Upper Glissard’s Plantation

Upper Glissard’s Plantation is a forest in Shilton, West Oxfordshire District, England. Upper Glissard’s Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Signet, as well as near the village Holwell.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cotswold Wildlife Park and Burford Tolsey Museum.

Cotswold Wildlife Park

Zoo

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Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens is home to more than 1,500 animals from 250 different species, making it one of the largest zoological collections in the United Kingdom.

The Burford Tolsey Museum is a local museum in the town of Burford, west Oxfordshire, England. It is located in a Tudor style structure, known as The Tolsey, and was formerly where market tolls were collected and where town meetings may have been held in the upper chamber.

Church of St Mary

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burford and Carterton.

Burford

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Burford is a picturesque town known as the "gateway to the Cotswolds", a predominantly rural landscape with stone-built villages, historical towns and stately homes and gardens.

Carterton

Town

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Carterton is a town in West Oxfordshire district in the county of Oxfordshire, England and is 4 miles south-west of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 15,769. The current population as estimated by censusdata.uk is 18,691.