Ipsden is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, about 3 miles southeast of Wallingford. It is almost equidistant from Oxford and Reading, Berkshire. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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1. London Parachute SchoolIpsden The London Parachute School is a BPA affiliated parachuting centre and skydiving drop zone at Chiltern Park Aerodrome at Ipsden, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire The drop zone operates a Turbine Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. The centre provides student training in the Ram Air Progression System, Accelerated Freefall and tandem skydiving. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2. Braziers ParkIpsden Braziers Park is a country house and Grade II* listed building at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England. The house is owned and operated by a friendly society as a residential adult education college, and centre for the School of Integrative Social Research. Today the school predominantly functions as an intentional community.The house once belonged to the Fleming family, and the room that was once Ian Fleming's nursery is now a library. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
3. Hawk Conservancy TrustWeyhill The Hawk Conservancy Trust is a bird park and conservation charity that cares for and displays birds of prey. It is located in Weyhill, Hampshire, England, near to the A303 road and the town of Andover. Founded as a zoo by local farmer Reg Smith and his wife Hilary, the park was incorporated as the Hawk Conservancy Trust in 2002. It is also the site of the National Bird of Prey Hospital, a veterinary hospital that takes in injured birds of prey. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
4. StonehengeAmesbury Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet high, 7 feet wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stoneheng... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
5. Avebury Stone CircleAvebury Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. Constructed over several hundred years in the Third Millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape con... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
6. Blenheim PalaceWoodstock Blenheim & Woodstock was a railway station constructed in the neoclassical style which served the town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace in the English county of Oxfordshire. The station, as well as the line, was constructed by the Duke of Marlborough and was privately run until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway. The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day. The last train ran on 27 February 1954 adorned with a wreath. The station building was initially converted into a garage and petrol station. Then the forecourt of the site was no longer used as a petrol station, but for used car sales only with a building company using some of the land behind the station. There were proposals for demolishing the b... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
7. Sudeley CastleWinchcombe Sudeley Castle is located in the Cotswolds near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. The present structure was built in the 15th century and may have been on the site of a 12th-century castle. The castle has a notable garden, which is designed and maintained to a very high standard. The chapel, St. Mary's Sudeley, is the burial place of Queen Catherine Parr , the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, and contains her marble tomb. Unusually for a castle chapel, St Mary's of Sudeley is part of the local parish of the Church of England. Sudeley is also one of the few castles left in England that is still a residence. As a result, the castle is only open to visitors on specific dates, and private family quarters are closed to the public. It is a Grade I listed building, and recognised as an internat... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
8. Woburn Safari ParkWoburn Woburn Safari Park is a safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England. Visitors to the park can drive through exhibits, which contain species such as southern white rhino, elephants, tigers and black bears. It is part of the estates of the Duke of Bedford that also includes Woburn Abbey and its 3,000-acre deer park. The Safari Park itself covers 360 acres .Woburn Safari Park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ipsden Videos
Mr Bean's Space Age House Oxfordshire (Rowan Atkinson)
Prize winning design by Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP with Berman Guedes Stretton RIBA has won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Built on the site of 1930s Handsmooth House near Well Place, Ipsden. The original house was a large but rather run-down building that might have been the setting for an Agatha Christie novel. At the time of videoing the house appears externally complete but is unoccupied. Access is via Urquhart Lane which is an unadopted bridleway. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier designed the new house.
The 30ft (9m) high building is described as split into two futuristic wings connected by a transparent Star Trek-style walkway.
After living so many years in a miserable bed-sit who can blame Mr Bean for wanting something more luxurious!!!