Historic house · near Oakley · Buckinghamshire

Boarstall Tower

Boarstall Tower is a grade I listed house. Look for it 2.2 km northwest of Oakley. Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust.

Photo: Boarstall Tower, Graham Taylor (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

2.2 km

northwest of Oakley

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Oakley

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (7 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Oakley

Boarstall Tower is 2.2 km northwest of Oakley. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Oakley has 13 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

The warmest stretch in Oakley is June to September, at 19–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 1°58 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°43 mm

Apr14° / 4°47 mm

May17° / 7°56 mm

Jun20° / 10°52 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug22° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 9°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°72 mm

Nov10° / 4°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°62 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Oakley, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Oakley. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Oakley’s full climate →

About

Boarstall Tower

7 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Top of the 78 other places within 15 km is Ashmolean Museum, 14 km off.

Oakley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 2.2 km northwest of Oakley
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/boarstall-tower

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Locating Boarstall Tower

Boarstall Tower is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Boarstall Tower

By population, Ambrosden leads the 8 with 2,736. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · 2.2 km southeast of it

Oakley

1,129 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km southwest of it

Horton-cum-Studley

493 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Upper Arncott

1,659 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km east of it

Brill

590 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Boarstall Tower is	People	Places to visit
Oakley	2.2 km southeast of it	1,129	2
Horton-cum-Studley	2.5 km southwest of it	493	2
Upper Arncott	2.7 km northwest of it	1,659	2
Brill	2.7 km east of it	590	2
Piddington	2.9 km northeast of it	358	2
Worminghall	3.8 km south of it	583	4
Dorton	5.7 km east of it	157	1
Ambrosden	5.8 km north of it	2,736	1

Make a day of it

Pair Boarstall Tower with these

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumAshmolean Museum14 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History13 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor11 km away 4

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum13 km away 5

CastleOxford Castle Motte14 km away 6

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden13 km away 7

Historic houseBeaumont Palace14 km away 8

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Boarstall Tower, answered

Where is Boarstall Tower?

Boarstall Tower is 2.2 km northwest of Oakley, Buckinghamshire.

What is Boarstall Tower?

Grade I listed house in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Who runs Boarstall Tower?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Boarstall Tower?

June to September are the warmest months in Oakley, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Boarstall Tower a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Boarstall Tower?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (14 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (13 km), Waddesdon Manor (11 km) and Pitt Rivers Museum (13 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Boarstall Tower: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Waddesdon Manor: Mattlever, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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