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LEGOLAND Windsor
Family-friendly theme park near London with LEGO-themed rides, building workshops, and Miniland models.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Rotherfield Peppard
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Rotherfield Peppard
Rotherfield Peppard works well as a base: 10 minutes from Henley-on-Thames, 24km from LEGOLAND Windsor.
Rotherfield Peppard is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Henley-on-Thames, about 5 km away.
Rotherfield Peppard (often referred to simply as Peppard by locals) is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire. It is centred 3 miles (5 km) west of Henley-on-Thames, 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north of Reading, Berkshire and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Rotherfield Greys. The 2011 CensusRead more
recorded the parish population as 1,649. The area includes Peppard Hill, which is 1⁄2 mile (800 m) west of the centre of the village and adjoins Sonning Common. Peppard Common is public woodland and meadow in between in a ravine. The far east of the parish is a golf course and the far west is Kingwood Common which is also wooded common land. In 1951, Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984), novelist and winner of the Newberry Award for Best Children's Book (The White Horse), moved to Rotherfield Peppard, where she lived until her death. A blue plaque, unveiled in 2008, identifies her home.
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What is there to see near Rotherfield Peppard?
Within an hour or so of Rotherfield Peppard: LEGOLAND Windsor (24 km), Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow) (24 km), Windsor Castle (26 km), Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (Goldfinger golf match) (26 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Rotherfield Peppard?
Rotherfield Peppard is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Henley-on-Thames.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,500
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.5306, -0.9785
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
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 Rotherfield Peppard
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow)
The ancient pollarded beech woodland close to Pinewood Studios is one of Britain's most-filmed forests.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Windsor Castle
The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, serving as a royal residence for over 900 years.
26 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (Goldfinger golf match)
The Palladian clubhouse and course hosted the celebrated golf match between Bond and Goldfinger, and reappeared in Tomorrow Never Dies.
26 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
film location
Virginia Water Lake, Surrey (Forbidden Forest)
The lakeside and woods of Windsor Great Park doubled for the Forbidden Forest and the Hogwarts grounds in Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Rotherfield Peppard
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 56 kmBox HillA steep chalk escarpment above the Mole valley, the Zig Zag Road on its flank made famous by the 2012 Olympic road race.
- 58 kmLeith HillThe highest point in south-east England at 294 m, its 18th-century tower taking visitors just above the 1,000-foot mark.
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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