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The Chilterns

The fields at night from the Conservatory

Tring lies on the northern edge of the Chilterns - a range of wooded hills which runs from Goring in the Thames valley to the Dunstable downs. The Chilterns are an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and are excellent walking country. The Ridgeway National Trail, which runs from Wiltshire to Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, passes along the ridge above the town.

Tring is excellent walking and riding country. Ashridge Estate (National Trust) lies to the east of the town; this estate of woodland, commonland and downland covers 6 square miles and runs along the edge of the Chiltern ridge.

Directly south of Tring is Tring Park and the Chiltern woodlands, where there are many public footpaths and bridleways.

To the south west are Wendover Woods where there are several trails, picnic and barbeque areas and numerous woodland walks with views over the Vale of Aylesbury.

Tring lies at the summit of the Grand Union Canal, and just north of the town are the three reservoirs built to provide water for the canal locks. These reservoirs are a haven for wildlife and attract many visitors. There are hides for the purpose of bird watching. At Bulbourne there used to be a British Waterways workshop where wooden lock gates were made; the building is now used as a forge by a local artist blacksmith. Just north of this building the Wendover Arm of the canal branches off to the west; this canal is only partially in water and is being restored by the Wendover Arm Trust. The Aylesbury Arm of the canal goes off to Aylesbury a little further north at Marsworth Junction.

The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum is a must for a visit.

Wendover offers much to visitors with the countryside around being very popular with walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Apart from the Ridgeway Path, the National Trail that passes down the main High Street of Wendover, there are 33 miles of public rights of way and bridleways criss-crossing the parish. These paths will take you over the open chalk downland of Coombe Hill with its impressive monument to the Buckinghamshire men who died in the Boer War, or to the shaded woods on Boddington Hill belonging to Forest Enterprise. Here the visitor can enjoy specially prepared cycle routes, all ability walks, barbecue sites as well as play areas for the children.

On the way to Oxford City Centre and within easy reach from the M40 are Water Perry Gardens which has an atmosphere that reflects its 1000 year old history.

Great Missenden, close by, is an attractive small town, with a long curving High Street of half timbered and Georgian shops, a graciously proportioned Baptist Church and a number of traditional pubs. It has been host to a variety of famous people over the centuries, including Robert Louis Stevenson (author of Treasure Island). The village is now best known as home to the late Roald Dahl, the internationally famous children's author and now the Roald Dahl Museum.

Nearby is Chequers, country home of the prime minister of the UK. It is an Elizabethan mansion in the Chiltern hills near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, and was given to the nation by Lord Lee of Fareham under the Chequers Estate Act 1917, which came into effect in 1921. Its estate contains about 500 ha/1235 acres of farmlands and woods. The mansion dates from 1565 or earlier, but was extensively altered by Lord Lee, under Reginald Blomfield. It contains a collection of Cromwell portraits and relics.

The Chilterns is also the centre of Midsomer Murders territory. Indeed our cottage is close to the village of the Lee with its picturesque village green, which has, in turn, been Badgers Drift, Midsomer Florey and Midsomer Holm, so Field Cottage is a good base for those who wish to explore all the nearby towns and villages which have been part of Midsomer County

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