Buckinghamshire

In lovely, rural Buckinghamshire, lively attractions, welcoming countryside together with family-friendly activities provide entertainment for everyone - indoors and out. 

Go biking or bird-watching in Buckinghamshire; brave the deep and spooky “hellfire” caves or climb inside a giant peach.  Crack some codes at Station X; learn to write your own stories or drive a train; become a dinosaur detective; picnic in style on panoramic hilltops or stride like a giant through an amazing miniature world. 

The Great Outdoors

Take a picnic or a kite and hit the heights of the Chiltern Hills at Coombe Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon (both on The Ridgeway National Trail).  Follow the Chiltern Sculpture Trail near Chinnor or roam around Dorney Lake near Eton, Britain’s 2012 Olympic Rowing Venue.  Hire a rowing boat in Buckinghamshire at Marlow’s Higginson Park.  Off the water, test your skills at orienteering in Black Park at Wexham, one of Buckinghamshire’s three country parks.  Explore by bike on the testing trails of Wendover Woods or the level and scenic Phoenix Trail, from Princes Risborough to Thame.  Meet the famous concrete cows on a Milton Keynes Heritage Cycle Trail. 

Also in Buckinghamshire - have fun swinging and climbing in Waddesdon Manor’s impressive Woodland Playground. Dig for fossils at The Dinosaur and Farm Park, the hands-on discovery experience for young children, newly opened by action-packed Gulliver’s Land theme park at Milton Keynes. For those giant’s-eye views - visit Bekonscot Model Village at Beaconsfield;  this captivating presentation of 1930's England is the oldest model village in the world.
 
Animals work their magic at the Horse Trust at Lacey Green, the Bucks Goat Centre at Stoke Mandeville, Odds Farm Park at Woburn Common, Mead Open Farm at Billington and Tiggywinkles at Haddenham - the world’s busiest wildlife hospital.  For a face-to-face with scarier species, Woburn Abbey Safari Park in Buckinghamshire is just the place to be. 

Undercover Activities

Historic houses are a plenty in Buckinghamshire and are sure to interest young minds.  Sure to see amongst others: the inspiring Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre at Dahl’s home town of Great Missenden and Aylesbury’s Roald Dahl Gallery, always a winner with  younger children.

Hughenden Manor, former home of prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, and Claydon House with its memorabilia of Florence Nightingale are other famous historic houses in Buckinghamshire. Top-secret Bletchley Park, the pioneering, code-cracking centre of WWII is a great day to be had indoors too. With something with a bit more of a touch of adventure, head to Hellfire Caves at West Wycombe, where winding passages delve deep beneath the Chiltern Hills.

Awesome exhibits can be seen at the Bucks Railway Centre at Quainton Road and vintage train rides on the Chinnor to Princes Risborough Railway. Real-snow skiing, snowboarding, rock-climbing and skydiving at SNO!zone and the Xscape complex, Milton Keynes are all not to be missed too whilst in Buckinghamshire.

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