Coast/Beach:
The Cotswold Water Park and South Cerney are about 20 minutes drive away and offer a man made beach and other activities including sailing and water skiing.
Travel:
Nearest overground railway station - Swindon 15 mins by car. Airports - London Gatwick 2 hours, London Heathrow 1 hour 10 minutes, Birmingham 1 hour 30 minutes. Bristol 1 hour 5 minutes.
Distances:
Watchfield 1 mile. Shrivenham and Highworth 2 miles. Oxford 30 mins. Cirencester 25 mins. Bath Bristol and Cheltenham 1 hour, London 1 hour 30 minutes.
Further Details:
Some of the attractions within easy reach include: Blenhiem Palace, Warwick Castle (medievel re-enactments such as jousting), the White Horse and Uffington Castle, Waylands Smithy (a neolithic longbarrow and chamber tomb), Stonehenge and Avebury Stone Circle, Bowood House and gardens (a fantastic childrens play area), Cotswold Wildlife Park, Cotswold Water Park, Slimbridge water fowel sanctuary, Legoland, Westonbirt Arboretum, Steam Museum of The Great Western Railway, Lacock Abbey, Roves Farm (interactive farming and animal experience), Cheltenham Races, The Fairford Air Tattoo, Marlborough Downs, the universities of Oxford. There is also fantastic shopping at: McArthur Glen Shopping Outlet - Swindon, Bicester Village Outlet Mall - Bicester, Oxford, Cheltenham, Bath, Bristol, and even London is only 1.5 hours away.
