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Bicester Heritage
A former RAF bomber station transformed into the UK's hub for historic motoring excellence with specialist workshops and regular Scramble events.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Brill
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Brill
Brill works well as a base: 10 minutes from Long Crendon, 28km from The Silverstone Experience.
Brill is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,100 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Long Crendon, about 6 km away.
Brill Palace was a medieval English royal residence located in the village of Brill in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire. It was within the jurisdiction of the former Ashendon Hundred.
Brill Palace was founded during the Heptarchy and was used by Edward the Confessor. Henry II visited it at least twice, in 1160Read more
and 1162. In 1203, John granted the manor of Brill to Walter Borstard, his chaplain, at the same time naming Borstard keeper of the palace. Henry III was in residence during 1224; he stayed at Missenden Abbey several times while en route to Brill and is recorded as having rewarded the monks for their hospitality with presents of timber. The manor subsequently passed to Hugh de Neville in 1226 and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall by 1233. In 1252, a hermitage dedicated to Saint Werburgh was established by Henry III, with the condition that the canons of Chetwode, who were responsible for the endowment, should supply chaplains not only for the hermitage but also for the chapel of Brill Palace. During the English Civil War, a royal garrison held the palace from November 1642 to April 1643, repulsing an attack by parliamentary forces under the command of John Hampden.
The ruins of the palace were still visible in 1885, and the site remains a scheduled ancient monument.
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What is there to see near Brill?
Within an hour or so of Brill: Bicester Heritage (13 km), New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene) (15 km), Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary) (16 km), Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase) (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Brill?
The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth).
Where is Brill?
Brill is in England, United Kingdom, about 6 km from Long Crendon.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,141
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.8167, -1.0500
Emergency & Services
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112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Brill
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
film location
New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene)
The cloister and its ancient holm oak are where Mad-Eye Moody transfigures Draco Malfoy into a ferret in Goblet of Fire.
15 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary)
Oxford's 15th-century Divinity School was the Hogwarts hospital wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library above it the Hogwarts library.
16 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase)
The college's hall inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall set, and its 16th-century fan-vaulted Bodley staircase appears as the entry where McGonagall greets first-years.
16 km · about 30 min drive
museum
The Silverstone Experience
Immersive museum at the home of British motorsport telling the story of the past, present, and future of racing.
28 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Silverstone Circuit
The home of British motorsport, hosting the first ever F1 World Championship race in 1950
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Bletchley Park
Victorian estate where Alan Turing and thousands of codebreakers cracked the German Enigma cipher, arguably shortening WWII by years. Restored huts, working Bombe machine, and the National Museum of Computing next door.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Super Sausage Cafe
Legendary transport cafe on the A5 Watling Street near Potterspury, a favourite fry-up stop for bikers and classic car runs heading between London and the Midlands since the 1960s.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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