This ingenious 17th Century duck decoy system is in working in order and is regularly demonstrated for visitors. Situated in a beautiful area of...

Boarstall Tower was built in 1312 and is Buckinghamshire’s only surviving medieval military building. It was once the main entrance to the royal hunting forest...

Claydon House is a marvellous piece of heritage that has been well preserved by the National Trust. It is a fantastic architectural gem in...

Take a trip back to the golden age of rail travel with a ride behind a vintage steam locomotive at this working steam railway museum....

The Oxfordshire Museum is housed in an award-winning redevelopment of Fletcher’s House and is set in attractive cultured gardens. The museum contains a great...

The beautiful 8-acre gardens of Waterperry House were founded by Beatrix Havergal in the 1930s. Today it includes formal gardens, an herbaceous border, woodland garden,...

This National Trust property (built 1874-89) is a magnificent French Renaissance-style chateau housing the Rothschild collection of art treasures including Sèvres porcelain and works by...

Set in 2,100 acres of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, Blenheim Palace is surrounded by sweeping lawns and formal gardens. The State Rooms are graced...

Lady Margaret Hall, the first women’s college in Oxford, was founded in 1878 by Elizabeth Wordsworth, a great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth. It was...

Situated just outside the centre of the charming Oxfordshire village of Deddington amongst beautiful countryside and woodland, this English Heritage site is home to extensive...

The college was originally founded (under the name of Spring Hill College) in Birmingham, as a college for Nonconformist students, who could not at that...

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University’s scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological, palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated in the course of...

This is one of many museums owned by the University of Oxford based in the centre of the city. The permanent displays in the...

Originally run by Presbyterians, the college began life as Manchester Academy in 1786. The college was one of the few remaining dissenting academies that...

Magdalen College was founded in 1448 by William of Waynflete and was one of the first colleges to teach science. The impressive buildings of...