Attractions in Edgcott & Things to Do in Edgcott
(and nearby)

Claydon House (4 Miles)*
Claydon is an extraordinary house with remarkable 18th century, rococo and chinoiserie decoration. Features include the unique Chinese room and parquetry Grand Stairs.
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.
Waddesdon Manor (4 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.
Stowe Landscape Gardens (9 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.
Oak Farm Animal Park (11 Miles)*
Oak Farm Animal Park is a traditional organic working farm, home to a variety of animals, many of which are rescued for a second chance in life.
Bucks Goats Centre (12 Miles)*
We are a children's animal farm and adventure centre featuring a wide range of animals, including llamas, birds, donkeys and every breed of domestic goat found in Britain.
Rousham House & Gardens (12 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.
Ascott House and Gardens (13 Miles)*
Originally a half-timbered Jacobean farmhouse, Ascott was bought in 1876 by the de Rothschild family and considerably transformed and enlarged.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oxfordshire Museum (14 Miles)*
The Oxfordshire Museum is situated in the heart of the historic town of Woodstock.
Blenheim Palace (14 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.
Oxford Bus Museum (15 Miles)*
The Museum has on display more than a century of Oxfordshire public transport and Morris Motors vehicles. There over 30 vehicles on display in the Bus Museum, most of which are in the ownership of the Museum.
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.
Sulgrave Manor (16 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.
National Waterways Museum (18 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.
Ashridge Estate (18 Miles)*
A 5,000 acre countryside estate with many splendid walks. The focal point of the area is the Bridgewater Monument.
West Wycombe Park (18 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.
Broughton Castle (19 Miles)*
The home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and owned by the same family for over 600 years.
Canons Ashby House (19 Miles)*
Canons Ashby has been the family home of the Drydens since Elizabethan times and that family atmosphere remains today.
Hughenden Manor (19 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.
Woburn Safari Park (19 Miles)*
Lions, tigers and bears – you will find your favourite animals at Woburn Safari Park.
Woburn Abbey (19 Miles)*
Experience living history at Woburn Abbey, home to the Dukes of Bedford for over 300 years and still home to the 15th Duke and his family today.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.



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