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Attractions near Ashendon
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Waddesdon Manor
(2 Miles)*
Waddesdon manor was built between 1874 and 1889 in the style of a 16th-century French chateau for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to entertain his guests and display his vast collection of art treasures. |
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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
(4 Miles)*
The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a working Steam Museum, with one of the largest collections of locomotives, vehicles and railway memorabilia in the UK. |
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Claydon House
(7 Miles)*
Claydon is an extraordinary house with remarkable 18th century, rococo and chinoiserie decoration. Features include the unique Chinese room and parquetry Grand Stairs. |
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Bucks Goats Centre
(8 Miles)*
Over the years the Goat Centre has grown into a successful 'miniature zoo' and in fact now showcases animals from all over the world |
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Oak Farm Rare Breeds Park
(8 Miles)*
Oak Farm Rare Breeds Park is now Closed to Visitors. |
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Ascott
(12 Miles)*
Originally a half-timbered Jacobean farmhouse, Ascott was bought in 1876 by the de Rothschild family and considerably transformed and enlarged. |
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Pitt Rivers Museum
(13 Miles)*
One of Oxford’s most popular attractions, famous for its period atmosphere and outstanding collections from many cultures around the world, past and present. |
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Museum of the History of Science
(13 Miles)*
The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building - the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. |
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Museum of Oxford
(13 Miles)*
Housed in the historic Town Hall, the Museum of Oxford tells the story of the city and the University using finds from local archaeological excavations including an outstanding Medieval collection. |
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Modern Art Oxford
(13 Miles)*
Modern Art Oxford is the leading centre for modern and contemporary art in the South East, with a national and international reputation. |
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West Wycombe Park
(14 Miles)*
The West Wycombe Park house is one of the most theatrical and Italianate mid-18th-century buildings in England with facades designed as classical temples. |
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Stowe Landscape Gardens
(14 Miles)*
One of the first and finest Georgian landscape gardens in Britain, Stowe has over 30 arches and temples mirrored in the waters of lakes or silhouetted against the sky. The garden and park were created by the Temple family during a two hundred year period. |
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Hughenden Manor
(14 Miles)*
Hughenden Manor was the home of Victorian prime minister and statesman Benjamin Disraeli from 1848 until his death in 1881. Most of his furniture, books and pictures remain in this, his private retreat. |
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Stonor
(15 Miles)*
Stonor has been the home of Lord and Lady Camoys and the Stonor family for over eight hundred years. It is set the beautiful Chiltern Hills with commanding views of the surrounding deer park. |
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Leighton Buzzard Railway
(15 Miles)*
With its sharp curves, its steep gradients, its level crossings and its unique roadside running, the Leighton Buzzard Railway takes you back to a more relaxed age of transport. |
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