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Attractions near Chesterton
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Rousham House & Gardens
(5 Miles)*
Rousham's landscape garden should be a place of pilgrimage for students of the work of William Kent (1685-1748). Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design. |
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Oxfordshire Museum
(7 Miles)*
Situated in the heart of the historic town of Woodstock, the award winning redevelopment of Fletcher's House provides a home for the new county museum. |
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Blenheim Palace
(8 Miles)*
Blenheim Palace was built for the National Hero John 1st Duke of Marlborough and his Duchess Sarah, given by Queen Anne as a gift in reward for his military services. |
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Oxford Bus Museum Trust Ltd
(9 Miles)*
The Museum has on display more than a century of Oxfordshire public transport and Morris Motors covering the 1920s to the 1980s. |
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Pitt Rivers Museum
(9 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
(9 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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Modern Art Oxford
(9 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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Museum of Oxford
(9 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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Claydon House
(10 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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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
(11 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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Waddesdon Manor
(11 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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Stowe Landscape Gardens
(12 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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Broughton Castle
(13 Miles)*
The home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and owned by the same family for over 600 years. |
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Cogges Manor Farm Museum
(14 Miles)*
Come to Cogges to discover life in rural Oxfordshire in Victorian times. You step back in time when you enter the beautiful farmstead with its original Cotswold buildings. |
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Witney & District Museum
(14 Miles)*
Opened in 1996, the Witney & District Museum is situated in the centre of the town, along the High Street. The large ground floor gallery houses a long term exhibition, showing the history of Witney and the surrounding area. |
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