Attractions near Chilton Apartments and Cottages

Didcot Railway Centre (3 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.

Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre (6 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.

Beale Park (8 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.

Basildon Park (9 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.

Tom Browns School Museum (11 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.

Newbury Racecourse (12 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.

Museum of Oxford (12 Miles)* Housed in the historic Town Hall, the Museum of Oxford tells the story of the people of the city and the University.

Museum of the History of Science (12 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.

Mapledurham House and Watermill (12 Miles)* Mapledurham House, still the home of the descendants of the original family, is an Elizabethan Manor House situated beside the Thames and sheltered by the Chiltern Hills.

Ashmolean Museum (12 Miles)* The Ashmolean Museum was founded in 1683; it is the worlds first University museum and the oldest public museum in Britain. It is situated in the heart of Oxford.

* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.

Towns near Chilton Apartments and Cottages

West Hagbourne (2 Miles)*

Didcot (3 Miles)*

Blewbury (3 Miles)*

Appleford (4 Miles)*

Wantage (4 Miles)* The market town of Wantage is probably most famous for its illustrious resident King Alfred the Great and there is a wonderful statue of him dominating the quaint market square.

Brightwalton (6 Miles)*

Hampstead Norris (6 Miles)*

Abingdon (6 Miles)* You are walking with the past when you visit Abingdon. Sometimes the Thames, which flows under the ancient bridge here, brings with it a mysterious fog.

Letcombe Regis (6 Miles)* Letcombe Regis is a small Oxfordshire village, based along the sides of the Letcombe Brook which meanders through from Letcombe Bassett to Wantage just two miles away, and then on to join the Thames.

Clifton Hampden (7 Miles)* There's something wonderfully English about Clifton Hampden. On a blustery day, the swifts snapping up the mayfly, cow parsley almost at shoulder height

* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.