Local Pubs and Restaurants:

Our local knowledge is in-depth and we can certainly make suggestions about eating out in the local area, whether you simply want to walk 200 yards to the local pubs, open for excellent pub food, good beer and companionship or whether you want to treat yourself to a Michelin-starred restaurant (Le Manoir at Great Milton or the Goose at Britwell Salome, previously known as the Red Lion). The Chequers Inn aka The Sweet Olive at Aston Tirrold has an exceptional French Restaurant whilst serving superbly presented English dishes and wonderfully kept British beer. The local pubs in Wallingford town or the local villages are numerous and very friendly. All of them serving fine ales as you would expect.

Things to do:

There is plenty to do, you can enjoy visiting some of the most interesting attractions in the South of England including:

Wallingford

• The ancient walled Saxon town Wallingford on Thames. Recent archaeological excavations at the 'slighted' town castle, in the Hithercroft and at Wittenham Clumps have provided a wealth of detail about Roman and Saxon occupation locally.
• Wallingford Museum has details of the locality in times gone.
• Wallingford Regatta during May, rowing, the river, sunshine and Pimms
• Wallingford Bunkfest – music, dance, steam trains and beer at the beginning of September
• In July you can watch the ancient custom of Swan Upping at Wallingford
• Wallingford and Cholsey Railway, guest steam engines and regular diesel from Park Royal Guinness brewery
• St Peter's Church Wallingford housing the grave of Sir William Blackstone, the famous judge and author. Its pierced spire dates from 1777.

Local Area

• The Northmoor Trust and Project Timescape, both at Wittenham Clumps Nature Reserve.
• Didcot Railway Centre - Steam engines, loads of them all available to view and live steam the year round. A major national attraction.

• Dorchester Abbey founded in the 12th Century by Augustinian Monks on the site of the Saxon Cathedral of St Birinus, a wonderful medieval abbey and on Sunday a tea-room too.

• Nuneham Courtenay Woodland Arboretu, 75 acres of mixed woodland, meadow, pond, rhodadendron walks and fine specimen trees.

• The 12th Century Church in North Moreton with a medieval underground tunnel from the chantry to All Saints Church

• The Ridgeway Path, the  Ridgeway Path is a National Trail from Ivinghoe Beacon to Wessex

• The Thames Pat, a National Trail following the River Thames from its source in the Cotswolds to the Thames Barrier in London.

• The Oxfordshire Cycleway, 6 circular routes using minor country roads and lanes
• Basildon Park National Trust House
• Beale Park Zoo and Wildlife Park
• Quality golf courses at Frilford Heath and Huntercombe, plus 18 hole Haddon Hill Golf Club and driving range just outside North Moreton.

  

Oxford City

• The University colleges of Oxford – join a walking or open-topped bus tour with expertly qualified City Guides
• Oxford Museum - dinosaurs, Pitt Rivers, shrunken heads, architecture and fossils, unmissable
• Ashmolean Museum - classical antiquities from the ancient mediterranean empires
• University of Oxford Botanic Gardens founded in 1621 with 8,000 plants from all over the world
• The pubs of Oxford - so many to visit and so much fun to be had.

• Oxford University’s Christ Church Cathedral, marvellous English perpendicular architecture

Quality Eating

• Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons, two Michelin stars
• The Goose - michelin starred restaurant
• Beetle and Wedge restaurant
• The Sweet Olive restaurant in Aston Tirrold

Nearby Attractions

• Henley on Thames pretty market town, home of the Henley Regatta
• Henley on Thames River and Rowing Museum
• West Wycombe Caves and the 18th C. Hellfire Club
• Woodstock beautiful cotswold town with the magnificent Blenheim Palace built to commemerate the military successes of the 11th Duke of Marlborough
• The White Horse at Uffington, ancient carving on the Ridgeway near Faringdon. Visible for miles around
• Avebury Stone Circle and Silbury Hill, easily as impressive as Stone henge, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire;
• Stonehenge in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire;
• Georgian Bath is within easy reach, just down the M4
• Within reach are Ascot Races; Highclere and Windsor Castles; Hampton Court; Hidcote Manor Gardens and Kiftsgate Court Gardens, two of the most delightful gardens in England nestling in the Cotswold Hills.
• Top Quality Craft Fairs and Festivals such as Chilterns Craft Fair at Stonor Park near Henley, and Mapledurham House in May every year, Art in Action at Waterperry House mid July, plus Abingdon Craft Fair – two weeks of Christmas Shopping during October,
• Visit the huge three day Newbury and District Agricultural Show aka Royal County of Berkshire Agricultural Show and aka Newbury Show in Mid September;
• Bicester Village – one of the most upmarket outlet malls in the UK – Burberry, Mulberry, Zegna, Max Mara, La Perla, Hackett and many others;

Driving into Oxford City Centre is not encouraged by the City Council, but we have an excellent Park and Ride Service to make travelling into and enjoying the City of Oxford and the University so much easier – visit www.parkandride.net