Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton

Name: Rollright Stones
Address: Off A3400, Chipping Norton, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 370 333 1181

#1 among attractions in Chipping Norton

Top attraction, History museum, Museum

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The Rollright Stones are a complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments near the village of Long Compton, on the borders of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. Constructed from local oolitic limestone, the three monuments, now known as the King's Men and the Whispering Knights in Oxfordshire and the King Stone in Warwickshire, are distinct in their design and purpose. They were built at different periods in late prehistory. During the period when the three monuments were erected, there was a continuous tradition of ritual behaviour on sacred ground, from the 4th to the 2nd millennium BCE. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°58'35"N, 1°34'13"W

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Off A3400Chipping Norton United Kingdom

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+44 370 333 1181

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Rollright Stones – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hook Norton Brewery, Chipping Norton Museum, Heythrop Zoological Gardens, Holy Trinity Church.

3.5 miNE
Brewery, Nightlife
Hook Norton Brewery, Hook Norton
90 min walk • Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, several miles outside the Cotswold Hills.
2.7 miSE
Museum
Chipping Norton Museum, Chipping Norton
68 min walk • Chipping Norton Museum is an independent local museum located on the High Street in the town of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The museum is located on the first floor of the Chipping Norton Co-operative Society Hall, which dates from the 1880s.
5.2 miSE
Zoo
Heythrop Zoological Gardens, Chipping Norton
133 min walk • Heythrop Zoological Gardens is a private zoo and animal training centre in Heythrop, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The zoo has the largest private collection of exotic animals in the United Kingdom. The site also houses Amazing Animals, an animal training company that provides exotic animals for the film industry.
2.6 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
68 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the London road in the centre of the town. It was built in 1836 and is a Grade II listed building.
2.5 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
65 min walk • The Theatre Chipping Norton, sometimes The Theatre, Chipping Norton, is a theatre, cinema, gallery and music venue in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The main auditorium was originally a Salvation Army citadel, built in 1888.
3.8 miSW
Park, Neoclassical architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Daylesford House, Chipping Norton
98 min walk • Daylesford House is a Georgian country house near Daylesford, Gloucestershire, on the north bank of the River Evenlode near the border with Oxfordshire. It is about 5 miles east of Stow-on-the-Wold and 5 miles west of Chipping Norton.
3.2 miW
Church
St Mary's Church, Cotswold Water Park
82 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Chastleton, Oxfordshire, England. It is a parish church in the parish of Little Compton, along with those of Cornwell, Daylesford and Little Rollright.
2.7 miS
Museum
Bliss Tweed Mill, Chipping Norton
69 min walk • Bliss Tweed Mill is a former mill for the manufacture of tweed. It is located on the edge of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It became a Grade II* listed building in 1980.
4.1 miS
Museum
Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre, Chipping Norton
105 min walk • Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre is a heritage centre in the Cotswolds village of Churchill, Oxfordshire, England.
4.1 miW
Memorial
Four Shire Stone, Moreton-in-Marsh
106 min walk • The Four Shire Stone is a boundary marker that marks the place where the four historic English counties of Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Worcestershire once met.
3.7 miW
Museum, History museum
Chastleton House
94 min walk • Chastleton House is a Jacobean country house at Chastleton, Oxfordshire, England, close to Moreton-in-Marsh. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1991 and is a Grade I listed building.