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Birling Gap, just past Beachy Head, Eastbourne

Birling Gap

in the county of East Sussex

Parish Church, Denby, Derbyshire.

Denby

in the county of Derbyshire

Recommended Towns & Villages near Hardwick

Mill Road, Stratton Audley

Stratton Audley (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction SE)

Stratton Audley is a picturesque village about 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086 as Stratton, the village.....

St Michael's Church, Aynho, Northants.

Aynho (23 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (4.3 miles, 7.0 km, direction NW)

There is a pale beauty about Aynho that is enhanced only by the pale golden fruit that flourishes in these parts and caused this lovely place to become known as 'The Apricot Village'...

Autumnal chestnuts

Lower Heyford (30 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction SW)

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Deddington, near Banbury, Oxfordshire

Deddington (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction W)

Rustic-brown houses adorn the fine Market Square and broad main street of this charming Oxfordshire village...

Pigeons Lock, Kirtlington, Oxon.

Kirtlington (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SW)

Kirtlington is an attractive village in Oxfordshire, 6.5 miles west of Bicester. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in AD 977 King Edward the Martyr held a witenagemot at.....

Buckingham

Buckingham (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction E)

Said to have been founded by 'Bucca' leader of the first Anglo Saxon settlers during the 7th century AD, and declared the county town of Buckinghamshire during the year 888 by.....

Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire. Ancestral home of George Washington's family

Sulgrave (2 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction N)

USA President George Washington's ancestral home in England...

High Street, Bloxham and the war memorial

Bloxham (12 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Claydon House

Middle Claydon (23 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (9.5 miles, 15.4 km, direction E)

This genteel place is famous for the great house that has connections with Florence Nightingale...

Banbury, Oxfordshire

Banbury (61 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction NW)

This is one of the best known town's in England. It was made famous by its celebrated cross of 1859, built in honour of the wedding of Prince Frederick of Prussia, it replaces an.....

Very unusual 'designer' signpost near Glympton, Oxfordshire.

Glympton (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction SW)

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Great Tew cottage and flowers

Great Tew (31 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction W)

Mellow Oxfordshire village with cottages built by Lord Falkland in the 17th-century...

Lillingstone Lovell, Buckinghamshire--thatching

Lillingstone Lovell (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (11.0 miles, 17.6 km, direction NE)

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The Lake at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Woodstock (94 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction SW)

Woodstock will be forever inextricably linked with the great Palace of Blenheim and as birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest Englishmen ever...

St. Martin's Church in Bladon

Bladon (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction SW)

It is an old village of enchanting stone cottages that sits comfortably amid sweeping meadows and gentle rolling hills...

Bridge 152 -  Red Lion Street

Cropredy (19 Pictures)

in the county of Oxfordshire (12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NW)

Famous for the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, which took place in 1644 when on the 29th of June King Charles I was victorious over Waller, leader of the Cromwellian troops...

Winslow, Buckinghamshire.  Church Street and St. Laurence Church

Winslow (27 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction E)

The town lies in an outstanding position amid attractive agricultural countryside in the Vale of Aylesbury...

All Saints Church

Wroxton (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction NW)

Quintessential pretty Oxfordshire village showing a wealth of attractive thatched cottages, built mostly following a fire which struck the village during the latter half of the 17th-century...

Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

Stony Stratford (10 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction NE)

The pretty market town of Stony Stratford is an ancient town built around the Roman road 'Watling Street' which runs through the middle of the town. It is well worth a visit with.....

Long Crendon

Long Crendon (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SE)

Long Crendon is a picture postcard village of thatched cottages hung with rich foliage strung out through a myriad of winding leafy lanes. It has a history stretching back to.....

Recommended attractions near Hardwick

The Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham

The Old Gaol Museum (8 Pictures)

(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction E)

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Claydon House in Middle Claydon, nr Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.

Claydon House (5 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction E)

Claydon House was built by the 2nd Earl Verney in the middle of the 18th-century, on land which had belonged to his family since.....

Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire. Ancestral home of George Washington's family

Sulgrave Manor (1 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.7 km, direction N)

This delightful Tudor house is the very epitome of the comfortable English country home, and yet it embodies all that is best of.....

View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction SW)

Home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace has been awarded Historic Attraction of the Year 2002 and is birthplace of.....

Quainton Windmill and Stone cross, Quainton, Buckinghamshire.

Quainton Windmill (8 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SE)

The Tallest Windmill in Buckinghamshire..

Quainton Railway Museum, Quainton, Near Aylesbury, Bucks.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (9 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.9 km, direction SE)

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Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon Manor (92 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction SE)

Creator of Waddesdon, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, who was a great fan of France and its arts, together with his french.....

Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Canons Ashby House (44 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction N)

This house was originally part of an Augustinian Priory, it was only converted into a charming Elizabethan manor house during the.....

Home of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction S)

C S Lewis' former home known today throughout the world as the Kilns was built in 1922. The area surrounding it was in fact a.....

A picture of University Museum of Natural History

University Museum of Natural History (7 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction S)

Opened in 1860 as a home for the teaching of natural science in Oxford. The Museum, with its glass-roofed court, naturalistic.....

A picture of Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction S)

An impressive storehouse filled with the richest examples of human creativity and imagination. Masks peer down from the high.....

Distant views of Cowley, Oxfordshire.

Shotover Country Park (52 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction S)

Shotover Country Park covers 117 hectares on the southern slopes of Shotover Hill, and is very popular with walkers, joggers, dog.....

A picture of Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton

Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton (16 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction NW)

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Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction S)

Built in 1845 as the university Galleries, this Museum became home to the Ashmolean collection in 1894. The museums present.....

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

Long Crendon Courthouse (2 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SE)

Long Crendon is a beautiful Buckinghamshire village which is possibly best know for its stunning 15th century Courthouse, given.....

A picture of Botanic Gardens of Oxford

Botanic Gardens of Oxford (7 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.4 km, direction S)

Situated on the banks of the River Cherwell is the peaceful settings of the beautiful Botanic Gardens of Oxford. The gardens are.....

Old Austin

Upton House & Gardens (55 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction NW)

The impressive mansion, built in the 17th century on an earlier site, was remodelled in the 1920s by the 2nd Viscount Bearsted,.....

The King's Men, part of the megalithic Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones (12 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction W)

These Bronze-Age monolithic circles are third in importance only to Stone-Henge and Avebury. They are one of the most historic.....

Burton Dassett

Burton Dassett Hills Country Park (28 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction NW)

This is a delightful country park covering almost 100 acres of rugged landscape full of rich and varied historical interest. The.....

A picture of Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park (28 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction E)

Also referred to as Station-X, Bletchley Park was the top-secret wartime base of Allied code breakers, such as Alan Turing and.....


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