Heathrow Airport 1 hr 25
Cotswold Country Park & Beach (26 min)
Beach on freshwater lakes in parkland area for watersports and walking, plus adventure playground. Lydiard Park (9 min)
Palladian house with opulent, 18th-century interiors, walled garden and kids' play area in parkland. The Abbey House Gardens (27 min)
Elaborate country house gardens, with flower, tree and shrub displays. Some clothes-optional days. Cotswold Water Park (29 min)
Popular, 40-mile holiday destination with villages, water recreation, wildlife & breeding birds. Coate Water Country Park (13 min)
Extensive parkland with wildlife nature reserve and kids' splash park, plus lake habitats and hides. Swindon Museum & Art Gallery (9 min)
Renowned 20th-century art, including Lowry and Nash, and hands-on exhibits back to pre-history. Uffington White Horse (34 min)
Hill featuring a 110m-long prehistoric hill figure shaped like a horse & the remains of a castle. Kelmscott Manor (35 min)
Furnished in Arts and Crafts style, this 17th-century manor was the summer home of William Morris. West Kennet Long Barrow (28 min)
English Heritage-run remnants of a burial mound, built around 3650BC, open during daylight hours. Avebury (21 min)
Rural standing stone monument and 17th-century stables housing a museum to the iconic monument. STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway (7 min) Silbury Hill (24 min)
A neolithic monument, this popular attraction is the tallest prehistoric manmade mound in Europe. National Trust - Heelis (6 min) Malmesbury Abbey (27 min)
Soaring medieval active church, with fine stonework showing bullet marks from the English Civil War. National Trust - Buscot Park (32 min)
Fine, 18th-century NT mansion with water gardens and art by Rembrandt, Rubens and pre-Raphaelites. | 
