Visit Christmas Common Places

Welcome to Visit Christmas Common Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Christmas Common

  

Christmas Common Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Christmas Common

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Christmas Common history

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The hamlet’s unusual toponym is of uncertain origin. It is variously ascribed to a 1643 Christmas Day truce between combatants in the English Civil War. Watlington Park is a private park and country house about 3/4 mile (1.2 km) southwest of Christmas Common.

You can visit Christmas Common places with Walkfo Christmas Common to hear history at Christmas Common’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Christmas Common has 22 places to visit in our interactive Christmas Common map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Christmas Common, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Christmas Common places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Christmas Common & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Christmas Common places in an interactive Christmas Common map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Christmas Common Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Christmas Common historic spots	Christmas Common tourist destinations	Christmas Common plaques	Christmas Common geographic features
Walkfo Christmas Common tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Christmas Common

  

Best Christmas Common places to visit

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Christmas Common has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Christmas Common’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Christmas Common’s information audio spots:

Cowleaze Wood Cowleaze Wood is a 70-acre (28 ha) woodland in the Chiltern Hills, a chalk ridge in South East England. The wood is in the civil parish of Lewknor, in Oxfordshire, about 1+1/4 miles (2 km) southeast of the village. It is next to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire, and adjoins Lydall’s Wood on the Buckinghamshire side of the boundary.

Wormsley Park Wormsley is a private estate of Mark Getty and his family. Set in 2,700-acre (1,100 ha) of rolling countryside in Buckinghamshire. Acquired by Sir Paul Getty in 1985, the estate forms part of Hambleden valley.

Shirburn Castle Grade I listed, moated castle is located at the village of Shirburn, near Watlington, Oxfordshire. Originally constructed in the fourteenth century, it was renovated and remodelled in the Georgian era by the first Earl of Macclesfield who made it his family seat.

All Saints Church, Shirburn All Saints’ Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of Shirburn, Oxfordshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List as a Grade II listed building. The north chapel of the church is the mausoleum of the Parker family, Earls of Macclesfield.

St Mary’s Church, Pyrton St Mary’s Church is the Church of England parish church of Pyrton, Oxfordshire. Its parish is part of the benefice of Icknield, in the deanery of Aston and Cuddesdon. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Visit Christmas Common plaques