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Bix Bottom

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Bix Bottom is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire, covering 1 km². The county has 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside the Chilterns National Landscape.

The closest station is Henley-on-Thames, about 6.4 km to the south-east. Priest's Hill and Pishill Woods are among the SSSIs within 2 km.

More places to visit near Bix Bottom

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

Chilterns

You’re inside itNational Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

Photo of Stonor Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Turville in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Stonor Park

House & garden near Turville

Held by one Catholic family for 800 years, where Edmund Campion secretly printed in 1581.

2.9 km NE

Photo of Turville, a village in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Turville

Village

Brick-and-flint hamlet in a steep Chilterns bottom, a hilltop windmill above it, much filmed for The Vicar of Dibley and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

6 km NE · Buckinghamshire

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.

6.2 km SE · 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.

6.3 km SE · spans 7 counties

Photo of Cobstone Windmill, a windmill near Turville in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Cobstone Windmill

Windmill near Turville

White smock mill on the hill above Turville, familiar as the home of Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

6.4 km NE