Templars Square shopping centre
Templars Square is a major indoor shopping centre in Cowley, Oxford, housing 63 retailers and featuring a six-storey car park. It has been serving the community since 1965 and is the largest shopping centre in Oxford.
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire blends historic university city charm with scenic countryside and heritage sites.
Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric chalk hill figure on Whitehorse Hill, Oxfordshire, dating from the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age. It is a 110-meter-long stylized horse formed from trenches filled with crushed chalk, offering striking views from across the Vale of White Horse. The site is owned and managed by the National Trust and is a protected scheduled monument, attracting visitors for its historical significance and evocative landscape setting.
Wayland's Smithy
Wayland's Smithy is an ancient Early Neolithic chambered long barrow in Oxfordshire, notable as a well-preserved example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb style. Visitors can explore the outdoor prehistoric stone barrow and surrounding landscape, reflecting early agricultural societies in Britain. The site is open all year under English Heritage management and features modern cultural significance with Pagan ritual use.
Deddington Castle
Deddington Castle is a large earthwork site of an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle in Oxfordshire, featuring visible ramparts and mounds, now serving as a public park and nature walk managed by English Heritage and the local parish council.
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Abingdon County Hall Museum is a local history museum housed in a Grade I listed Baroque style County Hall building in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, featuring permanent and rotating exhibits including local archaeology and historic vehicle displays, plus a museum café for visitors.
Located in Abingdon-on-Thames
Abingdon-on-Thames is a historic market town in Oxfordshire known for its rich archaeological heritage, historic abbey remains, annual traditional fairs, and cultural contributions including the birthplace of the band Radiohead.
Great Coxwell Barn
Great Coxwell Barn is a large medieval tithe barn built in 1292 for Beaulieu Abbey, now preserved by the National Trust. Visitors can explore this historic agricultural building with its impressive stone and timber architecture and original threshing floor. The barn is open to the public daily and features no other indoor exhibits.
3 miles from Guided Tours: Secrets of Coleshill
10 Oct (this Saturday)
A guided tour around Coleshill explores the lost Coleshill House, the estate’s secret Second World War training history and the former Model Farm, now home to the Heritage and Rural Skills Centre. The tour includes a walk of approximately 1 km and a chance to look around an exhibition afterwards.
Westgate Oxford
Westgate Oxford is a large shopping centre in Oxford featuring over 100 shops, restaurants, and leisure facilities including a John Lewis department store and a cinema, with rooftop dining and public spaces.
Castle Quay Shopping Centre
Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury, Oxfordshire, offers a large indoor shopping experience with over 100 stores, a waterfront area with restaurants, cinema, bowling, arcade, and a climbing facility, located beside the Oxford Canal near cultural attractions.
Located in Banbury
Banbury is a historic market town in Oxfordshire with a rich heritage, notable motorsport connections, cultural venues, and scenic parks along the River Cherwell.
Bicester Village Shopping Centre
Bicester Village is a premier luxury outlet shopping centre in Oxfordshire featuring over 150 boutiques, pedestrianised streets, and various dining options, attracting millions of visitors annually including many international tourists.
Located in Bicester
Bicester is a historic market town in Oxfordshire known for its conservation area, vibrant independent shops, and the popular Bicester Village shopping centre. It offers good transport connections, walking-friendly streets, and significant historical and cultural sites.
Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down
Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down is a National Trust countryside property in Berkshire offering expansive chalk grassland, woodland, and scenic walks with diverse flora and butterfly species. Free public access is available for nature enthusiasts, with notable views over the Thames Valley and historic landscapes.
Carfax Conduit
Carfax Conduit is a historic water conduit system that supplied Oxford with water from 1610 to 1869, featuring a notable conduit building now located at Nuneham House and a Conduit House at Harcourt Hill, both preserved as listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
North Leigh Roman Villa
North Leigh Roman Villa is the visible remains of a large, luxurious Roman courtyard villa in Oxfordshire dating from the 1st to 5th century AD, featuring mosaics, bath suites, and historic farm buildings, managed by English Heritage for public visits.
Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in Oxfordshire with substantial earthworks and historic significance, protected as a Scheduled Monument and located near the famous Uffington White Horse.
Clarendon Shopping Centre
Clarendon Centre is a central Oxford shopping centre offering a variety of retail stores and food outlets in a modern indoor environment, built on a historic site with medieval archaeological discoveries.
Minster Lovell Hall
Minster Lovell Hall is a historic 15th-century manor house ruin in Oxfordshire, featuring extensive remains including a tower, entrance porch, and dovecote, set beside the River Windrush and managed by English Heritage.
Golden Cross, Oxford
Golden Cross is a historic shopping arcade in central Oxford featuring 15th century buildings with original timber, wall paintings, and a courtyard leading to the Covered Market, offering retail shops and dining including a Pizza Express.
Buckingham Chantry Chapel
Buckingham Chantry Chapel is a historic 15th-century chapel in Buckingham, noted for its Norman doorway and status as the oldest building in town. Owned by the National Trust, it is currently open to the public as a second-hand bookshop, offering visitors insight into medieval ecclesiastical architecture and local heritage.
2 miles from Sir John Vanbrugh and the Making of Stowe
15 Oct (next Thursday)
Michael Bevington gives a lecture on Sir John Vanbrugh’s work at Stowe, including archaeological evidence for his buildings and his contribution to the landscape vision developed with Lord Cobham and Charles Bridgeman. The 60-minute talk is followed by audience questions.
Located in Buckingham
Buckingham is a historic market town in Buckinghamshire, England, known for its charming Georgian streetscapes, a longstanding market tradition, and cultural landmarks including the University of Buckingham and the Buckingham Old Gaol museum.