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

Sulgrave Manor (3 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.
Canons Ashby House (6 Miles)*
Canons Ashby has been the family home of the Drydens since Elizabethan times and that family atmosphere remains today.
Bygones Museum (8 Miles)*
The museum houses a unique collection of antiques and memorabilia gathered together by the owners over a period of sixty years.
Stowe Landscape Gardens (8 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.
Broughton Castle (9 Miles)*
The home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and owned by the same family for over 600 years.
Farnborough Hall (9 Miles)*
Farnborough Hall was acquired by the Holbech family in 1684, and the honey-coloured, Grade I listed, two-storey mansion was built shortly after that.
Brook Cottage Garden (11 Miles)*
The 4-acre garden has been formed by an architect and a plantswoman since 1964 on the west facing slope of a valley. Originally the site comprised a paved courtyard surrounded on three sides by the 17th century Hornton stone house and barn.
Rousham House & Gardens (11 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.
Upton House & Gardens (11 Miles)*
Upton House is a late seventeenth century house, built of the mellow local stone, which was remodelled by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearstead, after his purchase of the property in 1927.
National Waterways Museum (12 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.
Claydon House (14 Miles)*
Claydon is an extraordinary house with remarkable 18th century, rococo and chinoiserie decoration. Features include the unique Chinese room and parquetry Grand Stairs.
Oxfordshire Museum (16 Miles)*
The Oxfordshire Museum is situated in the heart of the historic town of Woodstock.
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery (16 Miles)*
Fascinating footwear worn throughout the ages is just one of the many attractions in the museum.
Blenheim Palace (17 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.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (17 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.
Abington Park Museum (18 Miles)*
'The museum in the park' is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
Holdenby House and Gardens (18 Miles)*
Just across the fields from Althorp lies Holdenby, a house whose royal connections go back over 400 years. Built by Sir Christopher Hatton to entertain Elizabeth I, it became the Palace of James I and the prison of his son, Charles I.
Oxford Bus Museum (18 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.
Waddesdon Manor (18 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.
Coton Manor Garden (19 Miles)*
Coton Manor lies in peaceful Northamptonshire countryside and enjoys beautiful views providing an ideal setting for the garden.
Chastleton House (20 Miles)*
Chastleton House is one of England's finest and most complete Jacobean houses. It is filled with a mixture of rare and everyday objects, furniture and textiles collected since its completion in 1612.
Charlecote Park (20 Miles)*
A visit to Charlecote Park is a chance to follow the fortunes of the Lucy family who came to England during the time of William the Conqueror.
Royal Pump Rooms Leamington Spa (20 Miles)*
The Town's Art Gallery and Museum, Library and Tourist Information Centre are all in the restored Royal Pump Rooms building, alongside the existing Assembly Room and a Café.
Rugby School Tours & Museum (21 Miles)*
Rugby School Museum in Barby Road is open as part of the School tour.
Cowper & Newton Museum (21 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.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.



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