Rollright, Hook Norton

#4 among attractions in Hook Norton

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Rollright is a civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England. It contains the villages of Great Rollright and Little Rollright and some of the prehistoric Rollright Stones. The parish is on West Oxfordshire's boundary with Cherwell District and Oxfordshire's boundary with Warwickshire. Andrew Breeze has proposed that the name Rollright is from the Brittonic phrase *rodland rïx 'wheel enclosure groove', where *rïx 'groove' refers to the gorge near Great Rollright and *rodland 'wheel enclosure' refers to the King's Men circle of the Rollright Stones. ()

Coordinates: 51°59'6"N, 1°31'59"W

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Hook Norton United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Rollright Stones, Hook Norton Brewery, Chipping Norton Museum, Heythrop Zoological Gardens.

1.7 miW
History museum, Museum
Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton
44 min walk • 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.
1.8 miNE
Brewery, Nightlife
Hook Norton Brewery, Hook Norton
47 min walk • Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, several miles outside the Cotswold Hills.
3.1 miS
Museum
Chipping Norton Museum, Chipping Norton
79 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.
4.2 miSE
Zoo
Heythrop Zoological Gardens, Chipping Norton
107 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.
2.9 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
74 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.
2.9 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
75 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.
5.4 miSW
Park, Neoclassical architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Daylesford House, Chipping Norton
138 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.
4.9 miW
Church
St Mary's Church, Cotswold Water Park
125 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.
3.4 miS
Museum
Bliss Tweed Mill, Chipping Norton
88 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.
5.3 miSW
Museum
Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre, Chipping Norton
135 min walk • Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre is a heritage centre in the Cotswolds village of Churchill, Oxfordshire, England.
5.4 miW
Museum, History museum
Chastleton House
138 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.