A few ideas for trips out in the local area
Coming to the Cotswolds for a bit of fresh air and gentle activity?
Set forth for fishing at Clattercote Reservoir, or tee off at Cherwell Edge Golf Course; both are about 10 minutes away by car.
Country walking routes are plentiful too, of course, as are fine buildings to mooch around. Blenheim Palace (40 minutes’ drive) is perhaps the best known of all the Oxfordshire stately homes (and with good reason, for ’tis fab) but it’s worth taking a look at some others too, including Farnborough Hall (10 minutes), Sulgrave Manor (20 minutes) and Upton House and Gardens (20 minutes).
For a break from the classic Cotswolds activities, head out to meet the big birds of Fir Tree Falconry (15 minutes) or sigh over all the shiny machines at the British Motor Museum (20 minutes).
And if you’re in need of a tipple or two to accompany your barbecue back at base, there are some excellent local ones to be acquired at Hook Norton Brewery (25 minutes) and the Cotswolds Distillery (half an hour).
National Trust
Farnborough Hall (3.2 mi)
Canons Ashby (7.3 mi)
Stowe Landscape Gardens (13.6 mi)
Charlecote Park (14.2 mi)
Buckingham Chantry Chapel (16 mi)
Other
Cropredy – Claydon Locks – Prescote Manor – Cropredy (0.4 mi)
Cropredy – Appletree – Claydon (0.4 mi)
Cropredy – Wardington
(0.5 mi)
Battle of Cropredy Bridge, 1644 (0.8 mi)
Little Bourton – Cropredy – Great Bourton (1.3 mi)
Local events
- Fairport’s Cropredy Convention (Thursday 7 August 2025) (0.4 mi)
- Formula 1 British Grand Prix (TBC 2025)Silverstone, Northamptonshire (13.2 mi)
- Wilderness Festival (Thursday 31 July 2025)Oxford, Oxfordshire (18.7 mi)
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Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is two miles south-west of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. Built in 1306, it has been the home of the Fiennes family, Barons Saye & Sele, for 22 generations. It is built from local ironstone and is surrounded by beautiful Cotswold parkland.
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