Fishing - Can be arranged with local clubs.

Flying - Gliding and parachuting at Weston on the Green or fly at Kidlington.

Gardens - Stowe, Hidcote, Sezincote and other fine houses and gardens in the Cotswolds.

Golf - Frilford Heath, The Oxfordshire at Thame; 20 others within an hour's drive.

Music - Oxford and Garsington (including opera); Birmingham, London, Bath.

Punting - On the Thames, Isis and Cherwell (also canoes and rowing boats).

Racing - Horse racing at Ascot, Newbury, Stratford, Towcester, Warwick, Worcester, Cheltenham; motor racing at Silverstone.

Riding - Stables in many villages close by.

Shooting - Clay pigeon shooting with local clubs.

Shopping - Bicester Retail Village.

Tennis - Summer tennis schools in Oxford; Real tennis court also available.

Theatre - Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Walking - The historic seven villages of Otmoor; and the Oxfordshire Way.

Woodstock - Blenheim Palace is 30 minutes away.