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Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.

CotswoldsPhoto Samuel Sweet / Pexels

Places to explore near Banbury StationBanbury

21 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

4.9 km SW

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

8.1 km NW

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.

8.7 km NW · spans 10 counties

Photo of Aynho, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Aynho

Village

Hilltop 'apricot village' on the Oxfordshire edge, its honey-coloured houses trained with apricot trees below Aynhoe Park.

8.9 km SE · Northamptonshire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.2 km NW · spans 4 counties

Photo of Spiceball Country Park, a country park near King's Sutton, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Spiceball Country Park

Country park near King's Sutton

A country park in Oxfordshire.

0.6 km NW

Photo of Thenford Arboretum, a garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.

Thenford Arboretum

Garden near Thenford

Seventy-acre tree and shrub collection with walled garden and lakes near the Northamptonshire border, open on limited days.

2.7 km N

Broughton Grange

Garden near North Newington

Contemporary walled garden by Tom Stuart-Smith near Banbury, with terraces, arboretum and long views over north Oxfordshire.

3.1 km NW

Photo of Wroxton Abbey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near King's Sutton, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Wroxton Abbey

House & garden near King's Sutton

A Jacobean house on a medieval priory site, its grounds shaped by Capability Brown.

4.1 km W

Photo of St Mary's Church, Adderbury, a church in Oxfordshire, south east England.

St Mary's Church, Adderbury

Church near Adderbury

Grand cruciform ironstone church with a tall spire and a celebrated frieze of carved figures and grotesques.

5.1 km S

King's Sutton

Village

Ironstone village on the Oxfordshire border with a broad green and a soaring 14th-century spire counted among the finest in England.

5.4 km SE · Northamptonshire

Photo of St Peter and St Paul, King's Sutton, a church in Northamptonshire, central England.

St Peter and St Paul, King's Sutton

Church near King's Sutton

A landmark 14th-century church whose slender crocketed spire, near 60 metres, is reckoned among the finest in England.

5.4 km SE

Photo of St Mary's Church, Bloxham, a church in Oxfordshire, south east England.

St Mary's Church, Bloxham

Church near Bloxham

Large medieval church with one of the tallest spires in the county and richly carved stonework inside and out.

5.7 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (8) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.