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.
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire blends historic university city charm with scenic countryside and heritage sites.
Buscot Park
Buscot Park is an 18th-century neoclassical country house near Faringdon, Oxfordshire, surrounded by extensive formal gardens, woodland, and lakes. It houses a notable art collection including works by Rembrandt and Edward Burne-Jones. The estate is open to the public each summer under the National Trust and offers a blend of historic interiors and outdoor landscapes.
2 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.
Greys Court
Greys Court is a Tudor country house with historic interiors and extensive gardens featuring a medieval castle tower, a walled garden with a maze, and ornamental plants, open to the public under the National Trust.
Upton House, Warwickshire
Upton House is a Grade II* listed stately home near Banbury, Warwickshire, noted for its extensive gardens, art collection including old master paintings and fine porcelain, and unique Art Deco interiors. It offers both indoor and outdoor experiences primarily as an art gallery and garden attraction managed by the National Trust.
Near Upton social walks
19 Mar, 17 Apr…
Volunteer-led social walks explore the countryside around Upton House, with routes introducing participants to the local landscape, its nature and history. Two routes of different lengths and difficulty alternate throughout the year.
Priory Cottage
Priory Cottages is a 14th-century former monastic grange and manor house in Steventon, Oxfordshire, notable for its historic architecture and managed by the National Trust, open to visitors by appointment.
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.
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.
Basildon Park
Basildon Park is a Grade I listed Palladian country house in Berkshire featuring neoclassical interiors and extensive landscaped grounds. Visitors can explore both the grand historic interiors and the outdoor parkland, with exhibits including a nostalgic 1950s kitchen. The house has been restored and is open to the public, offering a rich glimpse into English country house history and architecture. It has also served as a location for several notable films.
Boarstall Tower
Boarstall Tower is a Grade I listed 14th-century moated gatehouse and National Trust property in Buckinghamshire. Visitors can explore the historic fortified gatehouse and its surrounding gardens, with a history linked to the English Civil War.
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.
Stowe Gardens
Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire are a prestigious English landscape garden featuring extensive parkland, architectural monuments, classical temples, and historical structures designed by prominent 18th-century architects and gardeners. Managed by the National Trust, the gardens offer a significant outdoor visitor experience with preserved landscapes and classical architecture, a visitor centre, and a rich heritage of garden design.
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.
Farnborough Hall
Farnborough Hall is a Grade I listed Palladian country house in Warwickshire with outstanding ornamental parkland and gardens, featuring historic architecture, art collections, and scenic walks with multiple viewpoints including an obelisk. It offers a blend of indoor historical interiors and outdoor landscape experiences.
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.
Chastleton House
Chastleton House is a Grade I listed Jacobean country house in Oxfordshire with extensive historic interiors and well-preserved gardens. Owned by the National Trust, it offers visitors a combined indoor and outdoor heritage experience including the Long Gallery, historic rooms, and gardens that are the birthplace of croquet as a competitive sport.
Long Crendon Courthouse
Long Crendon Courthouse is a 15th-century timber-framed building in Buckinghamshire, historically used as a wool store, manorial court house, and village poor house, now a National Trust property.
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.
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.
Claydon House
Claydon House is a historic English country house in Buckinghamshire, showcasing exquisite rococo interiors, a unique Chinese room, and gardens, with a museum dedicated to nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, offering visitors both indoor and outdoor experiences.
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.
Canons Ashby
Canons Ashby House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house located in Northamptonshire, featuring notable Jacobean plasterwork, historic family interiors, formal gardens, and the remains of a medieval priory church. It combines rich history with architectural and artistic heritage.
Near Exclusive Behind the Scenes House Tour with Cream Tea
16 Oct (next Friday)
A guided after-hours tour of Canons Ashby mansion led by the House and Collections Officer and an experienced House Guide. Attendees will see spaces and objects not usually open to visitors and hear about conservation work, followed by a cream tea.
Ashdown
Ashdown House is a 17th-century Carolean country house in Oxfordshire with historic gardens and parkland open for guided tours. Visitors can enjoy indoor historic interiors and outdoor grounds including rare Iron Age earthworks nearby.
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.
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon Manor is a Grade I listed Neo-Renaissance country house in Buckinghamshire, England, managed by the National Trust and owned by the Rothschild Foundation. It features remarkable art collections, formal gardens, an aviary, and historic wine cellars, with public access including exhibitions, dining, and child-friendly activities.
Near The Rothschild Story
7–11 Oct, 14–18 Oct…
An interactive display explores the history and family tree of the Rothschild family, including their connections to Waddesdon Manor and their interests in art, horticulture, nature and sustainability.