Ashdown House, Lambourn

Name: Ashdown House
Address: Lambourn, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1494 755569

#1 among attractions in Lambourn

Top attraction, History museum, Museum, Vernacular architecture

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Ashdown House is a 17th-century country house in the civil parish of Ashbury in the English county of Oxfordshire. Until 1974 the house was in the county of Berkshire, and the nearby village of Lambourn remains in that county. ()

Coordinates: 51°32'10"N, 1°35'43"W

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Lambourn United Kingdom

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+44 1494 755569

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Lambourn

Day trips

Ashdown House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uffington White Horse, Wayland's Smithy, Uffington Castle, Dragon Hill.

3 miNE
Famous hill figure and castle remains
Uffington White Horse
76 min walk • Carved into the rolling chalk hills of Oxfordshire, the Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric enigma that captivates the imagination of visitors and historians alike. This ancient hill figure, etched into the landscape over 3,000 years ago during the late Bronze Age...
2.1 miN
Archaeological site, Historic walking areas
Wayland's Smithy
54 min walk • Wayland's Smithy, nestled in the verdant landscape of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, is a site steeped in ancient history and folklore. This Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb, dating back to approximately 3,600 BC, is a testament to the architectural acumen...
2.9 miN
Archaeological site, Forts and castles, Mysterious site
Uffington Castle
74 min walk • Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end.
3.2 miN
Archaeological site, View point
Dragon Hill
83 min walk • Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
4.7 miW
Forts and castles
Liddington Castle
121 min walk • Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hill fort in the English county of Wiltshire. At 277 metres, it is the highest point in the Borough of Swindon. It is sited on a commanding high point close to the Ridgeway and covers an area of 3 hectares.
6.2 miNW
Cemetery
Westmill Woodland Burial Ground
159 min walk • Westmill Woodland Burial Ground is a green burial ground in the Vale of White Horse on the border of Oxfordshire with Wiltshire in southern England.
4.5 miW
Area
Wanborough, Swindon
116 min walk • Wanborough is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles southeast of Swindon town centre.
4.6 miW
Church
St Andrew's Church
117 min walk • St Andrew's Church is in the village of Wanborough in north Wiltshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Bristol, one of only three churches in England to have a western tower and a central spire.
~1420 ftNW
Forts and castles
Alfred's Castle
7 min walk • Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
2.1 miN
Memorial
Cotswold-Severn Group, Shrivenham
54 min walk • The Cotswold-Severn Group are a series of long barrows erected in an area of western Britain during the Early Neolithic. Around 200 known examples of long barrows are known from the Cotswold-Severn region, although an unknown number of others were likely destroyed prior to being recorded.
3 miE
Archaeological site
Seven Barrows
76 min walk • Seven Barrows is a Bronze Age bowl barrow cemetery, 4-hectare of which are designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, at Upper Lambourn in the civil parish of Lambourn in the English county of Berkshire.

Ashdown House, Lambourn

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Ashdown House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)