From castles to country houses, from vintage cars to teddy bears, it is all within easy reach

   of Blockley.  Enjoy browsing the links below which are just a few of the many attractions.

 

Ashmolean Museum            - Oxford.              Britain's oldest public museum.

 

Blenheim Palace                  -  Woodstock        Seat of the Marlboroughs' started in 1705.

                                                                            Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

Bodlean Library                   - Oxford.               Divinity School and Bodlean's Exhibition

                                                                           Room.

Charlecote Park                   - Warwick.           Superb Tudor house with strong associations

                                                                            with both Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare

Chastleton House                -  Chastleton.       One of England’s finest and most complete

                                                                            Jacobean houses.

Chavenage House               -  Tetbury.             An Elizabethan country house virtually

                                                                            unchanged for 400 years.

Chedworth Roman Villa       - Yanworth.          Remains of one of the largest Romano-British

                                                                            villas in Britain.

Corinium Museum               - Cirencester.       One of the finest collections of antiquities from

                                                                            Roman Britain.

Cotswold Farm Park            - Guitting Power. Unrivalled collection of rare breed farm

                                                                           animals.

Cotswold Motor Museum   - Bourton.             Motor and toy collections of yesteryear and

                                                                            home to Brum.

Coughton Court                    - nr Alcester        Country house with a Tudor gateway dating

                                                                            from 1530.

Gloucester Cathedral          -  Gloucester.       A religious site for over 1300 years with the

                                                                           Cathedral founded over 900 years age.

Holst Museum                     -  Cheltenham.      Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst,

                                                                            composer of The Planets was born in 1874.

Kelmscott Manor                -  Lechlade.           Tudor farm house used by William Morris as

                                                                            his summer home.

Rollright Stones                   - Chipping             Ancient site including a 5000 year old burial

                                                 Norton               chamber and a stone circle.

Roman Baths                       - Bath.                   The best preserved Roman spa from the

                                                                           ancient world, and Regency Pump Rooms.

Shakespeare's Birthplace   -  Stratford-          A trust of 5 properties including Shakespeare's

                                                                            house and Anne Hathaway's.

Snowshill Manor                  - Snowshill.           Arts & Crafts-style garden designed to

                                                                           complement a Cotswold manor house.

Teddy Bear Museum          -  Stratford.           A museum covering from the birth of the teddy

                                                                            to present day, also a shop.

Upton House                        -  Banbury.           Late 17th-century house with significant art

                                                                           collections and superb terraced gardens.

Warwick Castle                   -  Warwick.           From a motte and bailey to the medieval castle

                                                                           of the Kingmaker of England

Winchcombe Railway          - Winchcombe      One of the largest collections of railway

Museum & Garden                                           equipment with activities for all.

 

Worcester Cathedral           - Worcester          Begun in 1084 the cathedral contains the tomb

                                                                            of King John.