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Attractions near Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre
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Tom Browns School Museum
(6 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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Didcot Railway Centre
(8 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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Buscot Park
(11 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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Kelmscott Manor
(12 Miles)*
Kelmscott Manor, a grade 1 listed Tudor farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames, was the summer home of William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. Morris loved the house as a work of true craftsmanship, totally unspoilt and unaltered. |
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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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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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Cogges Manor Farm Museum
(13 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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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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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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Newbury Racecourse
(14 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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Beale Park
(14 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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Basildon Park
(14 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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Oxford Bus Museum Trust Ltd
(16 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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Highclere Castle
(17 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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