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Photo of the site of the Battle of Edgehill, fought in 1642 near Kineton, Warwickshire, central England.

© Des Blenkinsopp / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Battle of Edgehill

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The Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642, in what is now Warwickshire. It is the only registered battlefield in Warwickshire, one of 47 in England. The registered area covers 11 km². The closest station is Banbury, 13.8 km to the south-east.

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More places to visit near Battle of Edgehill

Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

1.8 km SE

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

2.5 km SE · spans 10 counties

Photo of Upton House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Tysoe in the Cotswolds, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Upton House

House & garden near Tysoe

A house filled with a Shell-oil art collection, its ground dropping away in 1920s terraces.

4 km SE

Photo of Compton Verney, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Kineton, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Compton Verney

House & garden near Kineton

Georgian mansion art gallery in Brown parkland.

5.5 km NW

Photo of the Oxford Canal, a 78-mile canal running from Oxford to Coventry, England.

Oxford Canal

Canal

A contour-hugging early canal wandering from Coventry's doorstep through empty Midlands countryside to the Thames at Oxford.

8.6 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of Broughton Castle, a ruined castle near South Newington, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Broughton Castle

Castle near South Newington

Moated medieval manor much used on film.

12.6 km SE