🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
9 activities
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Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHEQUERS; Historic site with public access
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
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Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +248 more · last seen 2026
Free
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Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Woodruff, Hornschuch's Beard-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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29 signed routes nearby · 79 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
Round Aylesbury WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pulpit Hill Fort and Nature Reserves Circular Walk, Central ChilternsWalking route2.6 km▾
A short walk with panoramic views across the Chiltern Escarpment & Aylesbury Vale, and the chance to explore a hidden Iron Age hillfort, beautiful beech woods & the Grangelands & Rifle Butts Nature Reserve. Includes a steep climb, steps & kissing gates.
Named routeLength 2.6 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Cradle Footpathpublic footpath · 47 m▾
Braided path.
Public pathpublic footpathLength 47 mSurface compactedPath type: path
Springs Lanepublic footpath · 181 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 181 mPath type: residential
Cradle Footpathpublic footpath · 213 m▾
Camber present. Potential livestock in field.
Public pathpublic footpathLength 213 mSurface grassPath type: path
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Cycling
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29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 30Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Amber WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef AmberLocal cycle route
Hampden RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HampdenLocal cycle route
Jet WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef JetLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Hampden RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HampdenLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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Horse riding
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26 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
