What is near Alvescot: Cotswold Wildlife Park first
What there is to see lies just outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge. They include 2 zoos and a museum. Blenheim Palace is worth a day, 21 km from the centre.
Top of the list around Alvescot
Once you have seen Cotswold Wildlife Park, try a zoo and a museum.
ZooCotswold Wildlife Park4.2 km outside town, to the northwestZooZooCrocodiles of the World4.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumSwinford Museum2.9 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Plotted on the map
Cotswold Wildlife Park marks the outer edge, 5.1 km away.
The dashed line is Alvescot’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
A breakdown by kind
2 of the 3 are zoos, theme parks or other days out, more than any other kind.
Green: inside Alvescot. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Alvescot
3 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
25 listed buildings are on Alvescot’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Alvescot →
Day trips
Start with Blenheim Palace, 21 km off, the best known of 12.
Historic houseBlenheim Palace21 km northeast
MuseumAshmolean Museum24 km east
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History24 km east
CastleOxford Castle Motte24 km east
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum24 km east
Historic houseWoodstock Palace21 km northeast
Historic houseBeaumont Palace24 km east
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden25 km east
Historic houseKelmscott Manor5.9 km south
Abbey or prioryMarlmesbury Abbey and Grounds38 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustBuscot House8.1 km southCastleCastle · English HeritageDonnington Castle40 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Alvescot (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.
Common questions about Alvescot
What is there to see near Alvescot?
No attraction is mapped inside Alvescot itself. Within 5 km of it are Cotswold Wildlife Park, Crocodiles of the World and Swinford Museum.
Does Alvescot have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Alvescot: Swinford Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Alvescot?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Buscot House (National Trust), 8.1 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Alvescot?
Within 40 km: Blenheim Palace (21 km), Ashmolean Museum (24 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (24 km), Oxford Castle Motte (24 km).
Where are Alvescot’s historic buildings listed?
Alvescot has 25 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 Alvescot 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)
- Cotswold Wildlife Park: ciukes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swinford Museum: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, 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
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodstock Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelmscott Manor: Boerkevitz at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlmesbury Abbey and Grounds: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buscot House: Rictor Norton & David Allen from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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