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The Platt Cemetery

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • The Grocer at 91 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking· Paid

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Sphaerophoria +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Sphaerophoria +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

café

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Chiltern LinkWalking route13 km
Named routeLength 13 kmLocal walking route
Chiltern Heritage Trail Temporary DiversionWalking route

Two alternative routes to divert Chiltern Heritage Trail around HS2 works north of Great Missenden. The "northern" route is signed and more off road, but misses out more of the original trail.

Named routeRef CHTTRegional walking route
South Bucks WayWalking route23 km
Named routeLength 23 kmRegional walking route
Chiltern Heritage TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route
Named routeRef 3Regional cycle route
Hampden RouteCycling route
Named routeRef HampdenLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Hampden RouteCycling route
Named routeRef HampdenLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Harding RouteCycling route
Named routeRef HardingLocal cycle route

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