Oak Tree B&B - Marlow

About Marlow

You can be in Marlow High Street or walking in the Chilterns within 10 minutes of Oak Tree B&B. Marlow is noted for its Thameside beauty with the towpath leading in both directions towards Oxford or Windsor. There are many shops to tempt and it is well stocked with pubs, cafés and restaurants to cater for all tastes.

The surrounding countryside in any direction boasts many pubs where you can relax and refresh after walking in the country sightseeing along beautiful country roads or letting the train take the strain.
Useful website: www.marlowtown.co.uk

There are Summer river trips to Windsor and Henley from Marlow with Salter Steamers and weekend craft fairs at various venues.
Useful website: www.salterssteamers.co.uk/trips.html.

2012 Olympics at Dorney Lake

We are approximately 25-30 minutes from Dorney Lake, past Cliveden and through beautiful country roads. Dorney Lake is now in the pantheon of world rowing and flat-water canoeing venues, having been selected to host those events in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Dorney Lake is privately owned but offers year-round public access and many people enjoy visiting the beautiful Park and Arboretum to take the air, to walk themselves and their dogs, to jog, to look at the trees and to see rowers and canoeists on the Lake.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - www.visitbuckinghamshire.org

Waddesdon Manor - http://www.waddesdon.org.uk

A magnificent house and grounds in the style of a 19th-century French château, it was built for the Rothschilds in the late 19th century and houses a World-renowned collection of French furniture, paintings and decorative arts. In 1957 the property was bequeathed to the National Trust to be preserved for posterity. It has a Woodland Playground and wildlife interpretation trail, landscaped park with shady walks, beautiful panoramas, fountains and grottoes and a vast rococo-style aviary, housing colourful exotic birds. There is also a shop selling a unique range of gifts and the full range of Rothschild wines.

Hughenden Manor - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Hughenden Manor is a red brick Georgian mansion, located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and a National Trust property open to the public, like most National Trust properties, between the months of March and October and on other special occasions.

Cliveden - http://www.clivedenhouse.co.uk/

Cliveden is an Italianate stately-home at Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Set on cliffs 200 feet above the River Thames, it has been home to an Earl, two Dukes, a Prince of Wales and the Astor family. It is now owned by the National Trust and the house is leased as a five-star hotel run by von Essen hotels. During the 1970s it was occupied by Stanford University of California who used it as an overseas campus. It was the meeting place of the so-called "Cliveden Set" in the 1920s and 1930s and the setting for key events in the Profumo Affair in the 1960s.

Bekonscot - http://www.bekonscot.com

Bekonscot is different from other model villages; this is an entire miniature kingdom stuck firmly in an idyllic 1930s timewarp. There are six little villages in a 1½ acre miniature landscape of farms and fields, castles and churches, woods, lakes and rolling hills. Walking around, you’ll tower over the tiny population enjoying the fun of the fair, beaches, zoo and tramway, or lazily watching the cricket on the village green. Each village is linked by one of Britain's largest public outdoor model garden railways. It is also the oldest original model village in the world.

Chiltern Open Air Museum - http://www.coam.org.uk

Vernacular buildings - the houses and workplaces of past generations - are disappearing every day from the landscape. In the Chilterns, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on London's doorstep, the pressures are particularly great. Chiltern Open Air Museum preserves and interprets the built heritage of the Chilterns that would otherwise be lost. The Museum was founded in 1976, with the aim of rescuing threatened buildings and re-erecting them on the forty-five acre site of natural park, meadow and woodland, thereby preserving a variety of structures of historical or vernacular interest which are typical of the region.

Roald Dahl Museum - http://www.roalddahlmuseum.org

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, which was the home of the children's and short story writer Roald Dahl for 36 years until his death in 1990. The two fun, interactive and fact-packed biographical galleries tell the fascinating story of Roald Dahl's life, looking at how his experiences shaped him as a writer. The Story Centre puts the imagination of the visitor centrestage and encourages everyone (young and old) to dress up, make up stories, words and poems or get arty in the craft room. For images of the galleries, the Story Centre and the courtyard, go to the Image gallery in this section. The Café Twit stocks a range of delicious home-made snacks and goodies. The shop, besides selling books, also sells games and toys that are in pocket-money price range.

Bletchley Park Museum - http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk

Seeing one of our Enigma Machines, including the rare 'Abwehr G312', is undoubtedly a highlight of a busy day out at Bletchley Park, but there is much more than machines in a visit to the historic site. Check out the tales of spies and strategic deception. You may even be the one to discover the map to genius mathematician Alan Turing's silver, supposedly buried in or near Bletchley Park.

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OXFORDSHIRE - www.oxfordshiretouristguide.com

Wind in the Willows Exhibition - http://www.rrm.co.uk

E.H. Shepard’s famous illustrations are brought to life via 3-D models that depict the adventures of Mr Toad, Ratty and their friends. The Museum has exclusive rights to use the original images by Shepard, who explored the meadows and willow-fringed river around nearby Pangbourne in search of settings for these classic illustrations.

Abingdon, oldest town in Britain - http://www.oxtowns.co.uk/abingdon

Abingdon was occupied in prehistoric times by settlers of the Bronze and Iron ages. It was a flourishing town in the Roman period, which in turn gave way to a Saxon settlement. The earliest documents tell of a hamlet called Sevekesham sited at a ford of the Thames. Hean, nephew of King Cissa was granted land for founding a Benedictine monastery called Abbandun (Hill of Ebba) at the same time as his sister Cilla founded the Nunnery of Helnestowe on or near St Helens Church, the principal church in 675AD. When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1538, Abingdon Abbey was the 6th richest in Britain.

White Horse of Uffington - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk

The White Horse of Uffington, with its elegant lines of white chalk bedrock, is thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain. The image is a stylised representation of a horse (some would say dragon) some 374 feet in length, and is thought to date back as far as 1000BC in the late Bronze Age. Similar images have been found depicted on coins from that period, and it is thought that the figure represents a horse goddess connected with the local Belgae tribe. The goddess is generally believed to be one form of Epona, worshiped throughout the Celtic world.

Blenheim Palace - http://www.blenheimpalace.com

Blenheim Palace is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title "palace". The Palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. It was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

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Berkshire

Windsor Castle - http://www.royalcollection.org.uk

Windsor Castle, the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world, is one of the official residences of Her Majesty The Queen. The Castle's dramatic site encapsulates 900 years of British history. It covers an area of 26 acres and contains, as well as a royal palace, a magnificent chapel and the homes and workplaces of a large number of people.

Ascot Racecourse - http://www.ascot.co.uk

Ascot Racecourse is a famous English racecourse, located in the small town of Ascot, Berkshire, used for thoroughbred horse racing. It is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting 9 of the UK's 32 annual Group 1 races, the same number as Newmarket. The course is closely associated with the British Royal Family, being approximately six miles from Windsor Castle, and owned by the Crown Estate.

Legoland Windsor - http://www.legoland.co.uk

Legoland Windsor is a child-oriented theme park in Windsor, Berkshire, themed around the Lego toy system. The park opened in 1996 on the site of what was the Windsor Safari Park, as the second Lego Group Legoland (the first was Legoland Billund in Denmark). The park is located within close distance of Windsor Castle and about 8 miles west of London Heathrow Airport.

Stanley Spencer Gallery - http://www.stanleyspencer.org.uk

The Stanley Spencer Gallery was first opened in 1962, three years after the artist's death. It stands as a lasting memorial to the man who became synonymous with the village of Cookham. He loved his home; it gave him the strength and comfort he needed to be able to allow his imagination to soar and to fully exploit his genius talent for drawing and painting.

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