Historic house · near Forest Hill · Oxfordshire

Shotover House

Shotover House is a grade I listed country house. Visitors find it 600 m south of Forest Hill. A short trip away is Ashmolean Museum, 7.3 km off, the first of 68 within 15 km.

Photo: Shotover House, Dave Price (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

600 m

south of Forest Hill

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house near Forest Hill

Just outside Forest Hill

Shotover House is 600 m south of Forest Hill. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Forest Hill has 22 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

Choosing a month

In Forest Hill, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°48 mm

Apr14° / 4°48 mm

May17° / 7°57 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul23° / 12°54 mm

Aug22° / 12°65 mm

Sep19° / 10°55 mm

Oct15° / 7°75 mm

Nov11° / 4°76 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

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

About

Shotover House

It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

Forest Hill’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 600 m south of Forest Hill
Official site: gardenvisit.com/gardens/shotover_house_garden

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

The map

Map of Shotover House and nearby

Shotover House sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Bases near Shotover House

Of the 7, Oxford is the largest, at 170,799 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 600 m north of it

Forest Hill

557 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 900 m southeast of it

Wheatley

4,305 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Horspath

1,467 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 1.7 km west of it

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Shotover House is	People	Places to visit
Forest Hill	600 m north of it	557	5
Wheatley	900 m southeast of it	4,305	6
Horspath	1.5 km southwest of it	1,467	8
Oxford	1.7 km west of it	170,799	55
Stanton St John	2.1 km north of it	466	3
Garsington	3.8 km south of it	1,295	5
Beckley	4.1 km north of it	421	3

Make a day of it

While you are near Shotover House

Around it, within 15 km, lie 68 more, including 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumAshmolean Museum7.3 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History6.9 km away 3

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum6.9 km away 4

CastleOxford Castle Motte7.4 km away 5

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden6.4 km away 6

Historic houseBeaumont Palace7.4 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science6.9 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustBoarstall Tower8.5 km away

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

Asked about Shotover House

Where is Shotover House?

Shotover House is 600 m south of Forest Hill, Oxfordshire.

What is Shotover House?

Grade I listed country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Shotover House?

May to September are the warmest months in Forest Hill, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Shotover House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Shotover House?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (7.3 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (6.9 km), Pitt Rivers Museum (6.9 km) and Oxford Castle Motte (7.4 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)

Shotover House: Dave Price, 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
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
Boarstall Tower: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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