Follow Dizzy as he surveys hisMake estate…4 title in Word - change miles size t THE NATIONAL TRUST of text so that second line is bigger and bolder than first and Hughenden Red Walkwell spaced Discover the wonderful and varied landscape of Hughenden Valley as you wander about this historic estate that was once home to Victorian prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli. This four mile walk explores colourful beech woods and pastures, visiting Looking out over the the D’Israeli monument and the church where Dizzy is buried along the way. valley, the D’Israeli monument was originally built as a surprise for Start: Hughenden Manor ticket office - grid ref: SU866955 - map: OS Landranger 165 Benjamin by his wife Mary- Anne to commemorate his How to get here father. 1½ miles north of High Wycombe in the direction of Kingshill. Footpaths head into the estate from surrounding villages. Hughenden Manor is ⅓ mile uphill from the main road © NTPL / Matthew Antrobus (A4128) along a carriage drive through parkland. Bus stop at the entrance to the drive and regular bus service between High Wycombe and Aylesbury (passing close to both ). Facilities You’ll see lots of deadwood National Trust WCs, restaurant, shop and info centre in the stableyard near a car park. in Hughenden’s woodlands. For more info, contact us on 01494 755573 or [email protected] It is a vital element of a healthy ecosystem. As it Things to look out for… decays the fallen wood recycles nutrients into the t Coffin Path soil. It provides homes and This ancient road was used to transport the dead from Naphill to Hughenden Church in the food for bats, woodpeckers medieval ages. If you look closely you may see where the flint surface has been ground by and owls. iron wheels. It almost certainly marks the edge of a Saxon field boundary. © Hazel Clarke t The Pits There are various pits alongside the paths, particularly in Flagmore and Woodcock Woods. They range in size from small saw pits (approx 15ft x 10ft) to large flint, clay or marl A view of the grand north extractions, which can be up to 30ft across. The material from these pits was once used as front of Hughenden Manor. a building material and also as a way to adjust acidity levels in local farm soils. It was Benjamin Disraeli’s country home from 1848 until t Pet Cemetery his death in 1881. The Coningsby Disraeli, nephew and heir of the Prime Minister, erected tombstones at the facades were remodelled in parkland edge in memory of his beloved dogs. Find them on the other side of a metal fence. 1862, in a bizarre Jacobean style. t Disraeli’s Tomb The chapel of St Michael’s and all Angels is the final resting place for Disraeli, his wife and © NTPL/ Matthew Antrobus other family members. Queen Victoria ordered that a porcelain primrose be buried with him, as he started up the Primrose League. “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” Benjamin Disraeli Route and directions: 1. At the ticket office walk up the stairs and right towards the woodland car park. From here onwards the walk follows the red arrows. At the crossroads take the left track (the Coffin Path) into the trees. 2. Turn right into Woodcock Wood and left at the next crossroads. Carry on through the woods and straight ahead at the next crossroads. Go through a metal gate into a field and head left to go through the next gate. Following the path along the field boundary, cross over a large flint track and enter the field opposite. 3. As the path bends, turn left though the gate into Flagmore Wood. At a fork in the path, turn right and then continue straight over the next crossing. Turn right at a large fork. When you reach the bottom of the hill and a track, turn left. 4. When the track ends turn right up the slope. Continue uphill until you reach a path which runs alongside a ditch. Turn left here. Go down the slope and straight up the next slope. 5. When the path exits the woods between two fences, cross a road and follow the path opposite. You will come to a footpath on the 7. Exiting the field through the 9. Cross the road and turn left, 8. Follow the stream left Terrain & left near house number 78. same gate you entered, turn then immediately right, onto until you reach the main accessibility right and at the bottom of the a track through a metal gate. 6. Cross the road at the tarmac drive and go drive and head uphill hill, turn right again through a Just before you reach through a gate, following the path behind towards Hughenden 1 ¾ hrs, 4 mile walk gate into a field. Carry on ‘Middle Lodge’ gate, turn some houses. Turn left at the first fork and Church. Continue uphill with some slopes, until you reach a road, left, go up the slope and right at the second one. At the edge of Little along the drive until you paths, tarmac and keeping a fence to your right. through another gate into Tinkers Wood, the right-hand path leads to reach the stableyard open country…. the park. Turn right and the Disraeli monument. and the end of the walk. head towards a stream. As a charity, independent of government, the National Trust relies on the generosity of its supporters to continue caring for our countryside and wildlife, so that everyone can enjoy the beauty of the outdoors for generations to come. Find out more at www.nationaltrust.org.uk .