Witney
Witney is a Town in the county of Oxfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Witney including some great ancient sites, cities, shopping centres, towns and historic buildings.
The area around Witney boasts some of the best ancient sites including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.
There are a number of cities near to Witney including Oxford.
There are a number of shopping centres near to Witney including Westgate Oxford.
There are a number of towns near to Witney including Banbury.
There are a number of historic buildings near to Witney including Upton House.
Witney History
There are some historic monuments around Witney:
- Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak
- North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm
- Burroway enclosure
- The Devil's Quoits
- Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
- Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
- Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
- Great kitchen of manor house
- Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park
- Causewayed enclosure, 900m west of Chimney Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
- Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
- Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge
- 900m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m north of Grim's Dyke Farm, running north into Hark Wood
- A pair of Roman camps and a section of a post-medieval sunken road situated in the north eastern corner of Cornbury Park
- Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
- Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks
- One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m NW of High Lodge
- Ditchley Park Roman villa and part of an associated field system 450m ENE of Lodge Farm
- Lew village cross
- Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
- 90m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 350m south of Grim's Dyke Farm
- Butter cross
- Causewayed enclosure and associated features on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately west of Rushey Weir
- Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest
- Minster Lovell Hall
- Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
- Linear earthworks east of Callow Hill Roman villa forming part of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch
- Bowl barrow 60m north of Wood Farm
- Round barrow cemetery 290m east of Old Shifford Farm
- 1km section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running from Out Wood to Berring's Wood
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
- Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm
- Prehistoric and later settlements near Northmoor
- Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running east from the River Evenlode opposite Cornbury Park
- Long mortuary enclosure and associated barrow 120m south of Rushey Weir
- Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks
- Bowl barrow in Kingswood Brake, 450m WNW of Wood Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows at Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
- Sites discovered by aerial photography, near Foxley Farm
- Callow Hill Roman villa
- Bowl barrow 150m north-west of North Lodge, Cornbury Park
- 240m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch between Grim's Dyke Farm and the B4437 Charlbury to Woodstock road
- Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest
- 80m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 150m WSW of Ditchley Gate in Blenheim Park
- Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest Farm
- One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m north-west of High Lodge
- New Bridge
- Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church
- Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
- Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm
- Ring ditches
- Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley
- Long barrow 150m west of Churchill Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Fawler Roman villa
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch west of Common Farm
- The remains of a medieval moated manor, priory, settlement and associated features, Cogges
- Walcot ornamental fishponds and garden earthworks
- Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Stonesfield Roman villa
- Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Waterman's Lodge: one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Oaklands Farm Roman villa
- Ascott Earl motte and bailey castle
- Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park
Places to see near Witney
Lakes near Witney
Canals near Witney
Rivers near Witney
- Thame upstream of Aylesbury
- Cuttle Brook
- Dorton, Chearsley and Waddesdon Brooks
- Stoke Brook Aylesbury
- Baldon Brook (South of Oxford)
- Holton Brook and tributaries
- Chinor Brook and Sydenham Brook
- Kingsey Cuttle Brook and tributaries at Thame
- Latchford Brook at Tetsworth
- Hardwick Brook (Source to Thame)
- Lewknor Brook
- Thame (Scotsgrove Brook to Thames)
- Scotsgrove Brook (upstream Kingsey Cuttle Brook)
- Peppershill and Shabbington Brooks
- Worminghall Brook and tributaries
- Thame (Aylesbury to Scotsgrove Brook)
- Haseley Brook
- Chalgrove Brook
- Bear Brook and Wendover Brook
- Fleet Marston Brook, Denham Brook, Pitchcott Brook west
- Berrick Stream and Lady Brook
- Wye (High Wycombe fire station to Thames)
- Sulham Brook
- Hamble Brook
- Mill Brook and Bradfords Brook system, Wallingford
- Cholsey Brook and tributaries
- Hughenden Stream
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Thames (Reading to Cookham)
- Wye (Source to High Wycombe fire station)
- Thames Wallingford to Caversham
- Pang
- Letcombe Brook
- Ock and tributaries (Land Brook confluence to Thames)
- Sandford Brook (source to Ock)
- Frilford and Marcham Brook
- Childrey Brook and Norbrook at Common Barn
- Ock (to Cherbury Brook)
- Childrey and Woodhill Brooks
- Stutfield Brook (source to Ock)
- Ginge Brook and Mill Brook
- Thames (Evenlode to Thame)
- Moor Ditch and Ladygrove Ditch
- Northfield Brook (Source to Thames) at Sandford
- Cow Common Brook and Portobello Ditch
- Cherwell (Bletchingdon to Ray)
- Bloxham Brook (Source to Sor Brook)
- Highfurlong Brook (to Cherwell)
- Hanwell Brook
- Tadmarton Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Upper Swere (Source to Wigginton)
- Hook Norton Brook (Source to Swere)
- Sor Brook (Broughton to Cherwell)
- Farthinghoe Stream (Source to Cherwell) and tributaries
- Swere (Wigginton to Cherwell)
- Ockley Brook and Croughton Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Ashby Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Bayswater Brook
- Deddington Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Sor Brook (Source to Broughton)
- Cherwell (Ray to Thames) and Woodeaton Brook
- Cherwell (Source to Trafford Bridge)
- Chacombe Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Cherwell (Ashby Brook to Cropredy)
- Clayton and Wormleighton Brook, Source to Highfurlong Brook
- Cherwell (Cropredy to Nell Bridge)
- Shutford Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Cherwell (Nell Bridge to Bletchingdon)
- Littlestock Stream to tributary of Evenlode at Shipton
- Evenlode (Source to Four Shires S) and Longborough Stream
- Glyme (Enstone to Dorn)
- Little Compton Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
- Glyme (Dorn confluence to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Compton Bk to Bledington Bk) and 4 Shires
- Heythorpe Stream and tributaries
- Cornwell Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Coldron and Taston Brooks
- Sars Brook (source to Evenlode downstream Bledington)
- Bledington Brook (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Glyme to Thames)
- Glyme (Source to Enstone)
- Westcote Brook (source to Evenlode at Bledington)
- Dorn (Source to Glyme)