Places to explore near Stoke Mandeville StationStoke Mandeville

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

2 km S

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

6.8 km S

Four Victorian reservoirs built to feed the Grand Union Canal on the Chiltern edge near Tring, now a noted birdwatching reserve.

8.5 km E

Walter Rothschild's own zoological museum in Tring, its Victorian galleries crammed with mounted animals from around the world.

8.5 km E

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

8.7 km NE · spans 9 counties

High Chilterns village round a broad green with a cricket pitch and old church, often called one of England's most perfect villages.

8.7 km SE · Buckinghamshire

Nature reserve in a former chalk quarry near Pitstone, with wetland birds, chalk flowers and a lakeside visitor centre.

9.9 km E

Long-running family brewery in a farm barn at Terrick near Wendover, with a shop and brewery tours.

2.3 km S

Chilterns market town at a gap in the scarp where the Ridgeway passes through, with a clock-tower, old inns and wooded hills close above.

3.5 km SE · Buckinghamshire

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire.

3.6 km S

A Georgian coaching inn on the main street, now doing food and rooms.

3.8 km NW

Britain's oldest road — a prehistoric chalk track past Avebury, hillforts and white horses.

3.9 km S · spans 5 counties

The highest hill in Buckinghamshire.

5.3 km E

A National Trust place in Buckinghamshire.

5.8 km S

The Chiltern Society's grand loop through four counties of beechwood and chalk, grown from a Millennium project into 177 miles.

7 km S · spans 5 counties