Wroxton Abbey

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Wroxton Abbey is a Jacobean house in Oxfordshire, with a 1727 garden partly converted to the serpentine style between 1731 and 1751. It is 2.5 miles west of Banbury, off the A422 road in Wroxton. It is now the English campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. ()

Coordinates: 52°4'17"N, 1°23'37"W

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Wroxton Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Broughton Castle, Banbury Town Hall, Tooley's Boatyard.

2.6 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Banbury
67 min walk • Castle Quay Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the town of Banbury, North Oxfordshire, England. The shopping centre is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal, off Castle Street.
2.1 miS
Museum, Forts and castles, History museum
Broughton Castle, Banbury
55 min walk • Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about two miles south-west of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England, on the B4035 road. It is the home of the Fiennes family, Barons Saye and Sele.
2.6 miE
City hall
Banbury Town Hall, Banbury
67 min walk • Banbury Town Hall is a municipal facility in the High Street in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Banbury Borough Council from its completion in 1854 until 1930, is a Grade II listed building.
2.6 miE
Museum
Tooley's Boatyard, Banbury
67 min walk • Tooley's Boatyard is a dockyard on the Oxford Canal in the centre of the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The opening of the Oxford Canal from Hawkesbury Junction to Banbury on 30 March 1778 gave the town a cheap and reliable supply of Warwickshire coal.
2.4 miE
Town, Church, Georgian architecture
Banbury Cross, Banbury
61 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Banbury, Oxfordshire in the Diocese of Oxford. The church is a Grade I listed building.
4.6 miNE
Church
Cropredy Methodist Church, Cropredy
117 min walk • Cropredy Methodist Church is a Methodist church in the village of Cropredy, Oxfordshire.
2.6 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Banbury Museum, Banbury
67 min walk • Banbury Museum & Gallery is a local museum in the town of Banbury, north Oxfordshire, England. The museum is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal. Its displays present the history of the town.
2.9 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Jurassic Way, Banbury
74 min walk • The Jurassic Way is a designated and signed long-distance footpath that connects the Oxfordshire town of Banbury with the Lincolnshire town of Stamford in England.
4.5 miNE
Bridge
Cropredy Bridge
115 min walk • Cropredy Bridge is a bridge in north Oxfordshire, England, that carries the minor road between Cropredy and the hamlet of Williamscot. It spans the River Cherwell, which is also the boundary between the civil parishes of Wardington and Cropredy. The bridge has three spans, a reinforced concrete deck and is faced with Hornton stone.
4 miNW
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Upton House, Cotswold Water Park
102 min walk • Upton House is a country house in the civil parish of Ratley and Upton, in the English county of Warwickshire, about 7 miles northwest of Banbury, Oxfordshire. It is in the care of the National Trust.
3.8 miS
Church, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Bloxham
97 min walk • The church of Our Lady of Bloxham, informally called St Mary's Bloxham, is the Church of England parish church in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. It is notable for its 14th-century tower and spire, which is the highest in Oxfordshire. It is unusually large for a parish church.