Book : Oxfordshire
Street Atlas.
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Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18
OJH Tel: 01296 653226 Completed in 1889 Waddesdon Manor is the
last remaining example of 'le style Rothschild'. Renaissance-style
château on a hilltop overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury.
www.waddesdon.org.uk. About 9 miles east of Bicester.
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock,
Oxfordshire OX20 1PX Tel: 08700 602 080. Britain's Greatest Palace.
www.blenheimpalace.com.
Bicester Village, 50 Pingle Drive, Oxon OX26 6WD Tel: 01869 323
200 Shopping outlet village.
Tourist Information Centre,
Unit 86a, Bicester Village Outlet, Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire
OX6 6WD Tel: 01869 369 055.
Rousham House and Garden, Nr Steeple Aston, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Tel: 018869 347110 - A 17th century House with landscaped gardens
by William Kent (1735), also herbaceous borders and pigeon house.
www.rousham.org. About 5 miles west of Bicester.
Stowe Landscape Gardens,
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 5EH. Tel: 01494 755568. Stowe
was created in the 18th century as an idealised version of nature
with over 40 monuments and temples set against a breathtaking
backdrop of glorious open spaces, wooded valleys and ornamental
lakes. Given to the National Trust in 1989 the gardens have been
undergoing an ambitious restoration programme. About 10 miles
north of Bicester.
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