You can walk on public footpaths directly from Manor Grange, including through the grounds of Tusmore House, a country estate just a couple of minutes from the house.

The following are links to just some of the places of interest within easy reach:

(1 minute) Flora Thompson trail (Cottisford is Fordlow in the books) - Church, Old School House etc. http://www.florathompson.co.uk/

(5 minutes) Brackley - market town with lovely Georgian buildings and huge antique centre http://www.britinfo.net/index_Brackley.htm

(10 minutes) Bicester - market town with its famous Bicester Village Shopping Centre http://www.bicestervillage.com/bicester/home.asp

(10 minutes) Buckingham - a delightful little market town with the Old Gaol Museum at its centre housing the Flora Thompson exhibition: http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/ogb/index.html

(12 minutes) Silverstone Race Circuit:http://www.silverstone.co.uk

(Under 15 minutes) Stowe Landscape Gardens, National Trust: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-stowegardens/
(Under 30 minutes ) Banbury - Tourist Office, Canal Museum, Good Shopping Centre: http://www.banburytown.co.uk/

(30 minutes) Woodstock: http://www.woodstock-oxfordshire.co.uk/frame/frameset.htm and
Blenheim Palace: http://www.blenheimpalace.com/

(30 minutes) Oxford - colleges, theatres, shops, restaurants, botanic garden: http://www.visitoxford.org/see.asp

(20 minutes) Sulgrave Manor:http://www.sulgravemanor.org.uk/

(20 minutes) Stoke Bruerne - canal and museum http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/museums/stoke.shtml

(Under 30 minute) Milton Keynes - light airy modern city with Snowdome, Xscape, huge Shopping Centre, Theatre: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/visitorinfo/

(45 minutes) Stratford Upon Avon: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/
(45 minutes) Warwick Castle: http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk

(1 hour) Cotswolds villages : http://www.cotswolds.info/tour-worcestershire-gloucestershire-oxfordshire.shtml
Westonbirt Arboretum: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt
Hidcote Manor Gardens: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-hidcotemanorgarden.htm
Barnsley House Gardens: http://www.cotswolds-calling.com/houses-gardens/barnsley.htm