Shirburn Wood
Shirburn Wood is a forest in Shirburn, South Oxfordshire District, England. Shirburn Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Christmas Common, as well as near the town Watlington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chiltern Hills and Shirburn Castle.
Chiltern Hills
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
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Garsington Opera
Theater building
Garsington Opera is an annual summer opera festival founded in 1989 by Leonard Ingrams. The Philharmonia Orchestra and The English Concert are its two resident orchestras.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watlington and Stokenchurch.
Watlington
Town
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.
Stokenchurch
Village
Photo: David Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Lewknor
Village
Photo: UKgeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewknor is a village and civil parish about 5 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Postcombe and South Weston. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663.
Shirburn Wood
Latitude
51.646° or 51° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
-0.9696° or 0° 58′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C3XJ2WJ+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 128722655OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Christmas Common and Shirburn.
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Highlights include Bald Hill and Middle Way Plantation.
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