English Heritage sites near Swinbrook and Widford Parish
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
3 miles from Swinbrook and Widford Parish
The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete dovecote nearby. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
7 miles from Swinbrook and Widford Parish
The remains of a large, well built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
11 miles from Swinbrook and Widford Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
14 miles from Swinbrook and Widford Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
16 miles from Swinbrook and Widford Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
17 miles from Swinbrook and Widford Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.