Boarstall Tower
Grade I listed house in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Attractions in Oakley
Photo: Boarstall Tower, Graham Taylor (CC BY-SA 2.0)Around Oakley, Boarstall Tower leads the list
For a trip from Oakley, Ashmolean Museum is 14 km away. No place to visit is mapped inside Oakley’s built-up area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. Look for a historic house and an attraction. In heritage care, 2 places on the list are looked after by the National Trust.
In Oakley
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Cared for
2
National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw and others
Best known
Leading the list near Oakley
Alongside Boarstall Tower you find an attraction.
Historic house · National TrustBoarstall Tower2.2 km outside town, to the northwestAttractionAttraction · National TrustBoarstall Duck Decoy2.9 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
The places, mapped
At 3.3 km, Boarstall Duck Decoy is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Oakley’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
Kind by kind
It comes down to a historic house and an attraction.
Castles & historic places 1 historic house0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Oakley. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Boarstall Tower and Boarstall Duck Decoy).
Every place
All of them, one by one
The list runs to 2 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
13 listed buildings are on Oakley’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Oakley →
Big names nearby
Day trips
Ashmolean Museum, 14 km away, is the best known of the 12.
MuseumAshmolean Museum14 km southwest
Historic houseBlenheim Palace20 km west
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History13 km west
Historic house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor11 km northeast
MuseumBletchley Park32 km northeast
CastleOxford Castle Motte14 km southwest
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum13 km west
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden13 km southwest
Historic houseBeaumont Palace14 km southwest
Historic houseChequers21 km east
Historic houseWoodstock Palace20 km west
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring29 km east · 134K visitors a year (2022)Places well known beyond Oakley (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Planning a visit to Oakley
What is there to see near Oakley?
No attraction is mapped inside Oakley itself. Within 5 km of it are Boarstall Tower and Boarstall Duck Decoy.
Does Oakley have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Oakley.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Oakley?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Oakley, 2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Boarstall Tower and Boarstall Duck Decoy).
What are the best-known days out near Oakley?
Within 40 km: Ashmolean Museum (14 km), Blenheim Palace (20 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (13 km), Waddesdon Manor (11 km).
Where are Oakley’s historic buildings listed?
Oakley has 13 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Oakley when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (13)
- Boarstall Tower: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, 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
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodstock Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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