Heathrow Airport 1 hr 22
Sulgrave Manor (13 min)
Guided tours are available of this Tudor house and furnishings, plus formal gardens and estate. Canons Ashby House (9 min)
Sprawling Tudor manor house features period-furnished interiors, terraced gardens & a tea room. British Motor Museum (31 min)
Displays of cars that made Coventry famous, including MGs, Jaguars and Land Rovers, plus play area. Banbury Museum Trust (22 min)
Museum including sections on the Civil War, the Oxford Canal and the adjacent Tooley's Boatyard. Burton Dassett Hills (23 min) Broughton Castle (29 min)
Historic fortified manor house with a moat, well tended garden and elegant stone-walled great hall. Althorp Estate (34 min)
July-August access to the Spencer family estate, with Princess Diana's island grave and a museum. Catanger Llama Trekking (18 min)
Llama and safari park National Trust - Upton House and Gardens (32 min)
An elegant stately home with 1930s period displays, garden terraces, walking trails and a bookstore. Draycote Water (32 min)
240-hectare reservoir & adjacent country park offering a visitor centre, bird hide & circular trail. Daventry Country Park (18 min)
Reservoir surrounded by woodland and meadow trails with myriad wildlife, plus adventure playground. The Silverstone Experience (25 min) National Trust - Stowe (35 min)
Walking trails in 250 acres of fine landscaped gardens filled with lakes, temples and monuments. Silverstone Circuit (24 min)
Blacktop track home to the British Grand Prix plus numerous other automobile and cycling events. | 
