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✦ Historic site

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.68544, -0.80339

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5 activities

Heritage

Free86%

Historic site with public access

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Dog walks

Free72%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies65%

Named cycling route nearby: Chilterns Cycleway

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: Bradenham Beech Woods Walk, Bradenham

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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25 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Risborough Purple RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

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23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
High Wycombe East-West Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route300 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 300 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.2 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Bledlow Circular RideMountain bike route14 km▾

A 10 mile circular ride through Chiltern countryside with fine open views. Mainly on bridleways, byways and quiet lanes. Waymarked. Pub on route.

Named routeLength 14 kmRound trip
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

About this historic site

Scheduled Monument

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Grim's Ditch in the woods

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grim's Ditch in the woods

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

1 nearby · 467m

✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦WEST WYCOMBE PARKHistoric site5 km→🌱Naphill CommonUrban park2.5 km→⛪Princes Risborough Baptist ChurchReligious grounds4.5 km→✦BRADENHAM MANORHistoric site2 km→✦The MountHistoric site4.8 km→🌱King George's FieldUrban park4.4 km→