A French Renaissance-style château built in the 1870s and 1880s for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his collection of art and to entertain. The rooms hold French furniture, Sèvres porcelain and paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds.
The gardens have Victorian bedding displays, an aviary of rare birds and a wine cellar. The house is cared for by a Rothschild family foundation on behalf of the National Trust.
A vast 18th-century landscape garden full of temples, monuments and bridges, made by the Temple family with help from Capability Brown, who was head …
The heart of the University of Oxford: the Bodleian, one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and the domed Radcliffe Camera beside it, Oxford's most f…
Over 5,000 acres of woods, commons and chalk downland on the Chiltern Hills, with walks for every length.
A historic indoor market in the centre of Oxford, open since 1774, with about 50 independent traders: butchers, bakers, cheesemongers, cafés, florist…
The grandest of Oxford's colleges, founded by Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII in 1546.
Woburn Abbey has been the home of the Dukes of Bedford for nearly 400 years.
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