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Photo of Christ Church, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.

Christ ChurchPhoto James Wood / Unsplash

Places to explore near Islip StationIslip

67 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

5.7 km SW · spans 7 counties

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.

6.2 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of Carfax Tower, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Carfax Tower

Landmark near Oxford

Surviving 12th-century tower of St Martin's church at Oxford's central crossroads, climbable for rooftop city views.

8.3 km S

Photo of University of Oxford Botanic Garden, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

University of Oxford Botanic Garden

House & garden near Oxford

Britain's oldest botanic garden, a walled physic garden of 1621 by the Cherwell.

8.4 km S

Photo of Oxford Castle, a ruined castle in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Oxford Castle

Castle near Oxford

Norman castle and old county gaol, with a climbable Saxon tower.

8.4 km S

Photo of Woodstock, a village in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Woodstock

Village

Handsome stone town at the gates of Blenheim Palace, with a Georgian high street and the county museum.

8.4 km W · Oxfordshire

Photo of Christ Church, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.Iconic

Christ Church

House & garden near Oxford

Oxford's grandest college, with Tom Tower and its own cathedral.

8.8 km S

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

8.9 km W

Photo of Blenheim Palace, a Grade I registered house & garden near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, south east England.Iconic

Blenheim Palace

House & garden near Woodstock

Baroque palace, Churchill's birthplace, Capability Brown park.

9.1 km W

Photo of Boarstall Tower, a landmark near Brill, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Boarstall Tower

Landmark near Brill

Moated 14th-century stone gatehouse, all that remains of a fortified manor at Boarstall, kept by the National Trust.

9.8 km E

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Photo along the Oxfordshire Way, a 67-mile long-distance path running from Bourton-on-the-Water to Henley-on-Thames, England.

Oxfordshire Way

Long-distance path

Across Oxfordshire from Bourton-on-the-Water to Henley-on-Thames, joining the Cotswolds to the Chilterns by field path and village.

0.3 km SE · Oxfordshire & Gloucestershire

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.

3.7 km W · spans 4 counties

Photo of The Nut Tree Inn, a pub near Murcott, Oxfordshire, south east England.

The Nut Tree Inn

Pub near Murcott

Thatched, whitewashed pub in the tiny hamlet of Murcott holding a Michelin star while keeping its village-local feel.

6.2 km E

Photo of The Trout Inn, a pub near Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, south east England.

The Trout Inn

Pub near Wolvercote

Old stone inn beside a weir on the Thames at Wolvercote, with a riverside terrace below Godstow's abbey ruins.

6.6 km SW

Photo of St Catherine's College, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.

St Catherine's College

House & garden near Oxford

Arne Jacobsen's modernist landscape of the 1960s, composed as carefully as the college itself.

7.8 km S

Magdalen College

House & garden near Oxford

A 1458 Oxford college with a fallow-deer park, water walks and Addison's Walk.

8 km S

Photo of New College, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.

New College

House & garden near Oxford

College gardens inside Oxford's medieval city wall, with a raised viewing mound.

8 km S

The Oxford Artisan Distillery

Distillery near Oxford

Grain-to-glass distillery on Oxford's edge working heritage-grain spirits, with tours and tastings in its still house.

8.2 km S

Photo of Shotover Country Park, a country park near Wheatley, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Shotover Country Park

Country park near Wheatley

A country park in Oxfordshire.

8.8 km S

Everything else within 10 km (48) — 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.