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Attractions near Avington
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Highclere Castle
(6 Miles)*
Highclere Castle, home of the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, is probably the finest Victorian House still in existence. |
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Newbury Racecourse
(7 Miles)*
Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire offers some of the best horse racing both on the flat and over jumps. The first race meeting was held here on 26th September 1905. |
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Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre
(13 Miles)*
The collections held at the Museum contain geological, natural history, archaeological, social history and contemporary objects that reflect the Vale of White Horse today. |
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Andover Museum & The Museum of The Iron Age
(13 Miles)*
Trace Andover's history from Saxon times to the present day. Step inside the Museum of the Iron Age and discover a way of life that was destroyed by the Romans |
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Finkley Down Farm Park
(13 Miles)*
There's so much to see and do at Finkley Down Farm Park. You can feed the ducks, hold a rabbit or groom a pony. |
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Hawk Conservancy Trust
(13 Miles)*
The Hawk Conservancy has grown to become one of the major collections in the world. |
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Tom Browns School Museum
(14 Miles)*
The Museum is housed in the 380 year-old schoolroom which was featured in the novel "Tom Brown's School Days", first published in 1857. Its author, Thomas Hughes, was born in Uffington. |
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Basildon Park
(16 Miles)*
This beautiful Palladian mansion was built in 1776-83. The interior is notable for its original delicate plasterwork and elegant staircase, as well as the unusual Octagon Room. |
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Beale Park
(16 Miles)*
Beale Park nestles on the banks of the River Thames offering visitors the chance to see a unique collection of rare and endangered birds and animals. |
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Didcot Railway Centre
(17 Miles)*
At Didcot, half way between Bristol and London, members of the Great Western Society have created a living museum of the Great western Railway. |
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The Vyne
(17 Miles)*
Step into another world when you visit this richly historic house in a glorious, unspoilt setting, and discover a wealth of rare treasures and domestic features. |
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Willis Museum
(18 Miles)*
Travel back in time, and experience some of the major changes that have created the Basingstoke that we know today. |
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Mapledurham House and Watermill
(19 Miles)*
Mapledurham House, still the home of the descendants of the original family, is an Elizabethan Manor House situated beside the Thames and sheltered by the Chiltern Hills. |
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Lydiard House & Park
(19 Miles)*
Lydiard Park, the ancestral home of the Viscounts Bolingbroke, lies in beautiful parkland within easy reach of junction 16 on the M4. The Palladian house, church, formal parkland and surrounding pasture are the striking remains of a great estate. |
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Buscot Park
(19 Miles)*
Buscot Park was built by Edward Loveden Townsend in the 1770's. The house is a dignified example of late 18th-century taste for Italianate country houses. |
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