The county editions · England
Oxfordshire
River paths & timeless places.
12 remarkable places
Blenheim PalaceA little less ordinary
Thames-side paths, historic Oxford and countryside stretching into the Cotswolds.
The Wildland edit, Oxfordshire.
Worth the journey
01 / The leading story8.8Country house
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PS
A Baroque palace built for the first Duke of Marlborough, set within a vast Capability Brown-designed parkland and known as the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Nature & landscapes
Chinnor Hill
One mile east of Chinnor, Oxfordshire
History & heritage
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Nature & landscapes
Chimney Meadows National Nature Reserve
Chimney, near Bampton, Oxfordshire
Curiosities
Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens
Bradwell Grove, near Burford, Oxfordshire
02 / Into the open
Take the slower path.
03 / Layers of time
Places with a past.
The complete edit
Explore Oxfordshire
8.8Country house
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PS
7.5Mixed-habitat reserve
Chinnor Hill
One mile east of Chinnor, Oxfordshire
7.4Museum & collection
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
7.3Mixed-habitat reserve
Chimney Meadows National Nature Reserve
Chimney, near Bampton, Oxfordshire
7.2Unusual place
Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens
Bradwell Grove, near Burford, Oxfordshire
7.2Prehistoric
The Rollright Stones
Rollright Road, Little Rollright, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5QB
7.0Garden
Harcourt Arboretum
Oxford Lodge, Peacock Gate, near Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire OX44 9PX
6.8Prehistoric
Wayland’s Smithy
Near Ashbury, Oxfordshire. English Heritage gives the address as Ashbury, Oxfordshire
6.3Mixed-habitat reserve
Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve
Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, High Wycombe, HP14 3YJ
6.1Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral
St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1DP
6.0Mixed-habitat reserve
Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve
Near Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire, on the Chiltern escarpment
5.3Prehistoric
The Whispering Knights
Little Rollright, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5QT
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