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  • ...or John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, after he had won the battle of Blenheim. The gardens, which can be visited, were designed by the landscape gardener ...was one of the men involved in the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes. Stonor Park, another country mansion, has belonged to the recusant Stonor family for ce
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  • ...roads, Lammas Lane from the west and Claremont Lane from the south. Esher railway station runs to London Waterloo, providing a route for the many commuters w Sandown Park Racecourse lies in the town, stretching along the Portsmouth Road.
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  • ...Street]], a Roman road, for six miles, including a crossing of [[Blenheim Park]]. After crossing the [[Oxford Canal]] the path passes through [[Kirtlingt Railway stations at [[Shipton-under-Wychwood]], [[Ascott-under-Wychwood]] (limited
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  • ...course are within the parish, notably Trilakes with the "Trilakes Country Park". This is also the county boundary with [[Hampshire]] at Blackwater. The to ...ndhurst, and partly in the outer region of [[Camberley]] town. The nearest railway station is Blackwater in Hampshire.
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  • ...or his building of the extravagant Wollaton Hall. One of the world's first railway lines, completed in 1604 and leading between nearby [[Strelley]] and [[Woll The larger developments for industry built in Sellers Wood in the 1980s (off Blenheim Lane/Camberley Road/Dabell Avenue) were further added to during the 1990s.
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  • ...the north and [[Southall]] to the south. It is home to Northala Fields, a park featuring four arfiticial hills constructed using rubble from the demolishe ...which is bordered on all sides by housing (Bayshill Rise, Lancaster Road, Blenheim road).
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  • ...uded those of [[Osterley House]], [[Syon House]], [[Hanworth Park|Hanworth Park House]] and [http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1261 ...rty'.<ref>Quoted in Acworth, WM 'The Railways in 1843' in Morgan, B (1963) Railway Lover's Companion, Eyre & Spottiswoode, P90</ref> The Hounslow Loop Line wa
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  • ...1874 and closed in 1971 but has since been reopened as the [[West Somerset Railway]]. ...North Hill, and is just outside the boundaries of the [[Exmoor]] National Park. The cliff exposures around the shoreline are dramatic and fossils are expo
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  • [[File:Blenheim Palace cropped.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Blenheim Palace]] '''Blenheim Palace''' is a monumental country house standing outside in [[Woodstock, Ox
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  • ...more recently added attractions including Woburn Safari Park, a miniature railway, garden/visitor centre and a new Center Parcs village. Woburn Abbey, comprising Woburn Park and its buildings, was set out and founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1145.{{
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  • ...en Manor include Sir John Vanbrugh who lived here during the building of [[Blenheim Palace]] in [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]]. The square tower water cl ...nd renamed Woodstock Road "Kidlington". British Railways closed Kidlington railway station in 1964. The station building remained in 1983. Speculation from th
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  • |name=Heythrop Park |picture caption=Heythrop Park: the Garden Front
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  • ...Hawksmoor was to work on many buildings, including [[Castle Howard]] and [[Blenheim Palace]], with Sir John Vanbrugh, often providing the technical knowledge t ...existed. Two large and decayed Ozymandian entrance piers, marooned in the park, are all that remain of this design.
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  • ...org.uk - 1654896.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Roath Brook flowing through Roath Park in the snow]] ...es, churches, shops and restaurants and public houses and the famous Roath Park make it a popular area to live.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/a
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  • ...ountry Park also contains a ruined mansion house, forest walks and a theme park. ...d of Pitfour.<ref>{{cite book|last=Buchan|first=Alex R.|title=Pitfour: The Blenheim of the North|year=2008|publisher=Buchan Field Club|location=Peterhead|isbn=
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  • ...Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], the Sherbourns sold Standish Park and Standish House to Gloucestershire County Council after the First World Between Standish and Stroud Green is Standish Junction, a railway junction where the Golden Valley Line joins the Bristol to Birmingham Cross
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  • ...n Neston house|Easton Neston]] House near [[Towcester]], completed 1702; [[Blenheim Palace]] in the period 1705–10; and [[Woburn Abbey]] from 1749 to 1780.<r ...ford]] and [[Taynton, Oxfordshire|Taynton]]<ref name=Parry/> or [[Cornbury Park]] and [[Glympton]].{{sfn|Arkell|1948|p=53}} Woburn is {{convert|31|mi}} awa
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