Benson

Worth seeing in and around Benson

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Wallingford Castle

   Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries".

   2.1 km · castle in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell

   St John the Baptist's Church is a closed, redundant Anglican church, partly in ruins, in Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   4 km · grade II listed church in Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wallingford Museum

   Wallingford Museum is a museum with collections of local interest in the town of Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire. The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history.

   2.5 km · Local museum in Wallingford, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren

   St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3.3 km · church in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Corn Exchange Theatre

   The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Place, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is used as a theatre, is a Grade II listed building.

   2.5 km · meeting hall, concert hall and theatre in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Mary-le-More, Wallingford

   St Mary-le-More is a Church of England parish church in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The church is situated in the centre of The Marketplace, just behind the Town Hall.

   2.6 km · church in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Winterbrook Bridge

   Winterbrook Bridge, also known as Wallingford Bypass Bridge, was built in 1993 as part of a bypass around Wallingford, Oxfordshire, to relieve congestion on the single-lane Wallingford Bridge. It forms part of the A4130, connecting Winterbrook, at the north end of Cholsey, just south of Wallingford, on the west bank, to Mongewell on the east bank.

   3.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kinecroft

   Park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

   2.7 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Bull Croft

   Wallingford is a market town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles north of Reading, 13 miles south of Oxford and 11 miles north west of Henley-on-Thames. Although belonging to the historic county of Berkshire, it is within the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire for administrative purposes as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.

   2.3 km · park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Howbery Park

    Howbery Park is a 36-ha park located adjacent to the River Thames in Crowmarsh Gifford near Wallingford, UK. Its main feature is an English manor house built in about 1850 by Member of Parliament William Seymour Blackstone. Blackstone fell into debt, largely because of the building costs, which resulted in him spending time in the debtors' prison at Oxford and contributed to the end of his political career.

    1.6 km · park in Oxfordshire, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Benson

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London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km · London Luton (LTN), 58 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 83 km

Stations

Wallingford railway station, 3.1 km

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