DOCSLIB.ORG

Group Day Trips to Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Group Day Trips to Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire Group Day Trips to Warwick Warwickshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge and The Chilterns Milton Bedfordshire Keynes Buckinghamshire is the perfect year-round destination Milton Buckingham for memorable day trips, stretching from the banks of Keynes M1 A1 the River Thames through the glorious rolling Chiltern M11 Hills, and on into the verdant Vale of Aylesbury. Its Winslow close proximity to London, coupled with excellent road M40 links, means that you can easily access exciting new Hertfordshire destinations, discover fabulous attractions and enjoy Bicester Luton welcoming hospitality. Airport Aylesbury Oxford There is so much to see and do. Airport Oxford This flyer aims to give you a flavour of what Great Missenden Chesham Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns has to offer, with Amersham M25 example day trips for group tours around the county. Oxfordshire High Wycombe These venue partnerships can offer the Group Beaconsfield Organiser exceptional value and provide the perfect Marlow solution to a complete day out, however these are Greater merely suggestions which allow for complete flexibility. London You can combine any element of one trip with another to create your own bespoke day out. Heathrow London Airport City Airport Reading M4 To book your perfect day trip, including extras such as Berkshire private guided tours or behind the scenes visits, or to explore recommendations for right coffee inside or- 6 lunch stops, please contact each venue directly and they will happily How to get here: M3 assist. Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns is easily accessible by road, rail and five major airports.mid The countyinside - 5 is well served by motorways, with the M1, M25 and M40 all passing through or nearby, and provides links to the M4 & M3 motorways. All towns Surrey Please Note: within the county are linked by good main roads. - left inside - 4 This information is correct at time of going to print. Visit Buckinghamshire and The county also has great rail links Hafromm Londonpshire via the Gatwick The Chilterns cannot be held liable, including financial responsibility, for the Airport action taken as a result of content on this flyer. The information is provided underground on the Metropolitan line, while Chiltern Railways by Visit Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns and the attractions in good faith. offers a number of access points from London Marylebone. If you find any content that you think to be incorrect or inappropriate, please M23 report this to [email protected]. We advise you to call beforehand to enquire about the availability of on-site coach parking. All of our venues do have To get a tailored quote for your group, we recommend you call the venue directly and quote reference GDT2020. parking, except Amersham Museum, Thame Midsomer Tours and Roald Dahl Museum. Milton’s Cottage has limited parking. 1 Discover more... Buckinghamshire and The Food & Drink Pit Stops Chilterns, something for everyone. Front cover Mid - web links Malt The Brewery Griffiths Brothers This family-run business has Book a tour and learn more been brewing since 2012. The about their premium small National Trust Literary Heroes Tasting Room is open 5 days batch, cold-distilled, award- a week and looks over the winning gins that find a unique brewing area. Simply drop in, balance between classic and or book onto one of their real contemporary. ale and craft beer tour and tastings. To book, call 01494 865063 or To book, call 01494 713955, or email hello@maltthebrewery. email info@griffithsbrothers. back cover co.uk com Historical Highlights Landscape Hearing Dogs for Deaf Danesfield House People - The Grange Hotel Stop off for a delicious A former RAF Officers’ Mess, Arts & Culture Spectacular Sports Afternoon Tea at The Grange and film location for Midsomer Restaurant & Gift Shop. Enjoy Murders, the hotel has earned finger sandwiches, miniature itself an esteemed reputation cakes, sausage rolls and for food with an award- freshly-baked scones, served winning restaurant. Stop off with a pot of tea, prosecco or and enjoy a lovely lunch, local craft gin & tonic. Every afternoon tea or dinner, and if penny of profit supports their time allows take a stroll in the charity, helping deaf people stunning gardens. leave loneliness behind. To book, call Reservations To book, call 01844 873500, on 01628 891010, or email Film & TV Food & Drink Group Day Trips or email bookings@ enquiries@danesfieldhouse. hearingdogs.org.uk co.uk For more information on bringing your group to @VisitBucks @visit _bucks T: 07375 035244 E: [email protected] Buckinghamshire, please either contact the venue directly, visit www.visitbuckinghamshire.org @Visit _Bucks visitbuckinghamshire.org visitbuckinghamshire.org or email [email protected] Day Trips to Buckinghamshire and The Chilterns Midsomer Chinnor & Princes Bekonscot Model Stowe Gardens Bletchley Park Roald Dahl Museum Waddesdon Manor Murders Tours Risborough Railway Village 1. Stately Homes and Gardens 3. Life in the Chilterns TV, Film and Literary 7. Heroes Discover Stowe House and Gardens Chiltern Open Air Museum and The scale, grandeur and beauty of Stowe House and Gardens Amersham Museum Milton’s Cottage and Roald Dahl is not to be missed. Discover over 300 years of history at this Explore over 30 beautiful rescued historic buildings set in over Museum beautiful 18th century estate. Learn about the rise and fall of 45 acres of countryside that were the workplaces or homes of one of England’s wealthiest families and explore the amazing Milton’s Cottage is one of the oldest writer’s house museums in ordinary people from within the Chilterns. Enjoy a ploughman’s Capability Brown landscape gardens. the world and the place where John Milton completed his epic lunch before departing for Amersham Museum. Here you can masterpiece, Paradise Lost. To book Stowe House call, 01280 818002 learn more about local life in Amersham through the years. or email [email protected] The Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden, the To book the Chiltern Open Air Museum, call 01494 871117 Buckinghamshire village where Roald Dahl lived and wrote for 36 or email [email protected] * To book Stowe National Trust Gardens call 01280 817156 years, is not to be missed. If time allows, why not walk the Roald or email [email protected] To book Amersham Museum, call 01494 723 700 or email Dahl village trail. [email protected] To book Milton’s Cottage, call 01494 872313 Waddesdon Manor or email [email protected] and Stowe House To book the Roald Dahl Museum, call 01494 892192 Discover the treasures that await you in Waddesdon Manor’s 4. Wartime Greats splendid rooms within the stunning French Renaissance château Midsomer Fans in the heart of Buckinghamshire. After lunch, Stowe House awaits. Learn about the fascinating stories of how scandal, Hughenden Manor Come and discover Midsomer County with a guided Walking intrigue and debt brought one of England’s richest families to its Tour of Thame where many episodes of Midsomer Murders were knees and the house close to demolition. and Roald Dahl Museum filmed, followed by a Steam Train Ride from nearby Chinnor & A secret wartime past is revealed in Hughenden Manor’s Second Princes Risborough Railway, including Cream Tea while on board. To book Stowe House, call 01280 818002 World War rooms in the cellar. Continue your tour with a visit to The Railway Station was also a setting for Midsomer Murders. or email [email protected] the Roald Dahl Museum and see how the war had a huge effect To book this day trip, call 07718 003133 * To book Waddesdon Manor, call 01296 653209 on the writer’s life. or email [email protected] or email [email protected] * To book Hughenden Manor, call 01494 755573 or email [email protected] Chiltern Open Air Museum Stonor Park To book the Roald Dahl Museum, call 01494 892192 and Milton’s Cottage Home to the Stonor family for over 850 years, Stonor Park dominates a magnificent view of the beautiful deer park, Chiltern Open Air Museum’s eclectic collection of over 30 woodland and 17th century gardens. Beyond the warm red brick Bletchley Park historic buildings makes it a popular venue for filming. Discover Jacobean façade, a stroll through the house is a walk through Explore, experience and enjoy the once top-secret home the roll of credits which include Call the Midwife, Horrible history. Discover art and treasure collected from across the of iconic WW2 Codebreaking Huts and Blocks set within an Histories, Grantchester, Midsomer Murders and more. Enjoy a globe, including the catholic chapel and artefacts. atmospheric Victorian estate. Step back in time and discover the ploughman’s lunch at the museum, then head to the delightful extraordinary achievements of the men and women who worked Milton’s Cottage, the home of writer John Milton, author of To book this day trip, call 01491 638587 at Bletchley Park. Paradise Lost. or email [email protected] To book this day trip, call 01908 272673 To book Milton’s Cottage, call 01494 872313 Stowe Gardens and or email [email protected] or email [email protected] To book the Chiltern Open Air Museum, call 01494 871117 or Waddesdon Manor Gardens email [email protected] The gardens at Stowe and Waddesdon are a gardener’s delight. Bekonscot Model Village Stowe was never just a garden. Its creator, Lord Cobham, set 5. & River Cruise the 250 acres of gardens, including temples and monuments, Aylesbury Waterside to reveal his beliefs about the politics and morality of the day. Enjoy lunch before continuing your tour to Waddesdon Manor Bekonscot Model Village and 8. Theatre Gardens. Waddesdon had one of the most important Victorian gardens. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild created his garden for French Brothers River Cruise Experience the best in live entertainment from smash- the amusement of his guests, who spent an entire morning on Start your day with a relaxing 2.5 hour river cruise from Windsor, hit musicals to spine-tingling dramas and fun-filled family their tour.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Report Providing a Tourism Baseline in the HS2 Corridor
    The volume and value of tourism in the HS2 corridor of the Chilterns AONB A baseline study Prepared by: TSE Research Services 40 Chamberlayne Road Eastleigh Hampshire SO50 5JH Contributors and dedication Dedication This report is dedicated to Shirley Judges, (1949-2014), a passionate supporter and ardent protector of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Without Shirley’s infectious enthusiasm this project would not have happened. Shirley gave unstintingly of her time and energy to protect the area she loved from HS2, but she also knew the importance of assembling robust evidence, using recognised research methods and arming oneself with the relevant facts and figures to fight a cause. Drive and determination had to matched by the evidence. Shirley wanted a proper baseline study on the value of tourism threatened by HS2. At her specific request we raised the money and commissioned Tourism South East, a specialist tourist organisation with a research arm, to undertake the study. The Chilterns Conservation Board, where Shirley had been a dedicated board member for 10 years, kindly agreed to manage the project. Shirley’s wish was to petition to the Select Committee. Through this report she will. Acknowledgements The following organisations provided a financial contribution to the study: Amersham HS2 Action Group Chesham Society Chilterns Conservation Board Chiltern Ridges Action Group Chiltern Society Great Missenden HS2 Action Group Great Missenden Parish Council Great Missenden Revitalisation Group Great Missenden Village Association Private donation (on behalf of Chalfont St Giles) Residents’ Environmental Protection Association Wendover Action Group Wendover Parish Council Thanks With thanks to the many people who contributed to the local tourism business audits, in particular Hilary Wharf and Jean Slater.
    [Show full text]
  • Chalfont St Peter Village Voice, September 2015
    Chalfont Office Direct has kindly printed this newsletter Chalfont St Peter Village Voice, September 2015 Editor: Elaine Quigley, 01753 886412 [email protected] www.chalfontstpeter.com/villagevoice CHLFONT ST PETER GARDEN SHOW on August 22, celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Club. Superb entries, particularly in the vegetable and flower categories were much admired, but it must be said that all entries showed the skills of those who had taken time and care over them. One of the busy exhibitors, Diane Ponting, had 5 winning entries, and here is one of them - named ‘Market Day’ a creation of fruit and flowers. St JOSEPH’S Church in Austenwood, will have a Flower Festival on the weekend 12/13 September. Extracts from the New Testament told through the beauty of flowers. Do go and admire the talents of St Joseph’s flower arrangers and their fellow flower arrangers from neighbouring churches. Tea/coffee and cake will be available in the First C ommitee Room. On Sunday 13 September, there will be an Ecumenical evening of prayer and song, in communion with other faiths, closing the floral festival and giving thanks to God for the talents He has given.. HORN HILL QUILTER EXHIBITION is on Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Chalfont St Peter Church Hall SL9 9RJ Time 10am -4pm. There will be a Charity quilt raffle in aid of Thames valley air ambulance . Sales table and local trader. Light refreshments Entry £2. FRIENDS OF CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM are having Quiz Evening on Saturday 3rd October, in Chalfont St Peter church hall, SL9 9RJ.
    [Show full text]
  • DISCOVER the CHILTERNS a Guide to Spending Time in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
    A guide to spending time in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty DISCOVER THE CHILTERNS A guide to spending time in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty he Chilterns Conservation Board is a statutory body set Tup to promote the conservation, understanding and enjoyment of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty CONSERVATION BOARD The Lodge, 90 Station Road Chinnor, Oxon OX39 4HA Tel: 01844 355500 Fax: 01844 355501 Photographs provided by © Chilterns Conservation Board, e-mail: [email protected] National Trust/Graeme Cannon, British Waterways, Countryside Agency/Tina Stallard, Forestry Commission, Gerry Whitlow, Tring Town Council. website: www.chilternsaonb.org an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty WHAT'S SPECIAL DISCOVER THE CHILTERNS ABOUT THE CHILTERNS Barton-le-Clay A guide to spending time Introducing the Chilterns On the doorstep Hitchin The Chilterns is a beautiful area of The Chilterns is one of the most accessible in the Chilterns Area Dunstable of Outstanding unspoilt countryside right on London areas of countryside in the UK. Just 20 Luton and Oxford's doorsteps, just waiting miles from Oxford and 35 miles from the Natural Beauty. to be discovered. This booklet gives centre of London it offers a great day out at Whipsnade you ideas of places to visit and things the end of a short journey. With 4 railways to do, with something for everyone. lines, one Underground line and 20 Aylesbury Tring stations, plus plenty of buses, the Chilterns Wendover The Chilterns stretches from the River is very easy to reach and to travel around. Berkhamsted Hemel Hempstead Thames in south Oxfordshire through Many of its attractions are close to regular Princes Risborough St Albans Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to bus and rail services.
    [Show full text]
  • Lodge Farm Little Chalfont - Buckinghamshire
    LODGE FARM LITTLE CHALFONT - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE A STYLISH COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED THREE AND FIVE BEDROOM HOMES LODGE FARM A STYLISH COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED THREE AND FIVE BEDROOM HOMES NESTLING IN RURAL BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Lodge Farm offers an unparalleled quality of life for you and your family, in this unique, newly formed community. Perfectly located in the historic village of Little Chalfont, Lodge Farm’s traditionally built homes and attractive elevations blend perfectly with their rural surroundings to create a real sense of place. The redevelopment of the 16th century farmhouse with a Tudor rear extension is reputedly part of the Duke of Bedford`s estate and the farm to Chenies Manor. Although it has never been occupied by royalty, Chenies Manor was once known as Chenies Palace. The Cheyne family owned the manor from 1180 and passed the house by marriage to the Russell family in 1526. Sir John Russell became the 1st Earl of Bedford, the progenitor of all the subsequent Earls and Dukes of Bedford. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were visitors at the Manor and would have been accommodated in a grander wing. The remaining 5 houses were constructed to replicate the old 18th century storage barns. LITTLE CHALFONT • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE rich in beauty and history LODGE FARM Little Chalfont is a friendly popular village in the heart follow the ancient Ridgeway as it travels from Wiltshire of the countryside with a great network of walks and to Ivinghoe Beacon near Tring. The Ridgeway even cycling routes on the doorstep yet close to the town passes down the drive of Chequers, the Prime of Gerrards Cross.
    [Show full text]
  • Chalfont St Peter
    Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire Historic Towns Assessment The town centre, Chalfont St Peter, 1931 - Britain from Above © English Heritage The Buckinghamshire Historic Towns Project was carried out between 2008 and 2012 by Buckinghamshire County Council with the sponsorship of English Heritage and the support of Milton Keynes Council and Buckinghamshire District Councils © Buckinghamshire County Council and English Heritage 2011 Report produced by David Green and Ruth Beckley All the mapping contained in this report is based upon the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office © Crown copyright. All rights reserved 100021529 (2011) All historic mapping contained in this report © Intermap Technologies Ltd unless otherwise stated All Historic Photographs are reproduced courtesy of the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies unless otherwise stated. Copies of this report and further information can be obtained from: Buckinghamshire County Council Planning Advisory and Compliance Service, Place Service, Buckinghamshire County Council County Hall Aylesbury Bucks HP20 1UY Tel: 01296 382656 Email: [email protected] Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................................. 5 I DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................... 8 1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Chalfont St Giles Area Guide
    INTRODUCTION EDUCATION LEISURE HEALTH OTHER Why Chiltern Relocation likes Chalfont St Giles: It is a friendly popular Chalfont St Giles village in the heart of the countryside with a great network of walks and cycling routes on the doorstep yet close to the town of Gerrards Cross. area guide The hugely popular Chalfont St. Giles is a quaint village steeped in history. It is famous for its connections with John Milton, who lived here whilst fleeing from the Plague of London. His cottage is open to the public and it was Distances here that he completed 'Paradise Lost' and the sequel 'Paradise Regained'. Heathrow 14 miles 24 minutes Chalfont St Giles has a real English village feel about it with its village duck Gatwick 50 miles 57 minutes pond at the bottom of the bustling high street which supports many M25 6 miles 14 minutes independent shops and cafes. M40 6 miles 12 minutes Despite its rural location, Chalfont St Giles is only minutes from Seer Green Train Nearest is Gerrards 26 minutest to Marylebone or Gerrards Cross train stations with the journey times of only 25 minutes into Marylebone. Chiltern Relocation The Chiltern Open Air Museum is situated here and it has just been won the Call us now to discuss your needs. gold award for small attraction of the year in the Tourism South East t +44 (0) 1494 672086 awards. Set over acres of rolling fields the museum houses many historic m +44 (0) 7718 533722 buildings to explore including an iron age house as well as hosting many historical recreations such as gladiator displays.
    [Show full text]
  • Learning Outside the Classroom in the Chilterns
    Learning Outside the Classroom in the Chilterns an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty BARTON-LE-CLAY Hexton Contact details: M1 Lilley HITCHIN Learning Information contained within this booklet was DUNSTABLE LUTON compiled by the Chilterns Conservation Board. CONSERVATION BOARD Q Q London Luton Outside London Gliding Club For further information please contact: Whipsnade Cathy Rose Ver the Activities and Learning Officer Grand Union Canal Markyate HARPENDEN Aldbury Chilterns Conservation Board TRING RAF Halton Gade The Lodge Q Gaddesden Classroom AYLESBURY 90 Station Road HEMEL HEMPSTEAD Chinnor WENDOVER BERKHAMSTED M1 in the Chilterns Oxon OX39 4HA Bulbourne PRINCES M25 01844 355 506 RISBOROUGH CHESHAM email: [email protected] CHINNOR Gt. Missenden M40 PRESTWOOD Hughenden Chess Colne website: www.chilternsaonb.org STOKENCHURCH Stream AMERSHAM WATLINGTON Misbourne River Thames HIGH CHORLEYWOOD BENSON WYCOMBE BEACONSFIELD Q Q RAF Benson Hambleden Q Denham WALLINGFORD Brook Wycombe Air Park Wye MARLOW M40 River Thames HENLEY-ON-THAMES M25 GORING M4 London Heathrow Q If you require photographs of the Chilterns READING for education projects, please visit the M4 0 5 10 Kilometeres [ website of The Chiltern Society Photo Group 0 6 Miles at www.chilternphoto.org.uk Photographs are added regularly and may be copied and used free of charge by educational establishments. Front cover: Orienteering on the Ridgeway Contents Page Introduction 4 The Importance of Learning Outside the Classroom 5 The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
    [Show full text]
  • A Critical Review of Sources on the Development of English Vernacular Architecture, 1600-1800, As It Relates to the Geographical Region Concerned
    A Critical Review of Sources on the Development of English Vernacular Architecture, 1600-1800, as it relates to the Geographical Region concerned by R J Brierley BA A Master's Dissertation, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Master of Arts degree of the Loughborough University of Technology September 1991 Supervisor: Professor M A Reed, BA, MA, LLB, PhD, FSA, FRHistS Department of Library and Information Studies @ R J Brierley, 1991 CONTENTS Page No. Acknowledgements iii Abstract iv List of Plates v Chapter 1 Introduction 1 PART I REVIEW OF SECONDARY SOURCES Chapter 2 A Selection of Monographs & Periodicals 6 on Vernacular Architecture PART I I REVIEW OF PRIMARY SOURCES Chapter 3 Open Air Museums of Vernacular Architecture 35 Chapter 4 Buildings in a_ Landscape 77 PART I II Chapter 5 Conclusion 155 Bi bliography 159 ii Loughboi ol)::;h Ur;!ver!jlty ef To,=~:r.J.·~'~} t..lt.rnry "::~Jc;;::;...;:~"·1C:1!.!<; ._ ---- ~--~- ~~~. D"t\.ool:) \\ ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to express my thanks to Professor <Michael Reed for his invaluable guidance and encouragement throughout this investigation; and to Miriam and James Moir, and John Hyde-Trutch of the Chiltern Open Air Museum who were particularly helpful during my visit to this museum. I wish to thank the Hughes family of Pettaugh, Suffolk who showed me their farmhouse, and also Ken Bowen and Graham Anderson of Eardisland, Herefordshire for their information on timber-framing. Finally, I am grateful to or Charles Baker for his interest and encouragement and to Allied Breweries Limited for the use of their printing and photocopying facilities.
    [Show full text]
  • Help Us to Safeguard Our Future
    Help us to Safeguard our Future Leaving a gift in your Will to Chiltern Open Air Museum On 11th June 1973, it was suggested that the Chiltern Society should consider starting an open air museum of historic buildings in order to preserve them e’ve been rescuing threatened historical workplaces and houses for future generations. The aims of the Museum would be educational as Wof ordinary people, which would have otherwise be demolished and well as recreational: it would, the Society hoped, foster public interest in the disappear from the landscape entirely, since 1976. Our mission is to architectural heritage of the Chiltern Hills so that people would come to tell the story of the unique history of the Chilterns through buildings, recognise the importance of the buildings and become aware of the need to landscapes and culture for the enjoyment, inspiration and learning of protect others like them in the future. present and future communities. The Museum now has 33 rescued schools to make the best use of and reconstructed historic buildings their visit. Our general visitor that need to be maintained, which numbers are also increasing and can be expensive. For example, we need to expand our catering replacing a thatched roof using and other visitor facilities to cope traditional long straw methods with the demand. can cost up to £50,000. We have a further 15 historic buildings in store The Museum is a charity and waiting for the funds to be raised receives no regular funding, so the so that they can be reconstructed income that we receive in the form on the Museum site.
    [Show full text]
  • Newland Park, Chalfont St Giles
    Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research & Recording Project The garden from the north-east, c.1910, with Thomas Mawson’s pergola and summerhouses. (Buckinghamshire Council) NEWLAND PARK, CHALFONT ST GILES FEBRUARY 2021 Roland Callingham Foundation Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Newland Park, Chiltern Area February 2021 HISTORIC SITE BOUNDARY 2 Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Newland Park, Chiltern Area February 2021 INTRODUCTION Background to the Project This site dossier has been prepared as part of The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust (BGT) Research and Recording Project, begun in 2014. This site is one of several hundred designed landscapes county‐wide identified by Bucks County Council (BCC) in 1998 (including Milton Keynes District) as potentially retaining evidence of historic interest, as part of the Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review project carried out for English Heritage (now Historic England) (BCC Report No. 508). The list is not definitive and further parks and gardens may be identified as research continues or further information comes to light. Content BGT has taken the Register Review list as a sound basis from which to select sites for appraisal as part of its Research and Recording Project for designed landscapes in the historic county of Bucks (pre‐1974 boundaries). For each site a dossier is prepared by volunteers trained by BGT in appraising designed landscapes. Each dossier includes the following for the site: • A site boundary mapped on the current Ordnance Survey to indicate the extent of the main part of the surviving designed landscape, also a current aerial photograph. • A statement of historic significance based on the four Interests outlined in the National Planning Policy Framework and including an overview.
    [Show full text]
  • Roofing Materials
    Document: tiles coverv12.pdf;Page: 1;Trim size: (328.40 x 241.40 mm);Plate: Composite;Date: 26 Mar, 2007 08:34:51;created by Driftgate Press Speedflow �C�����������ONSERVATION �B���OAR�D ��������� ��������� ������ ����� ������������� ��������� ������� ��������� ��������� ���� �� ���� �� ����������� ������� ������ Document: 45567 New ps2 3&7.pdf;Page: 1;Trim size: (327.01 x 239.99 mm);Plate: Composite;Date: 15 Mar, 2007 10:39:46;created by Driftgate Press Speedflow 2 Chilterns Roofing Materials Chilterns Roofing Materials Supplementary Technical Note - Adopted Version Particular thanks are also due to the following: All photographs are by Dr. James Moir unless Acknowledgements otherwise acknowledged. All drawings are by Tim Amsden (SMT Conservation) Simon Jones and Glyn Kuhn. This Technical Note has been published by the Martin Andrew (Wycombe District Council) Chilterns Conservation Board which would like to George Crutcher (Formerly of South Bedfordshire The Chilterns Conservation Board wishes to District Council) acknowledge the generous grant aid made express its thanks to Dr. James Moir who has Nick Doggett (CGMS Consulting) available by the following organisations towards researched and written this Note. Roger Evans (Former Buckinghamshire Historic the cost of producing this Note: Buildings Officer) Jimmy Goodchild (Goodchild Roofing) The Countryside Agency (now Natural England) Thanks must also go to members of the Advisory Simon Jones (Simon Jones, Architect) South East England Development Agency, Group who have given extensive help and advice Glyn Kuhn (Polar Design) Chiltern District Council, Jim Matthews (HG Matthews) South Oxfordshire District Council, voluntarily. Catherine Murray (Chiltern District Council) Dacorum Borough Council, Ian Pritchett (IJP Building Conservation Ltd.) South Bedfordshire District Council, Derek Rogers (Architect) Wycombe District Council, Bovingdon Brickworks Ltd, Thanks also to Colin White, Chilterns Dunton Brothers and Conservation Board Planning Officer for his help H G Matthews.
    [Show full text]
  • Arts Award Log Book Belongs To: Name Age Date Started Date Finished
    Discover historic buildings, traditions and people at Chiltern Open Air Museum This Arts Award Log Book belongs to: Name Age Date started Date finished Colour in the scarecrow Arts Award When you have completed all three parts please hand your Start your Arts Award Discover booklet into the Museum’s ticket office. Your Arts Award will be assessed by our certified team and you will be there are three parts: sent a certificate that you can show your friends and family. A Discover B Find out C Share Discover the arts all around Find out about creative Share what you enjoyed. you. Take part in creative people and their work. activities. Fill in your LETS GO book any way If you have a bag, you can use it to carry you prefer: you can draw, any art that you make, or put in any other write, stick in photos or add interesting arty things. things that you have made. Are you ready to discover? Page 2 #ChilternOAM @ChilternOAM www.facebook.com/ChilternOpenAirMuseumEvents I am at the Museum with... This is me Draw yourself, stick in a photo, or write about your favourite things. I enjoy... My favourite things are... One creative activity i would like to try is... Page 3 Part A arts are all around us. As you walk around the Museum look out for all the different types of art that you can of? discover. ink th ou y What arts do you enjoy? n ca s Draw or write about rt them in this box. a e v ti a e r c t a h W On the next page is a map of the Museum.
    [Show full text]