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Kelmscott Manor

Photo of Kelmscott Manor, a Grade II registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.

Kelmscott Manor

© David Martin / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© David Martin / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kelmscott Manor

Local highlight

William Morris's Tudor riverside retreat.

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William Morris took Kelmscott Manor as a country home from 1871, and its gardens and grey gabled walls run all through his wallpapers and writing. The Tudor house now belongs to the Society of Antiquaries and holds a fine collection of his work, furniture and textiles. The cottage garden runs down towards the Thames. Open Thursday to Saturday, April to October, with timed tickets, so it’s worth booking ahead.

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More places to visit near Kelmscott Manor

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

0.1 km S · spans 7 counties

Photo of Buscot Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Buscot Park

House & garden near Kelmscott

An Italianate water garden designed by Harold Peto in 1904, stepping through rills.

2.2 km S

Photo of The Bell Inn (Langford), a gastropub in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

The Bell Inn (Langford)

Gastropub · With rooms near Langford

Cotswold village inn near Lechlade with a strong reputation for produce-led cooking.

3.8 km N

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

5.5 km NW

Photo of Faringdon Folly Tower, a folly near Buckland, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Faringdon Folly Tower

Folly near Buckland

A 100-foot brick-and-stone tower in a hilltop wood, England's last great folly, built for Lord Berners in 1935.

5.7 km SE

Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

North Wessex Downs

National Landscape near Hungerford

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

12.3 km S