Cliveden is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hills close to the South Bucks villages of Taplow and Burnham. The main house sits 40 metres (130 ft) above the banks of the River Thames, and its grounds slope down to the river.
🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
Good to know
🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic spot
Best for
11 activities
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Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: TERRACE WALL TO GARDEN FRONT, CLIVEDEN; Historic site with public access
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺
Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area
Free
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Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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19 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Maidenhead Millennium Walk Marlow LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jubilee River PathWalking route▾
Named route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Taplow Footpath 4public footpath · 713 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 713 mPath type: path
Taplow FP7public footpath · 260 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 260 mPath type: footway
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Cycling
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73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Holyport GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Beeches CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Horse riding
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2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hunts Lanebridleway · 296 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 296 mPath type: residential
Taplow Bridleway 5bridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: bridleway
