To the South lies Banbury (9 miles), Oxford, Woodstock with Blenheim Palace, and Broughton Castle.
To the West lies the honey-coloured towns and villages of the Cotswolds, such as Moreton-in-Marsh and Stow-on-the-Wold, the National Herb Centre, Stratford-Upon-Avon and the British Motor Museum.
To the North lies the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh, Rugby, Birmingham, Warwick, Daventry, Coventry, the NEC, Birmingham International Airport and Garden Organic at Ryton.
To the East lies Althorp and the Silverstone Circuit.
For those with sporting connections, there is eventing at Aston le Walls, Upton and Purston horse trials, racecourses at Stratford and Warwick, point to point meetings at Mollington, polo matches at the Dallas Burstson Polo Ground, golf at Hellidon Lakes, and Rugby Union at Northampton Saints.
We are also close to Cropredy for the Fairport Convention, within driving distance of Warwick and Kenilworth with their historic castles, Leamington Spa, the historic market town of Stratford-upon-Avon and all its Shakespearean connections and numerous pretty Warwickshire villages.
Sport and events
Clattercote Reservoir
Aston le Walls
Dallas Burston Polo Ground
Kirtlington Park Polo Club
Silverstone Circuit
Honesberie Shooting
The Oxford Polo School
Music and culture
Blenheim Palace
Broughton Castle
National Herb Centre
British Motor Museum
National Exhibition Centre
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Fairport Convention
Upton House
Canons Ashby
Sulgrave Manor
History of Famous Outdoor Playhouses
Pubs and restaurants
The Butchers Arms at Priors Hardwick
The Kitchen at Farnborough
The Plough at Upper Boddington
The Folly Inn, Napton
Miscellaneous