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Distance from BANBURY

Within 20 miles of Banbury

National Herb Centre, Banbury OX17 1DF (5 miles, approx travel time 10 mins)
Redwings Oxhill, CV35 0RP (10 miles, approx travel time 20 mins)
British Motor Museum, Warwick CV35 0BJ (12 miles, approx travel time 20 mins)
Fairytale Farm, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QH (13 miles, approx travel time 22 mins)
Tackely Playground, OX5 3AH (14 miles, approx travel time 27 mins)
Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, OX20 1SN (16 miles, approx travel time 32 mins)
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, OX20 1PP (18 miles, approx travel time 30 mins)
Bicester Leisure Centre, OX26 2NR (18 miles, approx travel time 28 mins)
Canal and River Tours Ltd,  CV37 6BA (19 miles, approx travel time 34m)
Butterfly farm, Statford-Upon-Avon, CV37 7LS (20 miles, approx travel time 35 mins)
Stratford-upon-Avon Hop-on Hop Off Sightseeing Bus Tour, (20 miles, approx travel time 34m) 

21-40 miles of Banbury

Towcester Leisure Centre, NN12 6UW (21 miles, approx travel time 32 mins)
Warwick Castle, CV34 4QA (22 miles, approx travel time 27 mins)
The Children's Play Village, Budbrookem CV35 8HA (24 miles, approx travel time 28 mins)
Bourton on the water, GL54 2AQ (24 miles, approx travel time 42 mins)
Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection,  Bourton-On-The-Water, GL54 2BY (24 miles, approx travel time 42 mins)
The Model Village, Bourton-On-The-Water, GL54 2AF (24 miles, approx travel time 44 mins)
Cutteslow Park, Oxford, OX2 8NP (25 miles, approx travel time 32 mins) 
Hatton Adventure World,  Warwick,  CV35 8XA (25 miles, approx travel time 32 mins)
All things wild, Evesham, WR11 7QZ (25 miles, approx travel time 45 mins)
Birdland, Bourton-On-The-Water, GL54 2BN (25 miles, approx travel time 45 mins)
Hatton Adventure World,  CV35 8XA (26 miles, approx travel time 34m)
Swan Pool & Leisure, MK18 1AE (26 miles, approx travel time 34m)
Stratford Armouries, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JA (27 miles, approx travel time 32m)
Rookery Open Farm, Towcester NN12 7SJ (27 miles, approx travel time 39 mins)
The Canal Museum, Towcester NN12 7SE  (27 miles, approx travel time 39 mins)
Crocodiles of the World, Brize Norton, OX18 3NX (27 miles, approx travel time 50 mins)
Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, OX18 4JP (27 miles, approx travel time 51 mins)
Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, CV8 1NG (28 miles, approx travel time 34 mins)
Danes Camp Leisure Centre, NN4 0RX (30 miles, approx travel time 42 mins) 
Oxford Hop-on Hop Off Sightseeing Bus Tour, (31 miles, approx travel time 46m) ​
Green Dragon Rare Breeds Farm & Eco Centre,  MK18 3LA (32 miles, approx travel time 43 mins)
Midlands Air Museum, Baginton, CV3 4FR (33 miles, approx travel time 39 mins)
Cogges Manor Farm,  Witney, OX28 3LA (33 miles, approx travel time 44 mins)
Gulliver's Land Theme Park, Milton Keynes,  MK15 0DT (33 miles, approx travel time 51 mins)
Millets Farm, Abington, OX13 5HB (35 miles, approx travel time 41 mins)
Billing Aquadrome, Northampton NN3 9DA (35 miles, approx travel time 50 mins)
Coventry Sports & Leisure Centre, CV1 5RY (35 miles, approx travel time 40 mins)
Mini Meadows Farm, Welford NN6 6HZ (36 miles, approx travel time 1h2m)

41-60 miles of Banbury

Mead Open Farm, Leighton Buzzard LU7 9JH (41 miles, approx travel time 59 mins)
Didcot Wave Leisure Pool, OX11 8NX (43 miles, approx travel time 51 mins)
Cadbury's World, B30 1JR (43 miles, approx travel time 55 mins)
National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham,  B1 2HL (45 miles, approx travel time 1h4m)
Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, LU6 2LF (46 miles, approx travel time 1h9m)
Woburn Safari Park, Bedfordshire, MK17 9QN (48 miles, approx travel time 57 mins)
Wickstead Park, kettering, NN15 6NJ (48 miles, approx travel time 1h5m)
The Living Rainforest, Berkshire, RG18 0TN (51 miles, approx travel time 58 mins)
Roves Farm & Visitor Centre,  Swindon SN6 7QG (51 miles, approx travel time 1h1m)
Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth B78 3TW (52 miles, approx travel time 1h8m)
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum B4 7XG (53 miles, approx travel time 1h35m)
West Midlands Safari Park, Bewdley DY12 1LW (57 miles, approx travel time 1h10m)
Black Country Living Museum, DY1 4SQ (58 miles, approx travel time 1h5m)
Dudley Zoological Gardens, DY1 4QF (58 miles, approx travel time 1h8m)
Odds Farm Park, High Wycombe HP10 0LX (58 miles, approx travel time 1h4m)
Cattle Country Adventure Farm Park, Glos, GL13 9EW (60 miles, approx travel time 1h31m)
LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort,  SL4 4AY (65 miles, approx travel time 1h9m)

61-80 miles of Banbury

National Space Centre, Leicester LE4 5NS (61 miles, approx travel time 1h7m)
Twycross Zoo, Atherstone, CV9 3PX (62 miles, approx travel time 1h9m)
Conkers (Woodland Adventures) DE12 6GA (65 miles, approx travel time 1h13m)
Thorpe Park Resort,  Chertsey KT16 8PN (71 miles, approx travel time 1h24m)
KidZania, London W12 7GA (75 miles, approx travel time 1h26m)
London Zoo, London NW1 4RY (76 miles, approx travel time 1h27m)
Twinlakes Theme Park, Melton Mowbray LE14 4SB (76 miles, approx travel time 1h27m)
National History Museum, London, SW7 5BD (79  miles, approx travel time 1h30m)

81-100 miles of Banbury

Chessington World of Adventures Resort,  KT9 2NE (85 miles, approx travel time 1h46m)
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, TF8 7DQ (85 miles, approx travel time 1h28m)
Bristol Zoo Gardens, BS8 3HA (86 miles, approx travel time 2h17m)
Alton Towers,  Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4DB (90 miles, approx travel time 1h59m)
Knebworth House, SG1 2AX (91 miles, approx travel time 1h31m)
Duxford Air Museum, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4QR (91 miles, approx travel time 1h47m)
Paradise Animal Park, Broxbourne, EN10 7QA (94 miles, approx travel time 1h39m)
Wheelgate Park, Newark NG22 8HX (95 miles, approx travel time 1h42m)
Paultons Park, Romsey SO51 6AL (95 miles, approx travel time 1h34m)
Gulliver's Kingdom, Matlock Bath DE4 3PG (99 miles, approx travel time 1h53m)

101-150 miles of Banbury

Wookey Hole Caves, BA5 1BB (102 miles, approx travel time 2h56m)​
Cheddar Gorge  BS27 3QF (102 miles, approx travel time 2h48m)​
Brean Leisure Park, Burnham-on-Sea TA8 2QY (106 miles, approx travel time 2h12m)​
Sundown Adventureland, DN22 0HX (112 miles, approx travel time 1h57m)​
Clarence Pier, Portsmouth PO5 3XX (114 miles, approx travel time 2h3m)​
Longleat,  BA12 7NW (118 miles, approx travel time 2h28m)​
Barry Island Pleasure Park, CF62 5TR (118 miles, approx travel time 2h31m)
Funland Amusement Parks, Hampshire PO11 0AG (119 miles, approx travel time 2h5m)​
​The Ice Cream Farm, Chester CH3 9NE (122 miles, approx travel time 2h15m)
Pleasure Beach FairGround, Skegness PE25 2UQ (126 miles, approx travel time 3h1m)
Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1EE  (129 miles, approx travel time 2h21m)
Chester Zoo, Cheshire, CH2 1EU (129 miles, approx travel time 2h25m) 
Coney Beach, Porthcawl CF36 5BT (129 miles, approx travel time 2h31m)
Fantasy Island Skegness PE25 1PG  (129 miles, approx travel time 3h10m)
Brighton Palace Pier, BN2 1TW  (131 miles, approx travel time 2h35m)
Gulliver's World Theme Park,  Warrington WA5 9YZ (133 miles, approx travel time 2h18m)
Blackgang Chine, Isle of White, PO38 2HN (134 miles, approx travel time 3h40m)
Chester Hop-on Hop Off Sightseeing Bus Tour, (138 miles, approx travel time 2h39m)
Drusillas Park, BN26 5QS (141 miles, approx travel time 3h)
Blue Planet Aquarium, Cheshire, CH65 9LF (142 miles, approx travel time 2h40m)
Paradise Island Adventure Golf, CH65 9HD (142 miles, approx travel time 2h41m)
Knowsley Safari, L34 4AN (143 miles, approx travel time 2h25m)
ChesterBoat, CH1 1SD (146 miles, approx travel time 2h41m) - Sat Nav CH1 1SZ
Crealy Adventure Park & Resort, Exeter EX5 1DR (150 miles, approx travel time 2h42m)

151+ miles of Banbury

Zip World Fforest, Betws-y-Coed LL24 0HX (158 miles, approx travel time 3h9m)
Clacton Pier, Clacton-on-Sea CO15 1QZ (161 miles, approx travel time 2h44m)
Eureka! The National Children's Museum, HX1 2NE (161 miles, approx travel time 3h39m)
Dreamland, Margate, CT9 1XJ (164 miles, approx travel time 2h53m)
Joyland Children's Fun Park,  Great Yarmouth NR30 2EH (166 miles, approx travel time 3h2m)
Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth NR30 3EH (168 miles, approx travel time 3h4m)
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, FY4 1EZ (174 miles, approx travel time 2h52m)
Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park, NR32 5DZ (175 miles, approx travel time 3h18m)
The BIG Sheep, Bideford EX39 5AP (177 miles, approx travel time 3h20m)
Lightwater Valley Theme Park, Ripon HG4 3HT (179 miles, approx travel time 3h2m)
The Milky Way Adventure Park, EX39 5RY (184 miles, approx travel time 3h32m)
Woodlands Family Theme Park, TQ9 7DQ (185 miles, approx travel time 3h25m)
Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo, SA68 0XA (188 miles, approx travel time 3h26m)
Flamingo Land Resort, Malton YO17 6UX (191 miles, approx travel time 3h15m)
Oakwood Theme Park,  Narberth SA67 8DE (191 miles, approx travel time 3h33m)
Greenwood Forest Park, LL56 4QN (204 miles, approx travel time 3h29m)
Camel Creek Adventure Park, PL27 7RA (232 miles, approx travel time 3h59m)
Flambards Theme Park, TR13 0QA (256 miles, approx travel time 4h33m)
Southport Pleasureland, ​PR8 1RX (262 miles, approx travel time 4h41m)

Annual Events (From Banbury)

Nottinghamshire County Show (12-13th May 2018)
Tatton Park County Fair (18 & 19th May 2018)
 Bath & West Show (30 May - 2nd June 2018)
Banbury District Show (2nd Saturday in June)
Cotswolds Show (7th July)
Banbury Food Festival (August)
Robin Hood Festival (Nottingham - August Bank Holiday)​
​Moreton-in-Marsh County Show (September)
Milton Keynes Food Fest (September)
Romsey Show (8th September)
Banbury Canal Day (second Sunday in October)
Banbury Fair (Mid-October)

Distance from WREXHAM

Within 20 miles of Wrexham

Techniquest Glyndwr, Wrexham, LL11 2AW (6 miles, approx travel time 12m) 
Chester Hop-on Hop Off Sightseeing Bus Tour, (6 miles, approx travel time 17m) 
Showboats of Chester, CH1 1SD (7 miles, approx travel time 17m) 
ChesterBoat, CH1 1SD (9 miles, approx travel time 28m) - Sat Nav CH1 1SZ
Chester Zoo, Cheshire, CH2 1EU (12 miles, approx travel time 19m) 
Greenacres Animal Park, Flintshire, CH5 2AS (12 miles, approx travel time 19m) 
The Ice Cream Farm, Chester CH3 9NE (14 miles, approx travel time 23m)
Blue Planet Aquarium, Cheshire, CH65 9LF (14 miles, approx travel time 18m)
Paradise Island Adventure Golf, CH65 9HD (14 miles, approx travel time 23m)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wrexham, LL20 7TY (14 miles, approx travel time 19m)
National Waterways Museum, Cheshire, CH65 4FW (15 miles, approx travel time 18m)
Beeston Castle, Cheshire, CW6 9TX (16 miles, approx travel time 31m)
Llangollen Wharf, LL20 8TA (17 miles, approx travel time 23m)
Llangollen Railway, LL20 8SN (17 miles, approx travel time 23m)

21-41 miles of Wrexham

Catalyst Museum, Widnes, WA8 0DF (26 miles, approx travel time 32m)
World Museum Liverpool, L3 8EN (27 miles, approx travel time 39m)
Spaceport, Wirral, CH44 6QY (32 miles, approx travel time 37m)
Speke Hall, Liverpool, L24 1XD (32 miles, approx travel time 41m)
Knowsley Safari, L34 4AN (33 miles, approx travel time 48m)
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, SK11 9DL (33 miles, approx travel time 51m)
Knowsley Saari Park, Merseyside, L34 4AN (34 miles, approx travel time 40m) 
Museum of Liverpool, L3 1DG (35 miles, approx travel time 44m)
Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool, L3 4AQ  (38 miles, approx travel time 55m)

41-60 miles of Wrexham

Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Shropshire TF6 6DJ (46 miles, approx travel time 1h6m)
Zip World Fforest, Betws-y-Coed LL24 0HX (46 miles, approx travel time 1h10m)
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, TF8 7DQ (52 miles, approx travel time 1h10m)
Southport Pleasureland, ​PR8 1RX (54 miles, approx travel time 1h5m)

61-80 miles from Wrexham

Turbary Woods, Lancashire, PR4 4LB  (62 miles, approx travel time 1h5m)
Greenwood Forest Park, LL56 4QN (65 miles, approx travel time 1h13m)
Eureka! The National Children's Museum, HX1 2NE (79 miles, approx travel time 1h41m)
Conkers (Woodland Adventures) DE12 6GA (79 miles, approx travel time 2h05m)
Blackpool Zoo, FY3 8PP (81 miles, approx travel time 1h24m)
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, FY4 1EZ (82 miles, approx travel time 1h24m)

81-150 miles of Wrexham

Hatton Adventure World,  CV35 8XA (105 miles, approx travel time 2h09m)
Canal and River Tours Ltd,  CV37 6BA (118 miles, approx travel time 2h18m)

151+ miles of Wrexham

Flamingo Land Resort, Malton YO17 6UX (143 miles, approx travel time 2h24m)

TEA ROOMS

BANBURY

Wendy's CuriosiTeas, Banbury 
Croughton Tea Rooms, Brackley (approx 20 mins)
Limes Farm, Farthinghoe (approx 22mins)
Spangles Tea Room, Leamington Spa (approx 35mins)
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WREXHAM

Mad Hatters Team Room, Chester (approx 20 mins)