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

Broughton Castle (5 Miles)*
The home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and owned by the same family for over 600 years.
Rousham House & Gardens (7 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.
Chastleton House (8 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.
Brook Cottage Garden (8 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.
Upton House & Gardens (8 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.
Oxfordshire Museum (9 Miles)*
The Oxfordshire Museum is situated in the heart of the historic town of Woodstock.
Blenheim Palace (9 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 (10 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.
Cotswold Falconry Centre (12 Miles)*
Cotswold Falconry invites you to a spectacular demonstration with a large variety of birds of prey flying free. This gives a remarkable insight into the ancient art of falconry.
Batsford Arboretum (12 Miles)*
The earliest verifiable recorded history of Batsford Park, of which the Batsford Arboretum forms the central part, dates back to the Freeman family who owned the estate in the early part of the 17th Century.
Witney & District Museum (12 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.
Bourton House Garden (12 Miles)*
The Cotswolds' best kept secret! An award-winning three acre garden surrounding a fine 18th century Manor House and Grade I listed 16th century Tithe Barn.
Farnborough Hall (12 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.
Cogges Manor Farm (12 Miles)*
This hauntingly beautiful historic Cotswold farmstead is evolving into a 21st century smallholding and place to find out about producing real food.
Bygones Museum (13 Miles)*
The museum houses a unique collection of antiques and memorabilia gathered together by the owners over a period of sixty years.
Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection (14 Miles)*
The museum is bulging with great cars, quaint caravans, precarious looking motorcycles, enamel signs and an intriguing collection of motoring curiosities!
Birdland (14 Miles)*
Birdland is set in woodland, river and gardens, this natural setting is inhabited by over 500 birds
Hidcote Manor Garden (14 Miles)*
Hidcote Manor Garden is one of those gardens which can only be found in England! It was created by keen horticulturist, Major Lawrence Johnston, on a Cotswold property bought for him by his mother.
Sulgrave Manor (14 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.
Pitt Rivers Museum (16 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.
Broadway Tower & Country Park (16 Miles)*
See thirteen counties in one day! Broadway Tower is one of England's outstanding viewpoints.
Museum of the History of Science (16 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.
Modern Art Oxford (16 Miles)*
Modern Art Oxford is the leading centre for modern and contemporary art in the South East, with a national and international reputation.
Museum of Oxford (17 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.
Cotswold Farm Park (17 Miles)*
The Home of Rare Breed Conservation offers the chance to meet over 50 flocks and herds of British rare-breed farm animals.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.



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