Ascott Earl Castle, Cotswold Water Park

Name: Ascott Earl Castle
Address: Cotswold Water Park, United Kingdom

#128 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park

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Ascott Earl Castle was a castle in the village of Ascott Earl, Oxfordshire, England. ()

Coordinates: 51°51'48"N, 1°34'12"W

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Cotswold Water Park United Kingdom

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Ascott Earl Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of St John the Baptist, Blenheim Farm, The Theatre, Charlbury Museum.

4.6 miSW
Historical place, Church
Church of St John the Baptist, Burford
118 min walk • The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist in Burford, Oxfordshire, England is a Grade I listed building. The Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is described by David Verey as "a complicated building which has developed in a curious way from the Norman".
4.3 miE
Park
Blenheim Farm, Charlbury
109 min walk • Blenheim Farm is a 1-hectare nature reserve near Charlbury in Oxfordshire. It is owned and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. This is a meadow surrounded by ancient hedges and woodland.
5.6 miN
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
143 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 miE
History museum, Museum
Charlbury Museum, Charlbury
97 min walk • Charlbury Museum is a local museum in the town of Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England. The museum and collections are organized and run by the Charlbury Society, which was founded in 1949.
2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wychwood, Cotswold Water Park
68 min walk • Wychwood or Wychwood Forest is a 501.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and an area of 263.4 hectares is a national nature reserve The site contains a long barrow dating to the Neolithic period, which is a scheduled monument.
2.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Leafield Castle, Shipton-under-Wychwood
57 min walk • Leafield Castle is a motte castle in the village of Leafield in the north west region of Oxfordshire. All that is left of the castle are the earthworks and the earth mound that formed the centre of the castle.
3.3 miE
Park, Vernacular architecture
Cornbury Park, Cotswold Water Park
85 min walk • Cornbury Park is an estate near Charlbury, Oxfordshire. It comprises about 5000 acres, mostly farmland and woods, including a remnant of the Wychwood Forest, and was the original venue for the Cornbury Music Festival and later the Wilderness Festival.
4.7 miS
Vernacular architecture, Ruins
Minster Lovell Hall, Cotswold Water Park
120 min walk • Minster Lovell Hall is a ruin in Minster Lovell, an English village in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. The ruins are situated by the River Windrush.
2.8 miW
Monastery
Bruern, Shipton-under-Wychwood
72 min walk • Bruern or Bruern Abbey is a hamlet and civil parish on the River Evenlode about 6 miles north of Burford in West Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 62.
1.6 miN
Archaeological site
Lyneham Longbarrow, Cotswold Water Park
42 min walk • Lyneham Longbarrow is a long barrow near Lyneham, Oxfordshire. It is beside the A361 road, between Shipton-under-Wychwood and Chipping Norton. Just nine metres from the barrow mound stands a 1.8 metre tall standing stone.
0.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Ascot d'Oilly Castle, Cotswold Water Park
16 min walk • Ascot d'Oilly Castle is situated north of the village of Ascott-under-Wychwood in the north west region of Oxfordshire. It is a scheduled ancient monument. A fragment of the castle remains and is a Grade II listed building.