Organised Walks – Wooburn, Bucks
Meet in Wooburn Park free car park (turn off the A4094 by St Paul’s Church into Wooburn Town road), Wash Hill, Wooburn, HP10 0TT. A 6-mile walk up through the woods and down by the riverside, which could be muddy in places. A short-cut is available for the Groovers along the dismantled railway line, avoiding […]
Guided Tour of the de Havilland Aircraft Museum
de Havilland Aircraft Museum Salisbury Hall, Shenley, London Colney£20 Adult, £8 Child SORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Come and visit the fantastic de Havilland Aircraft Museum and enjoy a 90-minute guided tour during which you'll be told about the history and background of Geoffrey de Havilland, the pioneer aircraft designer and founder of the de Havilland World Enterprise, one of the […]
Visit to Tring Police Station and Museum
Tring Police Station 63 High Street, Tring, Herts£7.50 Adult SORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Please note that income from this event is coming to the Chiltern Society as a charity to cover the overheads of the Festival. Herts Police’s oldest functioning police station is throwing open its doors to Chiltern Society guests as part of the 2023 Chiltern society Heritage […]
Stamp Collecting & Mike Consden
White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1AG£10 Adult Milk bottle tops, beer mats, match boxes, coins – as children, nearly all of us collected one (or some) of these, but far and away the most popular collectable item was stamps. Stamp shops, approvals, school clubs, local societies, stamp fairs, kindly relatives, parents, neighbours, all made stamp collecting so easy […]
Guided Walk Around Ewelme Village
Ewelme Recreation Ground Car Park High Street, Ewelme, OX10 6PG£5 Adult You will be guided around Ewelme, which is a beautiful Oxfordshire village steeped in history. It houses a unique cluster of 15th century buildings comprising a church, almshouses and school, as well as the now-restored watercress beds. There are close connections with Henry VIII, the Chaucer family and other nobility. The walk will […]
A Fun Cheese and Wine Tasting at No 2 Pound Street, Wendover
No2 Pound Street 2 Pound St, Wendover, Aylesbury£25 Adult SORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Come along to No2 Pound Street, for a fun and informative evening of cheese and wine tasting. You will be led through the tasting by one of their experts, learning the stories behind the cheeses, the different styles of wines and the way to taste and […]
Organised Walks – Ashley Green, Bucks
Meet outside the Ashley Green Memorial Hall, Two Dells Lane (near to and opposite the church), Ashley Green, HP5 3RB. Free parking, and WC / refreshments at the popular Glebe Café (rear of the hall) before or after the walk. We head downhill towards Harriet’s End Farm before progressing to Sandpit Green. We then climb […]
Organised Walks – Ashridge, Herts
Meet at the NT Ashridge Visitor Centre (free parking), end of Monument Drive, off the B4506 near Berkhamsted, HP4 1LT. A 5.6 mile walk along Princes Riding to Ashridge House, then along part of Capability Brown’s Golden Valley. Returning via Berkhamsted Common and the former medieval track that ran between Aldbury and Hemel Hempstead. No […]
Organised Walks – Chesham, Bucks
Note: the walk starts at 10.30am (meet up at 10.20am) Meet at Water Meadow car park (exit off of the A416 St Mary’s Way roundabout), Chesham HP5 1LF (free parking on Sunday). A 5.25 mile walk combining the story of Thomas Harding, The Last Lollard Martyr, with some fine views and rural scenery. Initially following […]
A Festival Celebration – St Mary’s Church, Drayton Beauchamp
St Mary the Virgin, Drayton Beauchamp Church Lane, Drayton Beauchamp, Aylesbury, BucksAdults and Children - Free As in previous years we will come together at the beautiful Grade I listed St Mary's Church, set over the bank of the Wendover Canal. Last year we planted a rowan tree on the drive to the church to commemorate the fifth Heritage Festival. This year we will be joined […]
Organised Walks – Cookham, Berks
Meet at Cookham Moor car park, High Street, Cookham, SL6 9SB (£2 or free to NT members). A 5.8 mile flat walk across fields to Bolters Lock, Maidenhead then returning along the Thames path to Cookham. Involves some road walking. A few nearby pubs to chose from for lunch. Explorer 172 GR SU 892853 CS Map 32 […]
Organised Walks – Stokenchurch, Bucks
Meet in Stokenchurch on the grass area alongside the fire-damaged Kings Hotel, Oxford Road, HP14 3TA. Park in the side roads opposite the hotel. A 4-mile walk taking in Chiltern beech-woods, Autumn colours and ancient tracks including Colliers Way, historically used for transporting charcoal. Scenic rolling countryside accessed from the Chilterns’ highest village with 3 […]
Organised Walks – Littlewick Green, Berks
Meet at the Shire Horse pub, Bath Road (A4), Littlewick Green (west of Maidenhead), SL6 3QA. A 6-mile stile-free walk with only 200 feet of elevation. Starts in the Maidenhead Thicket (a Dick Turpin haunt) then into and around the Berkshire College of Agriculture estate, then returning via an alternative Maidenhead Thicket route. Fine views […]
