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Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Luton Tourist Information Office on A6 (East)

0.2 mi

Luton

0.2

Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

1.0 mi

 

1.2

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto B4540

0.6 mi

 

1.8

Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

1.0 mi

Caddington

2.8

At Caddington, stay on Local road(s)

2.0 mi

 

4.8

Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto A5

0.5 mi

Milton Keynes

5.3

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s)

1.4 mi

 

6.7

At Church End, stay on Local road(s)

0.4 mi

 

7.1

At Kensworth, turn RIGHT (West) onto B4540

0.9 mi

Whipsnade

8.0

Arrive Whipsnade

   

WHIPSNADE TREE CATHEDRAL, near Dunstable Bedfordshire

A quiet and peaceful area with many species of trees, planted in the traditional pattern of a cathedral with grassy avenues for the nave and transepts. Nearby are Whipsnade Downs, where the Trust owns a farm and an area of botanically rich chalk grassland, to which there is unrestricted access on foot

2ml S of Dunstable, off B4540

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Whipsnade on B4540 (West)

1.5 mi

 

1.5

Turn RIGHT (North) onto B4506

0.2 mi

 

1.7

Turn LEFT (West) onto B489

3.5 mi

Ivinghoe Aston

5.2

Turn RIGHT (North) onto B488

0.4 mi

Horton

5.5

Arrive Ivinghoe

   

PITSTONE WINDMILL, Ivinghoe Buckinghamshire

One of the oldest post-mills in Britain, dating from 1627 and restored entirely by volunteers

˝ml S of Ivinghoe, 3ml NE of Tring, just W of B488

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Ivinghoe on B489 (West)

0.6 mi

Pitstone Green

0.6

At Pitstone Green, turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Local road(s)

1.5 mi

Cheddington

2.2

At Cheddington, stay on Local road(s)

1.8 mi

 

4.0

At Mentmore, stay on Local road(s)

2.6 mi

Wing

6.6

Bear RIGHT (North) onto A418

76 yds

 

6.6

Bear LEFT (North-West) onto Local road(s)

0.4 mi

 

7.1

Arrive Wing

   

ASCOTT, Wing, nr Leighton Buzzard Buckinghamshire LU7 0PS

Originally a half-timbered Jacobean farmhouse, Ascott was bought in 1876 by the de Rothschild family and considerably transformed and enlarged. It now houses a quite exceptional collection of fine paintings, Oriental porcelain and English and French furniture. The extensive gardens are a mixture of the formal and natural, containing specimen trees and shrubs, as well as an herbaceous walk, lily pond, Dutch garden and remarkable topiary sundial

˝ml E of Wing, 2ml SW of Leighton Buzzard, on S side of A418

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Wing on Local road(s) (West)

2.9 mi

 

2.9

At Stewkley, bear LEFT (North-West) onto B4032

2.8 mi

Mursley

5.7

Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

0.6 mi

Mursley

6.3

At Mursley, stay on Local road(s)

2.0 mi

Swanbourne

8.2

At Little Horwood, stay on Local road(s)

2.3 mi

 

10.6

At Nash, stay on Local road(s)

2.8 mi

 

13.4

At Thornborough, stay on Local road(s)

0.4 mi

 

13.8

Turn RIGHT (West) onto A421

1.9 mi

 

15.6

Turn RIGHT (North) onto A413

164 yds

 

15.7

Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

1.0 mi

Buckingham

16.7

Arrive Buckingham Tourist Information Office

   

BUCKINGHAM CHANTRY CHAPEL, Market Hill, Buckingham Buckinghamshire

A 15th-century chapel, the oldest building in Buckingham and incorporating a fine Norman doorway. Later used as a school, it was restored by Gilbert Scott in 1875

On Market Hill

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Buckingham Tourist Information Office on Local road(s) (North)

0.2 mi

 

0.2

At Buckingham, bear LEFT (West) onto A422

0.2 mi

Radclive

0.5

Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

1.2 mi

Chackmore

1.6

At Chackmore, stay on Local road(s)

2.2 mi

 

3.8

Arrive Stowe Landscape Garden

   

STOWE LANDSCAPE GARDENS, Buckingham Buckinghamshire MK18 5EH

An epic landscape garden, one of the supreme creations of the Georgian era and a miraculous survival. Adorned with buildings by Vanbrugh, Gibbs and Kent, including arches, temples, a Palladian bridge and other monuments, the sheer scale of the garden must make it Britain's largest work of art. The House (not NT) is occupied by Stowe School

3ml NW of Buckingham via Stowe Avenue, off A422 Buckingham--Banbury road

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Stowe Landscape Garden on Local road(s) (West)

2.2 mi

 

2.2

At Chackmore, stay on Local road(s)

1.7 mi

Maids Moreton

3.9

Bear LEFT (North-East) onto A413

0.2 mi

Lillingstone Dayrell

4.1

Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)

1.5 mi

Leckhampstead

5.6

At Leckhampstead, stay on Local road(s)

2.2 mi

 

7.8

At Wicken, stay on Local road(s)

1.8 mi

 

9.6

Bear LEFT (North-East) onto A422

0.4 mi

Old Stratford

9.9

Continue (North) on Local road(s)

0.6 mi

Old Stratford

10.5

At Old Stratford, stay on Local road(s)

6.7 mi

 

17.2

At Newport Pagnell, stay on Local road(s)

0.3 mi

 

17.5

Turn RIGHT (South) onto B526

0.7 mi

 

18.2

Bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

2.8 mi

North Crawley

21.0

At North Crawley, stay on Local road(s)

4.6 mi

Cranfield

25.6

At Upper Shelton, stay on Local road(s)

1.6 mi

 

27.2

At Wootton, stay on Local road(s)

0.6 mi

 

27.8

Turn LEFT (North) onto A421

0.4 mi

 

28.2

Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)

0.9 mi

 

29.1

At Kempston Hardwick, stay on Local road(s)

0.3 mi

 

29.4

Turn LEFT (North) onto B530

1.3 mi

 

30.7

Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto A421

2.2 mi

 

32.9

Turn RIGHT (South) onto A600

0.2 mi

Shortstown

33.1

Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

1.1 mi

 

34.2

At Cardington, stay on Local road(s)

1.2 mi

 

35.3

At Cople, stay on Local road(s)

0.6 mi

 

35.9

Turn RIGHT (East) onto A603

0.4 mi

Mogerhanger

36.3

Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s)

0.8 mi

Willington

37.1

Arrive Willington

   

WILLINGTON DOVECOTE & STABLES, Willington, nr Bedford Bedfordshire

A distinctive 16th-century stable and stone dovecote, lined internally with nesting boxes for 1,500 pigeons

4ml E of Bedford, just N of the Sandy road (A603)

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Willington on Local road(s) (North)

0.8 mi

 

0.8

Turn RIGHT (West) onto A603

0.4 mi

Cople

1.2

Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s)

0.6 mi

Cople

1.7

At Cople, stay on Local road(s)

1.2 mi

 

2.9

At Cardington, stay on Local road(s)

6.6 mi

Stanford

9.6

Turn LEFT (East) onto B658

0.5 mi

Shefford

10.0

Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s)

0.2 mi

 

10.2

At Shefford, stay on Local road(s)

2.1 mi

 

12.4

At Meppershall, stay on Local road(s)

1.6 mi

 

14.0

At Shillington, stay on Local road(s)

2.1 mi

Apsley End

16.1

At Higham Gobion, stay on Local road(s)

1.6 mi

 

17.7

At Hexton, stay on Local road(s)

3.4 mi

 

21.1

At Lilley, stay on Local road(s)

2.4 mi

 

23.5

At Cockernhoe, stay on Local road(s)

3.0 mi

Luton

26.5

Turn RIGHT (West) onto A6

142 yds

 

26.6

Arrive Luton Tourist Information Office

   
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