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Things to do

Photo of Blenheim Palace Whether you are interested in walking, cycling or fishing, looking at historic buildings and museums or driving through the Oxfordshire countryside or The Cotswolds there are plenty of opportunities within a few miles of Northmoor. Here are a few ideas and links you can follow for more information to help you plan your stay with us.

Walking and Cycling

You can take a walk through the field beside the house to the water meadows and banks of the River Thames. Within 20 minutes you can reach Northmoor Lock and watch more energetic holidaymakers taking their boats through the lock.

The Oxfordshire Cycleway passes our front door - so if cycling is your hobby you have found the perfect place to stay!

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The Cotswolds - Walking and Cycling Routes

Oxfordshire - Walking and Cycling Routes

Fishing

Plenty of gravel pits in the immediate area have been reclaimed to provide excellent fishing facilities.

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Local fishing information

Historic Sites and Museums

The colleges of Oxford University, and the Oxford museums and art galleries are renowned throughtout the world. Visit them on foot or enjoy a tourist bus ride of this ancient city of culture. There are also many historic houses which are open to the public. Follow the links below for more information.

Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace, home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, and one of Britain's greatest houses, is the Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. It has many attractions for the whole family.

Kingston Bagpuize House

The family home of Virginia Grant and her children Elizabeth and Alexander, Kingston Bagpuize House is open to the public on selected days and for group visits, by appointment, throughout the year. The house and grounds are also available for private functions, corporate events and filming.

Rousham House

Rousham and its landscape garden should be a place of pilgrimage for students of the work of William Kent (1685-1748). Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design and remains almost as Kent left it with many features which delighted eighteenth century visitors to Rousham still in situ.

The house, built in 1635 by Sir Robert Dormer, is still in the ownership of the Kent family.

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Ashmolean Museum

Galleries and Exhibitions

Kingston Bagpuize House

Rousham House

The Cotswolds

The Cotswolds provide one of those typicaal corners of England with its own unique history, architecture, heritage and tradition. There are picturesque villages and market towns, beautiful scenic views, the fabulous Roman town of Bath and miles of open countryside to explore by foot, bicycle or road.