Within 20 minutes' drive:
Motte & Bailey - Norman site adjacent to Blue Row
Hook Norton Brewery - 150 year old independent brewery which offers visitor tours - and supplies the best local pubs!
Great Tew - Picture Book Village with prize winning pub.
Wiggington Waterfowl and Childrens' Farm - small wildlife sanctuary
Chipping Norton - Nearest Market Town
Chipping Norton Leisure Centre & Soft Play
Chipping Norton Lido - Open air pool normally open May to September
Fairytale Farm Chipping Norton - wonderful for children and especially well-organised for disabled children
Rollright Stones - 5000 year old neolithic site with tales to tell
Broughton Castle - Picturesque Castle (used for Wolf Hall)
Chastleton House - One of England's finest and most complete Jacobean homes.
Banbury and the Cross - home of the nursery rhyme's Lady on a White Horse
Banbury Spiceball Leisure Centre and Indoor Pool
SWERFORD now has its own village website, including a What's On page.
Within 20-40 minutes' drive:
Blenheim Palace - The famous home of the Duke of Marlborough
The Slaughters - Hugely photogenic and unspoilt villages
Bourton on the Water - Picturesque town with many tourist attractions
Burford - On the banks of the Windrush, granted a charter in the 11th century
Cotswold Wild Life Park - 150 acre zoo
Stow on the Wold - Ancient Cotswolds wool town with many antique shops
Adlestrop - Inspired Edward Thomas to write one of the most famous poems of English literature, visited several times by Jane Austen
Batsford Arboretum - A jewel - One of the largest private collections of trees and shrubs in the country. Note there are two lovely gardens right by Batsford: Sezingcote and Bourton House Garden.
Cotswold Falconry Centre - "more than just a flying visit"
Hidcote Arts and Crafts Garden. Note Kiftsgate Court Garden is also very close.
Moreton in the Marsh - Attractive Market Town with Batsford Arboretum and Cotswold Falconry Centre nearby
Minster Lovell - Stunning and highly photogenic ruins of 15th century manor house
Oxford - The city of dreaming spires and the oldest English speaking university (over 900 years) in the world
Edge Hill - Site of the first battle of the English Civil War in 1642
Cropredy - Village on the Oxford Canal, site of a civil war battle, and the famous annual music festival each August
Upton House - National Trust House with steep and attractive gardens
Stratford upon Avon - Shakespeare's birthplace - need we say more?
Stratford upon Avon Mechanical Art and Design (MAD) Museum - great for children and adults
Stratford - Contact the RSC Box Office Stratford to make advance theatre bookings
Within 45 minutes' to an hour's drive:
Cotswold Farm Park - Absolute joy for children
Charlecote Park Victorian home in a landscaped deer park (National Trust)
Warwick Castle - "Finest medieval castle in England", in spectacular setting, with dungeons
Hailes Abbey - Tranquil Ruins of monastic abbey with new museum
Bibury - William Morris highly rated Bibury - Trout Farm and Saxon Church
Snowshill Manor - eclectic collection and Arts & Crafts style garden
Stanway Gardens - Manor House with 20 acres of grounds, complemented by its partly restored baroque water garden
Chipping Campden - Unspoiled old wool town with many historic buildings
Hidcote Manor Garden - One of England's great gardens, with panoramic views, near Chipping Campden
Sudeley Castle - 15th century castle with Royal connections spanning a thousand years, plus beautiful gardens
Northleach - Market town on a cross roads on the ancient Fosse Way in an area of outstanding natural beauty
Chedworth Roman Villa - Remains of one of the largest Romano-British Villas - ruins and mosaic floors
Stowe Gardens (National Trust) and house (not NT) Georgian gardening and landscape on grand scale