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The Hook Norton Brewery Co LTD, Brewery Lane, Hook Norton, OX15
5NY. The Visitors Centre (Tel: 01608 730384) is housed in the
original maltings. Brewery tours available Monday to Friday.
School educational parties are welcome and are free of charge.
The tour lasts approximately 2 hours and consists of a trip around
the Brewery, museum and village museum, followed by sampling
of beers, and on leaving, a badged glass as a momento of the
visit. See Shire Horse at work. About 5 miles north of Chipping
Norton.
Chastleton House, Chastleton,
nr Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire GL56 0SU. Tel: 01608 674355.
One of England's finest and most complete Jacobean houses. Rare
tapestries, portraits and personal belongings. As Chastleton
House is relatively fragile and the access roads are quiet and
narrow, the maximum number of visitors is restricted to 175 a
day. National Trust. Charges apply. About 4 miles west of Chipping
Norton.
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 5EB. “About the most
beautiful castle in all England ... for sheer loveliness of the
combination of water, woods and picturesque buildings.”
Charges apply. About 10 miles north of Chipping Norton.
Rollright Stones, King's
Men stone circle, standing stone, and a burial chamber. Rollright
consists of 77 stones. There is free parking in the lay-bys on
the road. Full colour leaflet for sale at the site. About 2 miles
north of Chipping Norton.
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