Heathrow Airport 1 hr 15
Spiceball Country Park (15 min) Evenley Wood Garden (20 min) Private garden with a cafe features a wide variety of plants & blooming seasonal flowers. Daventry Country Park (27 min) Reservoir surrounded by woodland and meadow trails with myriad wildlife, plus adventure playground. National Trust - Upton House and Gardens (27 min) An elegant stately home with 1930s period displays, garden terraces, walking trails and a bookstore. Banbury Museum Trust (15 min) Museum including sections on the Civil War, the Oxford Canal and the adjacent Tooley's Boatyard. Silverstone Circuit (17 min) Blacktop track home to the British Grand Prix plus numerous other automobile and cycling events. Catanger Llama Trekking (11 min) Llama and safari park Sulgrave Manor (6 min) Guided tours are available of this Tudor house and furnishings, plus formal gardens and estate. National Trust - Stowe (28 min) Walking trails in 250 acres of fine landscaped gardens filled with lakes, temples and monuments. Broughton Castle (22 min) Historic fortified manor house with a moat, well tended garden and elegant stone-walled great hall. The Silverstone Experience (18 min) Burton Dassett Hills (29 min) Canons Ashby House (8 min) Sprawling Tudor manor house features period-furnished interiors, terraced gardens & a tea room. The Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne (30 min) Museum in an old corn mill exploring the history of canals, with films, artifacts, cafe and shop. |