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The Best Attractions In Turville

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Cobstone Windmill

Sudeley Castle

THORPE PARK Resort

Blenheim Palace

Avebury Stone Circle

Stonehenge

Hawk Conservancy Trust

Turville is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills, 5 miles west of High Wycombe and 5 miles north of Henley-on-Thames. The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means 'dry field'. It was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 796 as Thyrefeld. The manor of Turville once belonged to the abbey at St Albans, but was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547. The manor house has since been rebuilt as Turville Park. The present incumbent of the manor is Lord Sainsbury. Turville was home to Ellen Sadler, who fell asleep in 1871, aged eleven, and purportedly did not wake for nine years, becom...
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The Best Attractions In Turville

1. Cobstone Windmill Turville
Cobstone Mill was built around 1816 and is located on Turville Hill in the civil parish of Ibstone in Buckinghamshire, England, and overlooks the village of Turville. It is sometimes referred to as Turville Windmill. It is a smock mill that replaced the original mill that had stood there since the 16th century. The machinery was previously used in another mill in the village of Lacey Green. It was a working mill grinding cereal until 1873. Later, squatters living in the mill caused a fire which damaged the centre post. After this time the mill went further into deterioration. It was not until 1967 and the filming of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that the mill was cosmetically restored. The cap was remolded, a new fantail and light wooden sails were added. The mill and cottage were purchased in 1...
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2. Hawk Conservancy Trust Weyhill
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.
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3. Stonehenge Amesbury
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...
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4. Avebury Stone Circle Avebury
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...
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5. Blenheim Palace Woodstock
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...
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6. Sudeley Castle Winchcombe
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...
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7. THORPE PARK Resort Chertsey
Thorpe Park is a theme park located between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey. It is operated and owned by Merlin Entertainments. After demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s, the site became a gravel pit. Thorpe Park Resort was built in the 1970s on the gravel pit which was partially flooded, creating a water-based theme for the park. This essentially allows guests to view the park as an island, which is where the park's current island like no other slogan originates from. It was officially opened to the public by Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1979. It has since grown into one of the major theme parks in the UK and now also features a hotel. Major attractions include a large water ride Tidal Wave, a number of rollercoasters including Colossus, Nemesis Inferno,...
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Things to do in Buckinghamshire

Showing a range of attractions across the county of Buckinghamshire. For more holiday ideas and accommodation go to visitsoutheastengland.com

Turville Village Church And Pub Midsomer Murders

Turville Village possibly the most beautiful in England. The church was used for the Vicar of Dibley, The windmill for Mary Poppins. The Pub for Midsomer Murders. and that's just the start. The pub is the slightly unusually named 'Butchers Arms'. Midsomer Murders Trail. There is also Sleepy Cottage. It was Bramley End in the war time movie 'Went the Day Well?'. The classic 1945 British chiller Dead of Night. Also the more recent Oscar-nominated An Education (2009) one of my favorite films where the nice old lady is conned out of her paintings and the girl who is getting 'An Education in Life' realises that her exciting and sophisticated new friends are black-hearted spivs.

Welcome to Buckinghamshire

Visiting Buckinghamshire? If so, this video will help you start planning your trip. Whether you are a tourist, international business representative or you are in the area for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games this video will give you the highlights of the county.

For more information about doing business in Buckinghamshire, why not get in touch by visiting the Buckinghamshire Business First Website at bbf.uk.com

For more information on tourism in Buckinghamshire, visit the county website at visitbuckinghamshire.org

TV filming location -- The Vicar of Dibley

The picturesque village of Turville in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, which is best known for doubling for Dibley in the television comedy series The Vicar of Dibley. The church that doubled for St Barnabus [sic] Church is St Mary The Virgin Church.

On the horizon you can see Cobstone Windmill, which also famously featured in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

A drive through Buckingham

Market Town

Follow the path and enter by the narrow door, St Mary's Church, Benfleet

Building work in the Church.

Impressions of Beaconsfield

Originally published as Yesterday's Britain video Hops and Downs in 1988.

COTSWOLD VILLAGES WALK - VOLUME 3

Take a one hour virtual walk through 5 more idyllic Cotswold Villages. You'll enjoy walking through the quaint English villages of Adlestrop, Stanway, Lechlade-on-Thames, Icomb, and Naunton and your exercise sessions on your treadmill, elliptical, or Nordic Track will fly by and you'll exercise longer and enjoy every minute. This is the third volume of virtual walks in Cotswold Villages and it is available either as a HD Download or a DVD at vitadvds.com.

University Church of St. Mary [Oxford, England]

Visited the University Church of St. Mary while in Oxford, England, studying abroad with a group from Coastal Carolina University.

KXAS Visits Robson Ranch Texas for the Super Senior World Pickleball Championships

Robson Ranch Texas recently hosted the Super Senior World Pickleball Championships and KXAS, NBC 5 in Dallas, highlighted the fun filled event. Robson Ranch in home to the largest Pickleball Complex in North Texas.

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