Lewknor

Places of Interest

Chiltern Hills

Photo: Simon Q, CC BY 2.0.

The Chiltern Hills span the area between Wessex in the South West and Hitchin in Hertfordshire - across much of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. These rolling hills feature swathes of habitat-rich grassland, broken up by ancient beech, ash and box woodland.

Shirburn Castle

Castle

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Shirburn Castle is a Grade I listed, moated castle located at the village of Shirburn, near Watlington, Oxfordshire. Originally constructed in the fourteenth century, it was renovated and remodelled in the Georgian era by Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield who made it his family seat, and altered further in the early nineteenth century.

Cowleaze Wood

Forest

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cowleaze Wood is a 70-acre woodland in the Chiltern Hills, a chalk ridge in South East England. The wood is in the civil parish of Lewknor, in Oxfordshire, about 1+1⁄4 miles southeast of the village.

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Chinnor

Village

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Chinnor is a large village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles southeast of Thame and close to the border with Buckinghamshire. Chinnor is situated 3 miles northeast of Lewknor.

Stokenchurch

Village

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Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 3 miles south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and 6 miles west of High Wycombe. Stokenchurch is situated 3 miles southeast of Lewknor.

Watlington

Town

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Watlington is a small market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 7 miles south of Thame. It is near Oxfordshire's eastern edge and less than 2 miles from its border with Buckinghamshire. Watlington is situated 3 miles southwest of Lewknor.

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