fourth sister Pamela, are buried elsewhere in the churchyard. There is a plaque to their brother, Tom, inside the church.
South Leigh - St James the Great Church
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Church/Chapel
South Leigh
St James the Great is full of interest with several fine medieval wall paintings, some very old stained glass, a 15th century font, and a 16th brass. The pulpit is Jacobean and it was here that John Wesley, who went on to found Methodism, preached…
Charlbury Museum
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Museum
Charlbury
Charlbury Museum is an independent museum, run entirely by volunteers. Its five rooms are crammed with exhibits revealing the history of this ancient market town. There is plenty here to interest both adults and children.
Foxholes Nature Reserve
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Natural Wildlife Site
Chipping Norton
In spring, the woodland floor is vibrant with primroses, violets and early-purple orchids. In May, Foxholes is awash with bluebells, and by summer, the tall spikes of foxgloves are in their full glory. Later in the year, you can enjoy spectacular…