Car
Reading - Horsham: 2h
Destinations
South Downs National Park
Stargazing: International Dark Sky Reserve https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/dark-skies-hub/ The South Downs National Park is one of the best places in the UK to experience the magic of a truly star-filled night. As an International Dark Sky Reserve, it offers breathtaking views of the Milky Way, constellations, and celestial displays.
Oxford
- Ashmolean Museum: https://www.ashmolean.org/ Museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. World famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time. Open every day 10-17
- Pitt Rivers Museum: A cornucopia of ethnographic treasures from shrines to shrunken heads, packed in according to type. Free entrance. Mon 12-17, Tue-Sun 10-17.
- Walk around Port Meadow.
- Botanical garden: Britain’s oldest botanical garden. https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/visit-garden
- Harcourt Arboretum provides 130-acres of picturesque woodland, coppice and wildflower meadow. https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/visit-arboretum. 6 miles from Oxford city centre.
- Mesopotamia walk around uni campus. https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1342749 4.5 km long.
Cotswolds
Forest of Dean
On the borderland between England and Wales lies a region of ancient woodlands with mossy paths that once inspired JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth. The Forest of Dean is a centre for outdoors adventurers.
Chiltern Hills
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Lots of walking, hiking. Chalk streams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk_stream
- Nearby: Bletchley Park, National Museum of Computing.