We didn't have time to enter the house, so only saw the gardens on this visit but are very glad we did. The grounds are on a steep slope, so much so that most of the gardens are not visible from the windows of the house. What looks like rolling grass fields is revealed to be beautifully planted terraced gardens with old red brick walls contrasting with the foliage, still very colourful in mid September. We shall be back to see the house when we can.

Upton House, managed by the National Trust, is truly a splendid estate worth visiting. The house is adorned with an impressive collection of artworks, spanning various periods and styles, making it a paradise for art enthusiasts. The expansive gardens, covering several acres, feature beautifully maintained lawns, vibrant flowerbeds, and tranquil walkways, perfect for leisurely strolls. Visitors can enjoy the serene atmosphere, stunning views, and the opportunity to explore both indoor and outdoor attractions. We had a wonderful time exploring the house and gardens, and it’s definitely a place to return to.

Such a beautiful place!!! I will recommended it for sure. They have a big area in the back of the house where you can sit and have a picnic, they have beautiful gardens with roses and vegetables, they also have a lake and of course the interior of the house is one of the main attractions as well. The owner was a big collector of art so you will see paintings from different centuries. I went and visited during autumn but the entire experience was still nice but I am sure during summer this place is even more worth visiting because of the landscapes.

Visited Upton house today, what a beautiful place, lovely grounds and nice little cafe with some delicious food. Also an art exhibition to walk around from some talented local artists. The grounds are beautiful, full of autumnal colour, really really pretty.

This is a truly amazing place with fabulous art gallery. The collection is wholly unique and guides are excellent in explaining the art and history of the place. Wonderful gardens spread across terraces. Coffee and cakes are a steal. We will be coming back again and again.

We enjoyed walking around the terraced gardens- they are pretty steep but beautiful. The house is mainly interesting for its collection of paintings. The cafe was lovely but super busy- I queued 20 minutes for lunch which was tricky with small kids.

A most interesting house and grounds. The landscaped gardens are most unusual in the way they have been adapted to a challenging landscape. The artifacts and paintings within the house are fabulous. Helpful and knowledgeable volunteers enhanced our tour. Very nice cafe area.

Excellent place to visit. Parking. Toilets. Cafe. Guides in most rooms. Photography allowed. Moated house and setting for lots of TV programmes, most famously, Wolf Hall. Lots to see and lovely gardens, very historic.

A wonderful place to visit. Friendly welcome and guides to give you information inside the castle. Used for many films and series on TV you can just picture yourself in some period drama as you take in the architecture and look around the many rooms, decorated with interesting period furniture and historical items. The view of the grounds from the roof is spectacular and you can see the wide moat in all its glory. Don't forget to look in the church within the grounds with it's resident bats. Practicalities:- parking and toilets and a very nice café. It's all well worth a visit.

Broughton Castle is a fabulous 14th century medieval fortified manor house. Had a great trip on the most wonderful summers day fascinating history, lovely moat and lots and lots of rooms open to look around including the rooftop area with fabulous views. Tea rooms and cakes excellent.

Interesting old property, lots to see, all the rooms had friendly knowledgeable guides. Well worth a visit.

It's a historical place, I'm so surprised the castle was over 900 years old and maintenance work so great!

Absolutely brilliant, the castle and gardens are all kept lovely. The castle is full of history, beautiful paintings so much to see and take in, the garden is full of flowers, then there is the moat lovely to sit in the garden with all of this , and when we finished we had cake and coffee in the cafe brilliant seeing a photo of lady sele with morecambe and wise ,brilliant. Would definitely recommend to visit this lovely castle and gardens

We enjoyed a sunny Sunday afternoon at this wonderful place. Great interiors, the natural light coming in is just perfect, a well designed and maintained garden, the moat is in a very good state. It's not a busy place and you can spend 2-3 hours inside and outside. The place has also a place to enjoy a tea or cake. You can visit the roof terrace as well to see the surroundings.

Extremely interesting displays explaining the surprisingly fascinating history of Banbury. The Staff are very knowledgeable and happy to spend time enthusiastically chatting about the town. Free to enter and well worth a visit.

We've been going into Banbury for years but have only been to the actual museum a couple of times. We've not been disappointed yet. We have loved the exhibition they had last year with the interactive art. This was fabulous. The current Dinosaurs exhibition is marvellous. Make sure to download the "Dinosaur 4D+" app before you go and have a fully charged device as there are some super AI interactive bits in the gallery. A good use for it! Also has some dinosaur toys your child can play with, like dress up. There's always a themed trail for children to do upstairs in the permanent part of the gallery too. It's a great trip out and totally affordable to go more than once if you've enjoyed a specific exhibition. The staff are all really friendly and helpful. The shop has lots of great giftware and creative art pieces. Also a great hub for what's in leaflets for the area if you're visiting and want to do something new.

The Banbury Museum & Gallery is a must-visit destination, offering a wealth of attractions. It provides a diverse range of experiences and ample entertainment for children. If you're in the mood for a coffee and cake, there's a fantastic vegan cafe downstairs. Additionally, the on-site shop features exquisite trinkets available for purchase. Notably, all products are locally sourced and crafted by talented individuals and businesses from the area. Personally, I find great joy in volunteering at the gallery on Saturdays—it's a truly rewarding experience.

The main museum is very well set out with lots of interesting artifacts and information. Free admission so well worth a look. We also went to the Robot exhibition which was £5 entry. Quite small but lots of great items and is worth the money if your interested enough to spend time reading the information. Lovely modern building inside a large shopping centre with views of the canal. Unfortunately the cafe was closed so we couldn't visit for food or drinks. Maybe next time.

A very informative and well-done museum providing interesting facts and entertaining information about Banbury and the surrounding Cherwell Valley areas. I learned a great deal more about the everyday life, the struggles and the achievements of the locals. Understood a bit more about the famous cross, the canal, the cake and the cheese and how the town has been developed into a centre of excellence for the food and motorsports industries. Admission is free. After inspecting all the exhibits, do end your visit by having the afternoon tea by the canal. From there you can see how the one-sided hinged wooden bridge is being operated manually to allow boats passing through - a rather unique scene probably only found in the Oxford Canal.

Small but beautifully formed, always something new to see every time we visit. The staff and volunteers are always really friendly and engaging too.

Lovely local museum. Well presented. great additional exhibition on 90s. Well worth a visit

Beautiful gardens. Interesting building and look at the history of George Washington's ancestors.

Great staff and very engaging talk for the family and house history, lovely flowers and fruit garden too. Quite a lot to be seen and learnt about Jorge Washington roots. A little play are too

A nice place to familiarize yourself with the history of the Washington family and their background. Lovingly furnished house and museum, also educationally valuable for children. Fantastic friendly and helpful staff who are happy to provide information about the house and its exhibits if you have any questions. Reasonable price-performance ratio. Thank you.😀👍

Excellent place to visit. Original ancestral home of George Washington so jointly maintained by UK and US supporters. Very knowledgeable guides and good explanations of the history of the house and that of Washington. Serves drinks and cake but not meals. Do check opening times.

A pleasant enough place, enthusiastic staff. George Washington never came UK. Contrary to book there is no cafe. Just a tea machine and some cake. The Forge nearby is great for a light lunch.

Not as busy as we anticipated, the ancestral home of the family of George Washington (the first president of the United States of America) offered insights into his family and upbringing leading him taking one of the most famous roles in the world. The house felt fresh and well cared for, the grounds were very neat and tidy. There are hot drinks and cakes/ices available from the entry shop, and lots of space to picnic. There was a an outdoor area for the children with stepping logs, make your own den, mud kitchen etc. The craft room was also open where kids can design a shield, make a 3D portrait or investigate historical photos, plus an art themed trail around the grounds kept them well entetained. For the adults, the current exhibition on George Washington was both interactive and informative with some wonderful artefacts. The Manor is about 10mins from the M40 Banbury junction, and would make a great stop off on a longer journey.

An interesting story by the guide, a beautiful manor house, a great history lesson about the Tudors, Washington, but also about the situation of society and trips overseas, a lesson about the first president of the USA. Nice shop

Excellent park, we spent 5 hours there yesterday (Sunday) having a family picnic. The family came from Nottinghamshire, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Birmingham, Hampshire etc so this was the park in the “middle” of us all travel wise. The park was clean, well kept with toilets too. These were extremely up to date, clean & soap & dryers were available too. It was a shame the cafe was closed but we popped to the nearby Church House cafe for coffee’s. The trees offered us plenty of shelter in the heavy downpours but the children loved it when the sun cane out and they could play cricket, football & use the basketball nets. Thank you Banbury Council for an excellent park, we left no litter & it was good to see the CCTV cameras were around to keep people safe. We would definitely return. Parking was ok in surrounding streets as the park car park was full all day.

Stunning gardens & lawns Thoughtfully planted flower beds, a formal rose garden, and a seasonal wildflower meadow make it a colorful and inviting spot all year round.

Great little park for individuals or families.

Stopped by to see the budgies and spoke to one of the keepers who was very kind and informative and let me know that some of the birds are almost 30 years old!

Nice ornamental flower beds and a big variety of trees. Great play area for kids and also has one of the few remaining aviaries I've seen!

People's Park in Banbury , is very well looked after and a pleasure to take my Zack ( Dog ) for our walks. Well Done to the Staff who take care of the Park.

People’s Park, situated in the middle of the town. There are really nice features in the park. Formal flower beds, a community garden, a park for children, tennis courts, fixed exercise equipment, some sculptures an Avairy with various colourful birds like budgies and cockatoo’s. There is also a War Memorial in remembrance of the Second World War. There was also a little mobile van selling posh coffees and snacks. Easy to walk around, plenty to do and a direct route into town.

We had such a lovely morning here. Our daughter especially loved holding and stroking baby animals and fluffy bunnies. The owners gave us a friendly welcome and were happy to tell us about the animals. We could take our time, no being rushed or queuing unlike bigger places. The play area near the goats and llamas was nice, and it was fun having a bucket of food for the animals. Some areas are empty now but there are beautiful wild flowers making it enjoyable to walk around. Sweet hand knitted toys at the till. Thank you! We look forward to visiting again. 😊 Note: bring cash for entrance and optional feed. There are toilets plus places to wash hands or use hand sanitiser if you are bringing snacks.

We loved this little place, totally unexpected and quirky. All the birds and animals were so friendly and extremely well looked after. My grandson loved it & had a smile on his face the whole of our visit. The owners were very friendly and liked to talk about the farm and the animals we will definitely visit again .

Very sweet place to go with children who want to experience holding the rabbits/chicks/guinea pigs without the commercial rides often associated with these places. The owner and his wife were very friendly and so patient-my 2 kids were able to hold various animals and there was no rush. Very kind and my kids loved the experience and wanted to take home a couple of bunnies!!

Lovely little farm, fairly cheap aswell, nice people, worth a visit. As soon as we went (once paid £5 each and £1 fpr a small bucket of animal food) the man let us hold baby bunnies in little blankets....sooo cute and fluffy and my son held a. Chicken and guinea pig....then walked around lots of chickens/Cockerell a few benches for picnics and the play area was decent....they had little piggies, goats, ostrichs, llamas, and if u walk up to the top of the hill and round there's a donkey and a lovely walk through the forest area. Also there's an I door part with ducks and bunnies and things...and an old tractor to play/sit on. We really enjoyed. Also we saw a charity tractor run as we left it was great 👍

Absolutely wonderful place! The owners are lovely and friendly. It's not a huge commercial farm park but that's why we loved our visit. We could walk round all the animals more than once, play on the play equipment, have a picnic, feed the animals and have a cuddle with the smaller ones 😍 we never felt rushed and we didn't have to queue for anything. We visited in the summer holidays and took our 4 year old, 7 year old and nanny came too! It was a great family day out enjoyed by everyone! We will definitely be visiting again 😁

Super lovely, relaxed, friendly and quaint farm! We had a very lovely time cuddling rabbits and guinea pigs - mega highlight for our 2 year old. Would 100% recommend and would come all the time if we lived locally.

A really wonderful, small and friendly family run farm. Not at all commercialised like many other places - if you want all the bells and whistles this isn’t the place for you (there’s no cafe etc, v limited facilities) but if you really care about the animals and want some gentle and meaningful encounters it’s perfect. The two people who run the place are so warm and welcoming and clearly genuinely love the animals and have devoted their lives to this place. It’s well worth a visit to support them.

Small but well stocked. Fresh baked items. Much valued by locals.

Great produce, including delicious bakery, and friendly staff

Regardless to what Jim T writes, as maybe not a local resident to Deddington but within a stones throw away with a neighbouring village I seldom use this Co-op for the lack of staff and products it offers! Before the two self serve machines it was hopeless long queues with 3 tills only 1 person serving utter carnage! I use Adderbury Stores more often such an abundance of fresh groceries and selection of items - Give and take most Co-ops they are pivotal to any community but they are by far cheap like they use to be! This is my opinion it’s in my opinion and we all have an opinion if you agree or not this is my own experiences that I can share freely without people being judgemental towards others be respectful when posting instead of lambasting others Peace ☮️

Nice shop, nice polite staff, if only the selfish people that park around it new how to park, cars literally dumped anywhere while they shop.

I notice that the five negative reviews on here come from passing by people, not locals who are helped regularly by our local Co-op. Most of them are also habitual moaners who spend half an hour posting about out of date cream instead of agreeing that nobody is perfect and letting it go. Deddington locals couldn't cope without it, they are a great employer to our kids and are always well stocked despite the struggles that Brexit brought to delivery driver shortages. Last week I watched a team of teenage weekend staff helping a Granny who had collapsed in store and they were professional and caring to her beyond their years. Keep on moaning about your cream bell ends, life is too short

Pretty hopeless, and today sold me some single cream that is 2 days out of date. I phoned them to tell them, and suggest they check their shelves for others, as not everybody is as relaxed about these things as l am. However, they didn't answer the phone, so I assume nothing reported, nothing done!

Great shop with delivery round the side street

Came here for a few minutes and I was taken aback! I had forgotten how real shopping centres looked like and this one reminded me exactly that. It’s got a lovely array of shops. There are also food courts, ideal for hanging out. I exceptionally loved the baby changing area. Thoughtful of them to add feeding booth and also to ask the front desk if you want to warm up a bottle. Superb!

Very nice in the location but looks like most of the key shops have closed down so just about worth a visit .

What happened to Banbury's soul? But the museum and Tooley's Boatyard are worth a visit, to remember better days.

Once upon a time this was a lovely shopping centre with a real buzz but now many of the shops are closed and shuttered. OK if you want a phone as there are numerous phone shops and others selling phone cases and accessories. A fair few coffee places but they all sell exactly the same food...again ok if you like muffins. Boots is still there and Roman. It's such a shame as you also have to pay to park. The out of town shopping centres are free to park and have a great selection of shops like M&S etc. The only thing going for Castle Quay shopping centre now is Lock 29 where you will find a good selection of different food and delicious ice cream. I suppose it's a sign of the times and I cant see it changing any time soon.

My god what has happened in Banbury the shopping centre literally has no shops! The only good thing to say about it lock 29 all the little stalls are really impressive and some of the food is delicious. Come on castle quay sort it out!!!!

It's a typical, failing, market town mall. A reasonable range of occasional need shops, but as many empty units. For me the high spot is Lock 29 with the constantly changing selection of street food. Mind the permenant "Independant" coffee shops, some are more dark and dank than an Austrian fetish dungeon, and overpriced for what they provide. And a Greggs.

Not much real shopping anymore as with many town centers, but the Lock29 is a nice spot for lunch

(Translated by Google) Went there at random. Great place in a beautiful landscape. Very well maintained and clean. There is plenty of space around the motorhome. £20 a night is absolutely reasonable (Original) Sind auf Geratewohl hingefahren. Super Platz in wunderschöner Landschaft. Sehr gepflegt und sauber. Man hat viel Platz ums Womo herum. 20 Pfund pro Nacht ist absolut angemessen

Nice friendly staff who unload very quickly. However it's not easy to find the way in...So, if coming from M40 once you are on Southam Rd. pass the Halfords on your LEFT, then at Homebase turn left between Homebase and the Ford dealership, follow the roadway round to the right, THROUGH the dealers forecourt, you will then come to the HGV entrance, double deckers must go straight on through the barrier, standard artics follow the road round to the left and around the building.

Good photos but can we have photos of entrance for hgv's and not just exit.

If i could i would give 0 starts for the managment at this establishment, my partner was physically assulted by another employee which was unprovoked this left him with a nasty cut on the inside of his cheek and a bruise on the outside on his face, after being told to go home and wait he has gone 6 days with no work to be told that the manager dose not want him at work again neither. Why? Why has he also recieved punishment for being assulted? When my partner askes why he could not return back to work you could not give a reason so he has sustained damage to his face and now has to despretaly find different work you should be disgusted with yourselves.

I have also witnessed appalling driving. Huge lorry so has a bullying effect.

Tight busy yard but shunter a decent guy, plenty of help to unload.

Dangerous drivers on roads! Lorry tried to intimidate us driving up the back of our car.

Nearly always a brilliant and quick loading with polite staff. Always like loading from here

I love the unique architecture of this Church. Met a lovely lady outside who was able to talk about some of the history of the church. It was a shame it wasn't open for us to pray and have a look around.

Visited during open hours, interior is a remarkable space and on our visit featured works by local artists and a superior welcome by two volunteers who made us feel perfectly welcome and helped us enjoy our stay.

Very grand and imposing church, excellent venue for a concert.

Wonderful church. Very welcoming.

This is a beautiful church to visit. Plenty of literature to read on the history of the church and when we visited there the volunteers who were there were very friendly and welcoming.

A very ornate Church from the outside, built in a circular style with many columns surrounding it. Parking for ceremonies is very convenient, just over the road & reasonably priced at around £1 per hour. Inside, the Church is very spacious with an echo. The pews are the old style the doors to shut the congregation in! A grand Church organ is seen & plays a lovely sound. I'm sure the local Sunday congregation are very pleased with the facilities & the Church personnel come across as very friendly & keen to help.

Wonderful building but needs updating. Needs new oak chair seating for a better worship experience. Great venue acoustic for classical music. Very friendly attendants. Why doesn’t the Diocese or Church of England synod etc put up the money for their churches upkeep and increase Rectors' stipend? I'm sure God would like his house to be more beautiful.

This place has dark patterns for the parking... we stayed there while doing shopping and got a traffic ticked because although the parking does not have any restriction there's only a sign at the entrance saying that (which is really easy to miss, just search the web, many negative reviews because of their dark patterns on the parking). I cannot recommend this place due to the dark patterns they use to extract money from people! They could easily put additional signs and make it clearer or have some control, but they definitely do it in a way to attract as little attention as possible to extract money from people.

I like the retail park it's the parking system that is a huge problem. I'm disabled and my daughter and I went here to do our Christmas shopping. Because I'm unwell I get chronically fatigued and we had to spread out the hours we were there so we did lunch and and I rested then we shopped and then I rested again. We make a day of it and we love it however not long after our visit I got a letter and a fine for staying longer than the said amount of hours. I had absolutely no idea this place had become a timed area of parking run by a independent company. I was fuming especially being a blue badge holder as well. I contacted them and explained everything and they did let me off the fine. Going to the Banbury Gateway used to be a very relaxing day which we looked forward to but not anymore. I can't do my shopping on a timer and it has totally put me off using the place I think these companies are greedy and waiting for human error to fine.

This place STINKS. Literally! I’m not sure what it is, but every time I’ve visited there has been a horrendous cat food-like smell hanging in the air. Almost like rotten chicken! Today, a warm day, the smell was to the point that I couldn’t leave my car without gagging. I’ll avoid this shopping centre at all costs purely because of this horrid smell

Absolutely maddening trying to find a parking space here at the weekends. The car park needs to be twice the size it is. The shops should move back to the centre of Banbury. Always plenty of parking there.

Great place to shop. Parking can be limited but if you get there early enough it's not an issue.

Parking is tricky when it's busy. Better off cycling. If you can go during the week it ain't so bad.

Great space, clean , plenty of free parking and m and s is amazing. Great staff, friendly.. 5 star

If you're expecting to see a big field with a sign at the far end of it, you won't be disappointed. It's a lovely enough field, but just a field nonetheless. Not worth going out of your way for

The remains of a large motte and bailey castle, the motte is on the east side with the bailey to the west. Another enclosure with four fishponds stands to the east as a cropmark. The earliest mention of the castle is from 1204 which puts it in royal hands although excavations show evidence of earlier Anglo-Saxon occupation. It is thought that Bishop Odo of Bayeux built the castle and had a L-shaped hall built in its earliest days. The motte was levelled at some point and a curtain wall was built by William de Chesney after the land came into his hands turning it into a enclosure castle made of stone. The monument includes an 11th century motte and bailey castle, with a bailey on either side of the central motte, and a latter 12th century enclosure castle. It is in the care of English Heritage and is free to visit.

Lovely area, but the castle is basically earth workings, any buildings are long gone. Nice place for a walk but not a hell of a lot else. There are also no facilities except for pubs in the town.

Very informal, amazing earthworks and a fantastic informal place to walk the dog.

Deddington Castle is an important historical site. Bishop Odo ( ? Brother to William the Conqueror) is reported to have lived here. The site is free, there are significant remains of the ramparts and ditches around the edge of the site. There is a football pitch in the outer bailey now. Great for a walk around the outer & inner earthworks to get a sense of the size of the place. Lovely views from the top of the ramparts. Can be muddy in wet weather. Park in the village as no parking on site. Never very busy.

No Castle but Earthworks, but very enigmatic. Some beautiful trees and peaceful very enjoyable walk

While this place might have been a castle at some point, all that is left is a slight bulge in the ground. Definitely not worth a trip.

Great Antiques Centre with a large amount of varied stock, Silver, Pictures, Linen, Clothing, and plenty of Collectible Porcelain. Nicely laid out in themed areas like the "Blue & White" china area. Usually reasonably priced, you can now grab more bargains as the owners are retiring within the next year, so many items are reduced with more sales likely. A must visit Centre if you're in the area.

Local antiques center for the area. A number of small independent dealers on three levels of a converted town house. Mixture of household goods, clothing and jewellery.

Lovely antique shop with a vast array of jewellery, china, paintings, antique clothes and more. Very helpful staff as well. I recommend a visit.

I just love this place. It has EVERYTHING that you could wish for in an antique centre.

Lovely shop. Great prices quality goods lovely friendly staff

Unfortunately it's closing down in March 2019, lots of bargains to be had!

You will need a day to look around so much to see

absolutely amazing store and lovely staff, the store itself is massive and the selection is really interesting, had a lovely time here and bought a few things too, would definitely go back.

A warehouse of antiques and collectables with some reasonably priced and some very expensive. It's worth having a look around if you're at Barn Farm Garden centre which is immediately next door.

Good range of things, nice antique centre, a sign on the main street would be helpful. Overall, it's worth the drive.

Great place for a wander round. Pleasant cafe

Nice place, quite remote but small & pricey

Great place, very reasonable prices, and a garden centre, loved it

This is one of the best local antique shops. The stock is always nice and interesting, the pricing is reasonable and the staff are lovely.