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| Didcot 'A' Power Station |
Didcot
Tel: 01235 516079 |
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| Minimum age 8 years and advance
booking for the industry tour is essential. The sheer size and
capacity of this 2000 mega watt power station will certainly
impress your children! |
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| Millets Farm Centre |
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Frilford (on the
A415)
Tel: 01865 391555
Web: www.milletsfarmcentre.com
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| This wonderful pick-your-own
farm also houses a maize maze, a farm shop and a playground. |
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| Little Wittenham Nature Reserve |
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Little Wittenham
Tel: 01865 407792 (School bookings 01865 407971)
Web: www.northmoortrust.co.uk
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| Walk and events through the
woodland and over the striking 'Wittenham Clumps' are arranged
for all ages. There is also an iron-age hill fort. |
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| Roman Villa |
North Leigh, close
to the roman road of Akeman Street
Tel: 01483 252000
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
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| Take your children to see the
almost perfectly preserved mosaic floor and sophisticated under-floor
heating system (for the Roman era anyway!). |
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| Bernwood Forest Nature Reserve |
Between Oakley and
Stanton St. John.
Tel: 01296 625825 |
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| Follow the butterfly trail and
get your children to try and see how many of the 40 different
species they can find. |
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| Bury Knowle Park, Cutteslowe
Park, Hinksey Park, Florence Park |
London Road, Headington.
Harbord Road, Cutteslowe. Abingdon Road, Oxford. Florence Park
Road, Oxford.
Tel: 0800 0521455 |
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| These four Oxfordshire parks
combine elements that your children will love, including basketball
and tennis courts, crazy golf, play areas, orienteering, small
lakes, aviaries, an open-air swimming pool and large areas of
grass. |
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| The Henry Stephens/C. S. Lewis
Reserve Local Wildlife Trust |
Lewis Close, Oxford.
Tel: 01865 775476 |
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| This nature reserve is reportedly
the area in which C. S. Lewis created the magical story of Narnia.
There are also massive stones that are supposed to look like
Gremlins. |
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| Shotover Country Park |
Accessible from New
Headington, Wheatley (Old Road), or Horspath (Blenheim Road).
Tel: 01865 715830 |
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| Take your children to the natural
sandpit, which lies in the heart of this nature reserve of over
289 acres of woodland. The rough terrain makes it ideal for
mountain biking, orienteering and generally getting muddy. |
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| Chiltern Sculpture Trail |
Watlington.
Tel: 01296 625825 |
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| A circular path that takes you
through Cowleaze Wood is home to a number of sculptures, which
you will have to carefully watch out for. |
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