Swanbourne is a Village in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Retail in Swanbourne

There are great places to visit near Swanbourne including some great villages, towns, parks, lakes, shopping centres, historic buildings, country parks and airports.

The area around Swanbourne boasts some of the best villages including Haddenham, Caldecotte, Blue Bridge, New Bradwell, Tathall End, Castlethorpe, and Weston Underwood.

Milton Keynes, Olney, High Wycombe, Buckingham, and Aylesbury are some of Swanbourne best towns to visit near Swanbourne.

There are a several good parks in the Swanbourne area like Willen Lake, and Campbell Park.

The area around Swanbourne boasts some of the best lakes including Willen Lake, and Thorney Country Park.

Shopping Centres to visit near Swanbourne include The Centre:mk, and Eden Shopping Centre.

Don't miss Church of St Simon and St Jude, St Peter and St Paul - Olney, Weston Underwood, Church of St James the Great - Hanslope, The Old Gaol, and Waddesdon Manor's historic buildings if visiting the area around Swanbourne.

Thorney Country Park is a great place to visit close to Swanbourne if you like country parks.

There are a number of airports near to Swanbourne including Wycombe Air Park.

Swanbourne History

There are some historic monuments around Swanbourne:

• The Toot: a motte and bailey castle and later manorial complex 450m south west of St Mary's Church
• Two Roman barrows 200m ENE of Thornborough Bridge
• Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, associated fishponds, medieval settlement of Hogshaw and the site of the medieval church of St John the Baptist, 200m south of Hogshaw Farm
• Moated site 200m north east of St Nicholas's Church
• The medieval village of Burston
• The Grove Close moated site.
• Quainton medieval standing cross
• Deserted village (site of) at Creslow
• A medieval manorial complex comprising a twin moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 750m west of St Mary's Church
• Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way
• Deserted village (site of) at Fulbrook Farm
• A bowl barrow on Church Hill 200m south of church
• Moated site 80m west of Cedars Farm
• Fishpond in Water Spinney 600m SE of St Giles's Church Tattenhoe
• Moated site immediately east of All Saint's Church
• Deserted village (site of) at Denham Lodge
• Moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 150m west of Loughton Manor
• Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church
• Medieval hamlet of Littlecote
• Moated site and section of hollow way 200m south west of St Michael's Church, Stewkley
• Snelshall Benedictine Priory: a moated priory site and fishponds north of Briary Plantation
• Moated site with associated earthworks, 770m south of St Mary's Church, south of the junction of Childs Way and Fulmer Street
• Moated site, fishponds and deserted medieval village of Tattenhoe, 300m west of Home Park Farm.