North Bucks Way Linear a 35 Mile Long Walk Starting at the Ridgeway Near Wendover and Finishing at the County Boundary with Northamptonshire Walk

North Bucks Way Linear A 35 mile long walk starting at The Ridgeway near Wendover and finishing at the county boundary with Northamptonshire Walk

Features of Interest features, however, one of them, Burn Hill, seems to have been used as an Iron Age or Saxon burial mound. 1 The North Bucks Way leaves the Ridgeway between two nature reserves managed by Berks, Bucks and Oxon Naturalist 8 Eythrope Park was created for Alice de Rothschild as the Trust (BBONT), Chequers Estate and Pulpit Hill. Both reserves grounds for her house, the Pavilion which was built in 1883. The contain a variety of woodland (some with white beam trees), North Bucks Way crosses a bridge which was built as a feature scrub (including box and juniper) and ancient chalk grassland for the park. The weir below possibly marks the site of a (with wild thyme and rock roses). medieval water mill mentioned in 1290. 2 Great Kimble Church is where John Hampden and others signed a document against the payment of Ship Money in 1635 9 Waddesdon was also and this was the start of a series of events that lead to the civil greatly altered by the War. A facsimile of the document may be seen in the church. arrival of the Rothschild family and the 3 Great Kimble was once construction, by Ferdinand larger and the remains of Rothschild, of a French some of the medieval style chateau Waddesdon settlement can be seen as manor, in 1874-1881. The mounds and hollows in the Manor is now owned by field west of the A4010. the National Trust and is open to the public from late March to late October. 4 The underlying stone on which Bishopstone and 10 The Rothschilds built and/or altered a number of buildings in Stone are located is Lower the Waddesdon area, all of Greensand and it can be which carry the family crest seen in houses and walls in of a coronet with five both village. arrows, representing the five brothers who left Frankfurt in the early 5 Hartwell House is a large nineteenth century. stone mansion, built in the seventeenth century and surrounded by grounds laid out by Richard Woods in the late Quainton Windmill is a 18th century. Many famous people lived here including King 11 tower mill built in 1830 Louis XVIII of France who stayed with his Court between 1809 from locally made bricks. It and 1813 during his exile. Set in the walls around Hartwell was the tallest windmill in House are many ammonite fossils and the date 1855, in kapped the county due to the fact flint. that it was built in the lee of Quainton Hill. Produces stoneground flour, which 6 The Egyptian Well at Hartwell was built in 1850. The can be purchased from the hieroglyphics above are said to record its building in the windmill or at local village thirteenth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Originally there stores. The mill is open to the public all year round. was also an inscription i n G r e e k Follow the Countryside Code: s t a t i n g ?Be safe, plan ahead and follow any signs “water is ?Leave gates and property as you find them best”. ?Protect plants and animals and take your litter home ?Keep dogs under close control Two large ?Consider other people 7 mounds can be seen near Further Information: E y t h r o p e Rights of Way & Access, County Hall, Aylesbury, HP20 1UY Park, both of Telephone: 01296 382171 which are n a t u r a l Email: [email protected] or visit our website at www.buckscc.gov.uk/rights_of_way discontinued though the site of it still remains undeveloped. 12 Quainton Market Cross dates from the fifteenth century and Many attractive buildings surround the market site, including denotes the site of an ancient market or fair. The cross is St. James Church and The Crown public house. situated at the top of the green and has an ancient causeway passing alongside it. The large paving slap opposite is where 18 The area between Great Horwood, Little Horwood and funerals from outlaying villages had to wait for the vicar to Whaddon is Whaddon Chase originally a mixture of heath conduct them to the church. common and woodland managed for the benefit of deer The undulations at the top of Quainton Hill are the result of hunting. After it was finally enclosed in 1841 much of the stone quarrying. The hill reaches 187 metres and panoramic woodland was cleared for agriculture and new farm buildings views can be seen from it. were erected. Approaching Nash, the North Bucks Way now goes along what was once the western limit of the forest. 13 Fulbrook was a medieval village but now all that remains is Fulbroom Farm, which was the old manor house and some 19 The earth works near Whaddon mark the site of the evidence on the ground of the past settlement. Benedictine Priory of Snelshall. It dates from 1166 but was in ruins when surrendered to the Crown in 1535. Near to East Claydon is Claydon House, an eighteenth 14 century mansion house of the Verney family, now open to the Whaddon Hall is easily seen from the North Bucks Way. It was p u b l i c 20 built in around 1820 but was gutted by fire in 1976. It is now ( A p r i l – much restored inside but is not open to public, e n d October) 21 Milton Keynes is Britain's first new city, taking its name from a t h r o u g h tiny existing village. The population is planned to reach 200,000 t h e by the end of the century. The North Bucks Way crosses the N a t i o n a l city of the “Redway” system – a footpath and cycleway Trust. It has network that keeps walkers and cyclists away from traffic. some fine There is a fine view of the city from the bridge crossing the A5. R o c o c o stateroom Wolverton owes its character to the railway works which have s a n d a 22 dominated the life for most of the local people since 1838 d e l i c a t e employing more than 5,000 people at one period. w r o u g h t iron stairway. Florence Nightingale stays there on many occasions and her apartment can be seen stamed the top of 23 The Grand Union (Junction) canal was built between 1793 and the house. 1805 to provide a vital link between London and the Midlands. Nowadays, during the summer, it is as busy with leisure activities as it used to be with commercial activities. 15 Verney Junction is named after Sir Harry Verney of Claydon House, who was the chairman of the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company. The platforms and station 24 The North Bucks Way ends at the county boundary with Mastrers house are all that remains of what was once a busy Northamptonshire. The Canal crosses the River Ouse on the connection between the Aylesbury – Buckingham line and the Iron Trunk, an aqueduct which was opened in 1811. It replaced Bletcheley Oxford line. a stone structure built in 1803, which collapsed two years later. The lakes to the north-east of the Canal were formed when material was excavated for the embankments. 16 The seventeenth century manor house at Addington was replaced by a new building in 1929, although a wing of the old one still survives near the c h u rc h . T h e r e are large number of Dutch s t a i n e d g l a s s p a n e l s from the 16th to 1 7 t h century in Addington church.

17 The open space in the centre of Great Horwood, locally known as “The Green” is the site of a market granted a Royal charter in 1447. By 1666 it was described as long since 6

Southcourt A413

5 Stone North Bucks Way Route

Aylesbury B4443 Stoke Mandeville Lower RoadRail Station

Fish pond Moat Bishopstone Stoke Mandeville 4

Bishopstone

Marsh Lane

Marsh Crossing A4010

North Lee Lane

Goat Risborough Road Centre Marsh

Moat

Little Kimble A4010 Kimblewick Road

Little Kimble Ellesborough Rail Station Smokey Riding Route Row Ellesborough Road Footpath Cymbleine's Stockwell Lane Moat Castle Promoted Route 2 Beacon Alternative 3 Hill

A4129 Bus Stops Great Open Access Kimble

Great Kimble B4009 P Warren Chequers

0 0.250.5 km

A4010 Monks Risborough 1 This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with thepermission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the controller of Aylesbury Road Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown Copyright. RailUnauthorised Station reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and maylead to prosecution or civil proceedings. © Copyright Buckinghamshire County Council Licence No. 100021529 2011 Askett Fort

Pulpit Hill

Lower Cadsden P Cadsdean Road 4 Whiteleaf North Bucks Way Route

Waddesdon 10

A41 P Fleet 9 Marston

Waddesdon Hill

Quarrendon

Aylesbury Park Rail Station

Eythrope Park Upper Winchendon

Coldharbour 8

Riding Route Footpath Promoted Route Alternative

Bus Stops 5

Open Access Stone

A418 0 0.250.5 km

Upton Cuddington Road This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with thepermission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and maylead to prosecution or civil proceedings. © Copyright Buckinghamshire County Council Licence No. 100021529 2011

Cuddington

Dinton

Aylesbury Road

4 Marston Road

13 North Marston North Bucks Way Route Portway

Carter's Lane

Pitchcott 12

Quainton

Blackgrove Road

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Waddesdon 10 Riding Route Footpath A41 Promoted Route P Fleet Alternative 9 Marston Waddesdon Manor Bus Stops

Open Access

0 0.250.5 km

Waddesdon Hill

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Addington

North Bucks Way Route 16

15 Winslow

Granborough Road

East Claydon Road

East Claydon Moat

Botolph Claydon

Marston Road

Hogshaw Road

Marston Road

Riding Route Footpath Promoted Route Alternative 13 Bus Stops North Open Access Marston

0 0.250.5 km

Carter's Lane River Geat Ouse Whaddon Road Thornton Road

Grand Union Canal Nash Buckingham Arm (disused) Thornborough Back Street Medieval Village North Bucks Way Route (site of)

High Street 18

Thornborough Bridge Thornborough Bridge Street Mounds Mill Mound P

A421

Buckingham Road

P A421 Singleborough

Nash Road

Pitch Lane

Little Horwood Road Great Horwood

Adstock

Winslow Road

A413

Buckingham Road

Addington

Riding Route Footpath Promoted Route 16 Alternative

Bus Stops

Open Access

P B4032

0 0.250.5 km 15 Winslow

Granborough Road A413

East Claydon Road Stony Stratford

A5 Milton Keynes

Stratford Road North Bucks Way Route A42

Riding Route Footpath Promoted Route Alternative

Bus Stops

Open Access P

0 0.250.5 km Calverton Lane

Beachampton Milton Keynes

Nash Road Stratford Road

Whaddon Road Thornton Road P

Nash Whaddon

19 Shenley Road

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A421

Nash Road North Bucks Way Route

Wolverton Road Riding Route Footpath Station Road Promoted Route Alternative

Bus Stops

Open Access

0 0.250.5 km

P 24 23 Wolverton Rail Station

A508

A422

Wolverton P

22 Buckingham Road Buckingham Stony Stratford

A5 Milton Keynes

A42

Calverton Lane

Milton Keynes