English Heritage sites near Cuxham with Easington Parish

Abingdon County Hall Museum

ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM

10 miles from Cuxham with Easington Parish

This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.

North Hinksey Conduit House

NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE

12 miles from Cuxham with Easington Parish

Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.

North Leigh Roman Villa

NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA

20 miles from Cuxham with Easington Parish

The remains of a large, well built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.

Donnington Castle

DONNINGTON CASTLE

21 miles from Cuxham with Easington Parish

The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.

Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre

SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS AND AMPHITHEATRE

21 miles from Cuxham with Easington Parish

Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.

Berkhamsted Castle

BERKHAMSTED CASTLE

22 miles from Cuxham with Easington Parish

Visit the substantial remains of a strong and important motte and bailey castle dating from the 11th to 13th centuries, with surrounding walls, ditches and earthworks.


Churches in Cuxham with Easington Parish

Cuxham: Holy Rood

B480 Cuxham Watlington
01491 838535
https://bensonandewelmechurches.co.uk

The ancient church of the Holy Rood is situated at the centre of this delightful Oxfordshire village. It is mainly 14th windows with a Norman tower and pyramid roof, although the chancel was rebuilt in 1895 after a fire. There are some good old timbers and pews surviving as well as fragments of 14th century windows. It's open and light interior lends itself well to simple worship. At harvest festival it is filled with produce reflecting the agricultural community and the glory of God.

Easington: St Peter

Pubs in Cuxham with Easington Parish

Half Moon

Cuxham Road, Cuxham, OX49 5NF
(01491) 612165
thehalfmooncuxham.co.uk

The Half Moon is a 16th century thatched pub with character. The changing Rebellion beer is either Smuggler or Overthrow, There is also a large sun trapped garden at the back for summer lunches. Italian food served. Reopened in 2015 after...