Glympton Park

#2927 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Glympton Park is a former deer park at Glympton, 3.5 miles north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It includes Glympton House and has a 2,000 acres estate including the village of Glympton, its Norman parish church of St. Mary, 32 stone cottages and 167 acres of parkland. ()

Coordinates: 51°53'35"N, 1°23'7"W

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Glympton Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blenheim Palace, St Martin's Church, Blenheim Farm, Rousham House.

3.7 miS
Extravagant Baroque palace and grounds
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
94 min walk • Blenheim Palace, a monumental country house located in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, is one of England's most magnificent palaces. Built between 1705 and 1722, the palace is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
4.6 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Martin's Church, Woodstock
117 min walk • St Martin's Church in Bladon near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, is the Church of England parish church of Bladon-with-Woodstock. It is also the mother church of St Mary Magdalene at Woodstock, which was originally a chapel of ease.
3.9 miW
Park
Blenheim Farm, Charlbury
101 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.
3.7 miNE
Garden, Vernacular architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Rousham House, Bicester
94 min walk • Rousham House is a country house at Rousham in Oxfordshire, England. The house, which has been continuously in the ownership of one family, was built circa 1635 and remodelled by William Kent in the 18th century in a free Gothic style. Further alterations were carried out in the 19th century.
4.8 miNW
Zoo
Heythrop Zoological Gardens, Chipping Norton
122 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.
3.4 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock
86 min walk • The Oxfordshire Museum is in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, located in Fletcher's House, Park Street, opposite the Bear Hotel. It is a regional museum covering the county of Oxfordshire. The museum is located on the edge of the Cotswolds.
3.4 miS
Palace
Woodstock Palace, Woodstock
87 min walk • Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Henry I of England built a hunting lodge here and in 1129 he built 7 miles of walls to create the first enclosed park, where lions and leopards were kept.
4.8 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Oxford Bus Museum, Witney
123 min walk • The Oxford Bus Museum is a transport museum at Long Hanborough, West Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles northeast of Witney and 7 miles northwest of the city of Oxford.
3.3 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Military museum
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock
85 min walk • The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum is a military museum in the town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, north of Oxford. The museum is on the edge of the Cotswolds.
3.7 miS
Church
St Laurence's Church, Cotswold Water Park
95 min walk • St Laurence's Church, Combe Longa is the Church of England parish church of Combe, Oxfordshire, England. The parish is part of the Benefice of Stonesfield with Combe Longa. The Wychwood Way long-distance footpath passes the church.
4.4 miW
History museum, Museum
Charlbury Museum, Charlbury
112 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.