Oxford is England’s oldest university dating back to the 11th century with magnificent spires, cloistered colleges, secluded gardens and renowned libraries. Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, is England’s grandest and most imposing Stately Home. Set in almost 3000 acres of spectacular parkland it was built to reward John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and ancestor of Sir Winston, for his defeat of the French at Blenheim in 1704. Also visit Windsor Castle, the world's largest inhabited castle still lived in by the Queen. See the magnificent State Apartments, St George's Chapel and Queen Mary's Dolls' House, perfect to the most minute detail including tiny, fully functioning light fittings, a cellar stocked with real wine and plumbed bathrooms.