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Where the information includes an indication on opening days, opening times and adult entrance charges,
users should phone the attraction or check the attraction's own web site before making a visit.
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Avebury |
A large and ancient stone circle.
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Badbury Hill and Camp |
Beautiful Bluebell Wood.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 19 miles W of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 174) SU258946
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Basing House |
The earthworks and ruins of Basing House destroyed in the Civil War.
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Burnham Beeches |
One of the best examples of ancient woodland in Britain.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 25 miles E of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 175) SU956852
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Caesars Camp |
Large pre-Roman Hill Fort near the Discovery Centre.
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Chedworth Roman Villa |
Large Romano-British villa with museum under redevelopment in 2011 no access to main mosaics but site tours of conservation work
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Cliveden |
Spectacular estate overlooking the Thames with a series of gardens.
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Coombe Hill |
The highest viewpoint on the Chilterns offers some truly spectacular views.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Phone: 01494 528051
Location: 23 miles NE of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 165) SP852066
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Hailes Abbey |
A ruin of a rich Cistercian abbey.
Open: Apr-Oct daily
Adult Entrance: £4.20
Web link: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
Address: Hailes, Nr Winchcombe, Cheltenham GL54 5PB
Phone: 01242 602398
Location: 41 miles NW of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 150) SP050300
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Inkpen Hill |
A striking area of Chalk highlands running from Ham Hill, past Coombe Gibbet to Walbury Hill.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 19 miles SW of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 174) SU365622
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Lardon Chase and the Hollies |
Countryside overlooking Goring Gap on the River Thames.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 5 miles SE of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 174) SU593800
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Millennium Sun Dial and Wood |
Gives the position of the planets on 1/1/2000.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 8 miles W of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 174) SU427882
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Mounds of Thornborough |
Two impressive burial mounds lying east of Thornborough Bridge and dating from the second century AD.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 32 miles N of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 165) SP733333
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Savernake Forest |
Woodland on the Wiltshire downs which was once a royal hunting ground.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 23 miles SW of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 174) SU225668
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Savill Garden |
A garden for all seasons in Windsor Great Park.
Open: Daily
Adult Entrance seasonal: £6.25 to 8.50
Web link: http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk
Address: Wick Lane, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey
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Location: 28 miles E of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 175) SU977705
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Stonehenge |
Great and ancient stone circle.
Open: At junction of A303 and A344/360. Daily
Adult Entrance: £7.50
Web link: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
Address: Wiltshire SP4 7DE
Phone: 0870 333 1181
Location: 38 miles SW of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 184) SU123422
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Stowe |
One of the finest Georgian landscape gardens, made up of valleys and vistas, narrow lakes and rivers with more than 30 temples and monuments.
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Uffington |
Iron age camp, White Horse, Dragon Hill and nearby burial mound Waylands Smithy.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 16 miles W of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 174) SU293866
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Waterperry |
8 acres of Gardens, Art and Craft Gallery and a museum.
Open: Daily
Adult Entrance varies by season: £4.30 to 6.10
Web link: http://www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Address: Waterperry, Nr Wheatley, Oxon, OX33 1JZ
Phone: 01844 339254
Location: 14 miles N of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 164) SP629063
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Watlington Hill |
A National Trust area.
Open: Any Time
Free
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Location: 11 miles NE of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 175) SU707937
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Wellington Country Park |
350 acres of woodland, parkland and lakes. Plenty of activities for families and visitors of all ages, including the dog.
Open: mid Feb-Oct opening 9.30 closing times vary
Adult Entrance: £7.50
Web link: http://www.wellington-country-park.co.uk
Address: Odiham Road or B3349.
Phone: 0118 932 6444
Location: 18 miles SE of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 175) SU724628
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Windmill Hill |
Neolithic remains with three concentric rings of ditches.
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Winkworth Arboretum |
This hillside arboretum now contains over 1000 different shrubs and trees, many of them rare.
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Wittenham Clumps |
Pair of knolls with distinctive groves on top, now with "Timescape" a new Interactive Education and Visitor Centre
Open: Any Time
Free
Web link: http://www.projecttimescape.co.uk
Address: Near Little Wittenham on road from Wallingford
Phone: 01865 409402
Location: 5 miles N of Blewbury
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(OS sheet 164) SU568925
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Woodhenge |
Concrete markers show where there were Neolithic timbers in six concentric rings.
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