Dane's Camp

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Dane's Camp preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Buckinghamshire. The Albion Guide charts ten motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. It sits inside the Chilterns National Landscape. The closest station is Great Missenden, 4.6 km to the east.

More at the National Heritage List entry

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Chilterns

You’re inside itNational Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

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Whiteleaf Cross

Hill figure near Princes Risborough

A striking cross on a triangular base, cut into Whiteleaf Hill above Princes Risborough — visible right across the Vale of Aylesbury.

3.2 km NW

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Great Missenden

Village

Misbourne-valley village where Roald Dahl lived and wrote, its high street of old shops and coaching inns feeding the museum, the Nags Head and the churchyard where he is buried.

4.6 km E · Buckinghamshire