Local Area

St Martins Church, Bladon. The final resting place of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is in a quiet corner of the peaceful churchyard. It was his own decision to be buried in Bladon, just a long stone’s throw from Blenheim where he was born. 

Blenheim Palace, a country house in Woodstock, is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough. The palace, one of England’s largest stately homes, was built between 1705 and 1722, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

Woodstock is mentioned in the doomsday book of 1086 as a royal forest. The market of the town was established when King Henry II gave Woodstock a Royal charter in 1179. The Bear Hotel opposite The Oxfordshire Museum dates from the 13th century.

Witney is a market town on the River Windrush, famous for its woollen blankets since the Middle Ages. Cogges Manor Farm Museum, in the 13th-century manor house and farm of Cogges, represents farming and countryside history and Witney Blanket Hall, built in the 18th century, showcases both the history of the Hall and of Witney’s blanket industry.