This beautiful local history museum is housed in a medieval oak beamed hall-house. The museum has a wide-ranging collection, the focus of which is...

This tiny Berkshire parish church is home to the ‘Aldworth Giants’, statues of the De La Beche family dating back to the 14th Century. These...

The Ridgeway is Britain’s oldest road. Stretching 87 miles, this chalk ridge route was used by prehistoric man, and is still enjoyed today by walkers...

Lardon Chase is owned by the National Trust, from this beautiful spot at the top of Streatley Hill, a panoramic view of Goring on Thames...

Travelling over the double bridges joining together the villages of Goring and Streatley, after taking in the breathtaking views of the River Thames, you will...

From its source in the Cotswolds, the River Thames winds itself along a breathtaking journey to the Thames Barrier in London. The Thames Path is...

This magnificent road bridge across the Thames joins together the villages of Goring in Oxfordshire, and Streatley in Berkshire. The bridge as it stands today...

The Holies is a picturesque area of woodland and downland in Berkshire, with fantastic views, making it a popular destination for hikers and dog walkers....

The picturesque village of Streatley lies on the Berkshire side of the river Thames, facing Goring on Thames; the two villages are linked by a...

Dorchester Abbey Museum is housed in two buildings on the site of the Abbey. The Old Schoolroom is part of the abbey’s 14th Century...

Beale Park - part of the Child-Beale Trust - isn’t just home to an extraordinary bird collection (including peacocks, swans, owls and parrots) but offers...

You must leave the main road behind, and go deep into Blewbury, to truly appreciate this chocolate box village. Blewbury lies at the foot of...

Didcot lies halfway between London and Bristol on Brunel’s historic Great Western Railway. The original engine shed is home to a lovingly restored collection of...

John Carr was an eminent architect of the 18th Century and was commissioned to build this fantastic Palladian mansion for Francis Sykes, a wealthy man...

Pendon Museum was founded in 1954 to commemorate in miniature the landscape of the Vale of the White Horse as it was in the 1920’s....

Located in Whitchurch on Thames, this gallery has carved out a good reputation for showing a wide variety of modern art. The space is...

For over 800 years, Stonor has nestled picturesquely in the Chiltern hills. The core of the house is medieval but the Stonor family’s Catholic faith...

A Grade I listed building and protected by a local heritage foundation, this 15th Century chapel is one of the most beautiful buildings in the...

The original house on this site would have been built in the 14th Century, although only one tower still remains from 1365. The majority...

A living rainforest inside glass houses near Newbury. It successfully brings together an array of animals, including free ranging butterflies, lizards & birds, and over...

This hall is located at the heart of the community on the Market Square and is without a doubt one of the most interesting and...

This grade 1 listed building is home to one of the most famous museums in the area. Opposite the medieval abbey in the centre...

Fawley Court has a history that dates back to the 11th Century, was designed by the world famous Christopher Wren and built in 1663 for...

The beautiful 8-acre gardens of Waterperry House were founded by Beatrix Havergal in the 1930s. Today it includes formal gardens, an herbaceous border, woodland garden,...

This delightful Saxon church is situated within the village of Waterperry, adjacent to Waterperry House. It is an architectural treasure trove, displaying progressive additions, alterations...

The Oxfordshire Record Office is home to a vast amount of administrative, political and social records that are associated with hundreds of years of history...

Set on the banks of the River Thames in Henley-on-Thames, the stunning River & Rowing Museum has three galleries devoted to the River Thames, the...

A 200 year old working watermill in wildlife friendly surroundings, open 2nd Sunday in every month, April to October 10-5pm, adults £1 and children 50...

The Barn Galleries are one of the most important cultural centres in this small community. They display a rich and eclectic range of paintings...

The Health Archives for the county of Oxfordshire were originally established simply as an administrative tool for the local NHS to be able to check...

The current building dates from around 1200 although there has probably been a church on the site of St Mary’s for over a thousand years....

Most of the buildings that made up Reading Abbey, whose 30-acre site dominated the town from 1121 to its dissolution by Henry VIII in 1539,...

The Forbury Gardens, originally part of Reading Abbey, were laid out between 1856 and 1864. The gardens are dominated by the Maiwand Lion, an 1886...

Reading Museum is home to many collections devoted to the town’s ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ history. There’s a gallery featuring the influence of biscuit makers...

Set up in 1993, the gallery moved to the town hall in 2004. The aim of the gallery is to give a place of...

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is nearly 400 years old and is the oldest in Britain. The garden has over 7,000 different types...

Magdalen College was founded in 1448 by William of Waynflete and was one of the first colleges to teach science. The impressive buildings of...

Oxford University’s Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art was founded by John Ruskin in 1871 whose aim was to develop a course that would...

A trip to Oxford would not be complete without trying out the traditional activity of punting down the River Cherwell. The Magdalen Bridge Boathouse...

Known locally as the ’church next to the prison’, St James was built between 1837-1840 on the site of the north transept of Reading Abbey....