Attractions in Ogbourne St. George & Things to Do in Ogbourne St. George
(and nearby)

Avebury Stone Circle (6 Miles)*
Famously overshadowed by its better known neighbour, Stonehenge, the Avebury Stone Circle has a great deal to offer. Dating back some 4,500 years it is a thought-provoking structure.
Avebury Manor and Garden (6 Miles)*
Known as one of Britain's top topiary sites, Avebury Manor in Wiltshire was built on the site of a 12th-century Benedictine Priory.
Lydiard House & Park (9 Miles)*
Lydiard Park, the ancestral home of the Viscounts Bolingbroke, lies in beautiful parkland within easy reach of junction 16 on the M4. The Palladian house, church, formal parkland and surrounding pasture are the striking remains of a great estate.
Tom Browns School Museum (12 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.
Farmer Gow's (12 Miles)*
Friendly, fun and a real ´hands on´ experience, Farmer Gow´s is a great place for a family day out. ´Meet the Animals´is held daily at 11am and 2pm.
Buscot and Coleshill Estates (13 Miles)*
A visit to the Buscot and Coleshill estates nets you not one National Trust property, but two whole working communities.
Bowood House & Gardens (13 Miles)*
People come again and again to rediscover the enchantment of Bowood - a family stately home embracing a whole world of fascination in the splendour of a bygone age.
Buscot Park and the Faringdon Collection (15 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.
Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre (15 Miles)*
The collections held at the Museum contain geological, natural history, archaeological, social history and contemporary objects that reflect the Vale of White Horse today.
Highclere Castle (16 Miles)*
Highclere Castle recently featured as 'Downton Abbey' in the recent successful television drama series. Highclere Castle, home of the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, is probably the finest Victorian House still in existence.
Lacock Abbey (17 Miles)*
Lacock Abbey has frequently been used as the setting for such classic films as Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Robin Hood.
Kelmscott Manor (17 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.
Newbury Racecourse (17 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.
Hawk Conservancy Trust (17 Miles)*
The Hawk Conservancy has grown to become one of the major collections in the world.
Stonehenge (18 Miles)*
The pre-historic megalithic monument known as Stonehenge stands shrouded in myth, mystery and legend. Stonehenge can be found in Wessex, in the south west of England.
Andover Museum & The Museum of The Iron Age (19 Miles)*
Trace Andover's history from Saxon times to the present day. Step inside the Museum of the Iron Age and discover a way of life that was destroyed by the Romans
Finkley Down Farm Park (21 Miles)*
There's so much to see and do at Finkley Down Farm Park. You can feed the ducks, hold a rabbit or groom a pony.
Great Chalfield Manor and Garden (21 Miles)*
It is hard to find a more delightful example of a medieval manor house than Great Chalfield Manor, surrounded by its seven acres of splendid Arts and Crafts gardens.
Castle Combe Circuit (21 Miles)*
Since its opening in 1950, some of the most famous names in motor racing have left their tyre tracks around Castle Combe's challenging tarmac.
Courts Garden (21 Miles)*
The Courts is a peaceful family garden with its roots in the past. From the bustling high street of Holt, you pass through an unassuming gateway into a quiet corner.
Rodmarton Manor (21 Miles)*
Rodmarton Manor, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, was one of the last country houses to be built in the old traditional style when everything was done by hand with local stone, local timber and local craftsmen.
Didcot Railway Centre (22 Miles)*
Now, at Didcot, half way between Bristol and London, members of the Great Western Society have created a living museum of the Great Western Railway.
Westonbirt The National Arboretum' (23 Miles)*
Westonbirt - The National Arboretum, in the South Cotswolds, is one of the most magical and important tree gardens in the world. With over 600 acres of picturesque historic landscape
Chavenage (24 Miles)*
This historic Elizabethan house, home of the Lowsley-Williams family, contains much of interest to the discerning visitor. Visitors can see the tapestry rooms and furniture and relics of the Cromwellian period.
Old Sarum (24 Miles)*
The great earthwork of Old Sarum stands near Salisbury on the edge of Wiltshire's chalk plains. Its mighty ramparts were raised in about 500 BC by Iron Age people and later occupied by the Romans.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.



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