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Cogges Manor Farm Museum
Attractions in Witney

Witney to see, Cogges Manor Farm Museum first

4 of the 7 places to visit in and around Witney are museums or galleries. There are 4 places to visit inside Witney’s built-up area, and 3 more within 5 km of its edge. The list includes one place cared for by English Heritage. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 4 of the places on the list. A longer outing takes you to Blenheim Palace, 11 km off.

Photo: Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Rabbi WP Thinrod (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Witney
4
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
3
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
4
in or near town
Castles & historic places
2
in or near town
Cared for
1
National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw and others
Best known

What Witney is known for

Next to Cogges Manor Farm Museum, the best known are 3 museums, a zoo and a historic house.

MuseumCogges Manor Farm Museumin townMuseumMuseumThe Witney & District Museumin townMuseumMuseumWitney Blanket Hallin townMuseumMuseumHistory Hutin townZooZooCrocodiles of the World3.6 km outside town, to the westHistoric houseEynsham Hall2.6 km outside town, to the northeast

Each 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

On the map

The farthest of them, Crocodiles of the World, is 6.6 km out.

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The dashed line is Witney’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

Museums or galleries number 4, castles or historic places 2.

Museums & galleries 4 museums4 in town
Castles & historic places 1 historic house · 1 castle0 in town · 2 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 zoo0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Witney. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Minster Lovell Hall and Dovecot).

Every place

Place by place

The town has 4; within 5 km of its edge, the list finds 3 more.

The 4 inside Witney come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

273 listed buildings and 3 scheduled monuments are on Witney’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Witney →

Big names nearby

Further afield

Top of the 12 day trips: Blenheim Palace, at 11 km.

Historic houseBlenheim Palace11 km northeastMuseumAshmolean Museum16 km eastMuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History16 km eastHistoric houseWoodstock Palace11 km northeastCastleOxford Castle Motte16 km eastMuseumPitt Rivers Museum16 km eastHistoric houseBeaumont Palace16 km eastGardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden17 km eastHistoric house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor39 km eastMuseumMuseum of the History of Science17 km eastZooCotswold Wildlife Park11 km westCastleSudeley Castle37 km northwest

Places well known beyond Witney (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.

Asked about places to visit in Witney

What are the main attractions in Witney?

The best known inside Witney’s built-up area are Cogges Manor Farm Museum, The Witney & District Museum, Witney Blanket Hall and History Hut. In all, 4 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.

Does Witney have a museum?

4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Witney: Cogges Manor Farm Museum, The Witney & District Museum, Witney Blanket Hall and History Hut.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Witney?

Yes. In or within 5 km of Witney, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Minster Lovell Hall and Dovecot).

What are the best-known days out near Witney?

Within 40 km: Blenheim Palace (11 km), Ashmolean Museum (16 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (16 km), Woodstock Palace (11 km).

Where are Witney’s historic buildings listed?

Witney has 273 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. 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 Witney 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 (14)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.