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Attractions near Stowe Landscape Gardens
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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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National Waterways Museum
(9 Miles)*
Housed in a restored cornmill in the picturesque village of Stoke Bruerne, the museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of inland waterways. |
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Sulgrave Manor
(9 Miles)*
Sulgrave Manor is a superb example of a modest manor and garden of the time of Shakespeare, and was home to the ancestors of George Washington. |
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Canons Ashby House
(11 Miles)*
Canons Ashby is a romantic, 16th century Elizabethan manor house which has survived unaltered since 1710. Home of the Dryden family since it was first built, the house sits amongst beautiful gardens |
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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
(12 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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Rousham House & Gardens
(15 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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Ascott
(15 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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Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
(15 Miles)*
Fascinating footwear worn throughout the ages is just one of the many attractions in the museum. |
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Cowper & Newton Museum
(15 Miles)*
Visit Orchard Side, home of the 18th century poet, translator and Letter-writer William Cowper. See displays of his works, portraits and memorabilia, plus those of his friend John Newton. |
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Abington Park Museum
(16 Miles)*
'The museum in the park' is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building. |
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Bygones Museum
(16 Miles)*
The museum houses a unique collection of antiques and memorabilia gathered together by the owners over a period of sixty years. |
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Leighton Buzzard Railway
(16 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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Broughton Castle
(16 Miles)*
The home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and owned by the same family for over 600 years. |
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Oak Farm Rare Breeds Park
(17 Miles)*
Oak Farm Rare Breeds Park is now Closed to Visitors. |
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