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Photo of Whipsnade, a country estate near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

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Whipsnade

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Whipsnade is open-access countryside in the care of the National Trust in Bedfordshire. It sits inside the Chilterns National Landscape. There's more within reach — pick up Icknield Way Path, or stop off at Whipsnade Tree Cathedral. The nearest railway station is Cheddington, about 7.9 km to the west.

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More places to visit near Whipsnade

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

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

Photo of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, a folly near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral

Folly near Ivinghoe

A ten-acre garden planted between the wars in the outline of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave and transepts and 'walls' of trees, a memorial to the fallen.

0.9 km SE

Photo of Whipsnade White Lion, a hill figure near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Whipsnade White Lion

Hill figure near Ivinghoe

A vast recumbent lion cut into Dunstable Downs in the early 1930s to mark the zoo below — big enough to see from the air.

1.1 km SW

Photo: Ivinghoe Beacon, a viewpoint in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Ivinghoe Beacon

Viewpoint near Ivinghoe

Bare chalk hilltop at the north-east end of the Ridgeway, an Iron Age hillfort with sweeping views over three counties.

4.4 km SW

Photo of Ashridge Estate, a country estate near Aldbury in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Ashridge Estate

Country estate near Aldbury

Beech woods and chalk downs on the Chilterns edge.

6 km SW

Photo of Bridgewater Monument, a folly near Aldbury in the Chilterns, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Bridgewater Monument

Folly near Aldbury

Granite column of 1832 rising above the Ashridge beeches near Aldbury, climbable in summer for a thirty-mile view across the Chilterns.

6.4 km SW