Shirburn

Worth seeing in and around Shirburn

7 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
   Watlington

   Watlington is a market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 7 miles south of Thame. It is near Oxfordshire's eastern edge and less than 2 miles from its border with Buckinghamshire.

   2 km · market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Shirburn Castle

   Shirburn Castle is a Grade I listed, moated castle located at the village of Shirburn, near Watlington, Oxfordshire. Originally constructed in the fourteenth century, it was renovated and remodelled in the Georgian era by Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield who made it his family seat, and altered further in the early nineteenth century.

   300 m · medieval castle in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   All Saints Church, Shirburn

   All Saints' Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of the parish of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   400 m · grade II listed church in Shirburn, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Adwell House

   Adwell House, Adwell, Oxfordshire, is a Grade II* listed building and the family seat of the Birch Reynardson family.

   3.5 km · Grade II listed building in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Shirburn Hill

   Shirburn Hill is a 63.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest just outside and to the northeast of Watlington, Oxfordshire. The hill has chalk grassland, chalk heath, scrub and broadleaved woodland.

   1.8 km · hill in Oxfordshire · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Watlington White Mark

   Watlington White Mark is a chalk hill figure located on Watlington Hill, a mile from the village of Watlington, Oxfordshire. It is 270 feet tall and 36 feet wide, and is one of several hill figures cut into the Chilterns, alongside the Whiteleaf Cross, Bledlow Cross and Whipsnade White Lion.

   2.3 km · hill figure in Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Mary's Church, Pyrton

   St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church of Pyrton, Oxfordshire, England. Its parish is part of the benefice of Icknield, in the deanery of Aston and Cuddesdon, the archdeaconry of Oxford and the diocese of Oxford.

   1.2 km · church in Pyrton, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Shirburn

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 42 km · London Luton (LTN), 49 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 80 km

Stations

Aston Rowant railway station, 3.4 km

• London → Shirburn

  10 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £1–1.5
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• Luton, Luton → Shirburn

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £7–10
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• London, Essex → Shirburn

  10 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £1–1.5
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shirburn

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shirburn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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