Stately Homes and Gardens
Althorp
Home to the Spencers for 5 Centuries and the
final resting place of 'Lady Diana.'
Baddesley Clinton
Romantic Medieval moated manor house
Blenheim Palace
Very impressive
building and gardens
Broughton Castle
1300 and 1500 Strong civil war connection and film location.
Canons Ashby House
16th century home of the Dryden family
Charlecote Park
Built 1558,
wonderful gardens
Compton Verney
Newest art gallery - great for all the family
Coughton Court
1409-gunpowder plot exhibition
Farnborough Hall
18th century stone house - fine plaster-work and terrace
walk
Hidcote Manor Garden
One of the most beautiful gardens
in England
Packwood
House
Tudor
architecture surrounded by gardens and parkland
Ragley Hall
An elegant 17th century house set in 400 areas of parkland,
home of the Marques and Marchioness of Hertford
Rousham
House
Totally non commercialised 17th century house
Snowshill Manor
Full to the brim with Charles Wade's
collection of craftmanship
Sulgrave Manor
16th Century home of the ancestors of George
Washington
Upton House
An impressive house with an internationally important art
collection
Waddesdom Manor
Museum of the Year/Best National Trust Property 1997
Nearby Towns
Warwick, Leamington Spa, Stratford, Banbury,
Oxford, Coventry, Cotswolds, Southam |
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General Activities
• Model boat club - antique tractor collection
• Mr Karting, indoor race track 8+
• Theatre: including RSC
• Cinema: Stratford, Leamington, Banbury
• Pottery Magic: Banbury.
• Canal boat cruises
• Fishing
• Gliding
• Golf for all abilities
• Gym
• Hire a vintage car for the day
• Horse Racing - Warwick and Stratford
• Horse Riding
• Swimming
• Walking numerous paths and quiet lanes
• Cafes and Restaurants, from cheap and cheerful to all out
indulgence
Family
Fun
Hatton Country World
Shopping village and Family farm village
Tenpin bowling
Banbury and Leamington
Stratford on Avon Butterfly Farm
exotic rainforest.
Ragley Hall
Outdoor in the woods, large adventure, playground and 3d maze
Model railway club
Thursday and Saturday
Childrens soft play areas,
Stratford, Warwick and Southam
Museum of British Road Transport
Home to Thrust 1 and 2
Warwick Castle
The finest medieval castle in England
Kenilworth Castle
The ruined glory of Elizabethan England
Guide Friday [open top bus]
The original Grimm's ghostly tour of Stratford
Yew Tree Farm Craft Centre
St John's Museum
The Shakespearean
A horse-drawn garden seat omnibus
The National Herb Centre
Includes nature trail
Heritage Motor Center
Largest
collection of British cars in the world
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