Plan your visit
Getting here
51.86421, -0.68867
About MENTMORE TOWERS
Mentmore Towers, historically known simply as "Mentmore", is a 19th-century English country house built between 1852 and 1854 for the Rothschild family in the village of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire. Sir Joseph Paxton and his son-in-law, George Henry Stokes, designed the building in the 19th-century revival of late 16th and early 17th-century Elizabethan and Jacobean styles called Jacobethan. The house was designed for the banker and collector of fine art Baron Mayer de Rothschild as a country home, and as a display case for his collection of fine art.
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦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
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Mentmore Towers; Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown +35 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Physcia tenella, Lepraria incana s. lat., Arthonia radiata +146 more · last seen 2016
Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
9 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
The RidgewayWalking route140 km
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route
Napton to Coy Carp section
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route
Wild TrailWalking route3.3 km
Grand Union Canal (Aylesbury Arm) WalkWalking route
Church Pathpublic footpath · 152 m
🚴Cycling
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Route 5Cycling route
N/ACycling route59 m
N/ACycling route24 m
N/ACycling route289 m
N/ACycling route1 km
🐴Horse riding
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Horse riding
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Wildlife to spot
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