Boarstall

Places of Interest

Boarstall Tower

Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boarstall Tower is a 14th-century moated gatehouse located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now, with its surrounding gardens, a National Trust property.

Bernwood Forest

Forest

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Bernwood Forest is a forest in England. Historically it was one of several forests of the ancient Kingdom of England and was a Royal hunting forest. It is thought to have been set aside as Royal hunting land when the Anglo-Saxon kings had a palace at Brill and church in Oakley, in the 10th century and was a particularly favoured place of Edward the Confessor, who was born in nearby Islip.

Boarstall Duck Decoy

Forest

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The Boarstall Duck Decoy is a 17th-century duck decoy located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property. The system took advantage of a two-acre lake with pipe-cage tunnels running out of it.

Places in the Area

Arncott

Village

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Arncott or Arncot is a village and civil parish about 3+1⁄2 miles southeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,738.

Piddington

Village

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Piddington is a village, about 4.5 miles southeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. It lies close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The 2021 census recorded the parish's population as 358. Piddington is situated 2 miles northeast of Boarstall.

Ambrosden

Village

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Ambrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, 3 miles southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and 13 miles from Oxford. Ambrosden is situated 3½ miles north of Boarstall.

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