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Aston Rowant Woods

Photo of Aston Rowant Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Bledlow in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Aston Rowant Woods

© Christopher Hilton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Christopher Hilton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Aston Rowant Woods

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Aston Rowant Woods is one of 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire. Only two of the county's SSSIs are larger. The surrounding countryside is part of the Chilterns National Landscape.

Wormsley Chalk Banks and Chinnor Hill are among the SSSIs within 2.7 km. The closest station is Saunderton, about 4.6 km to the east.

More places to visit near Aston Rowant Woods

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 along the Ridgeway, an 86-mile National Trail running from Avebury to Ivinghoe, England.

The Ridgeway

National Trail

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

0.8 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Chiltern Way, a 177-mile long-distance path in England.

Chiltern Way

Long-distance path

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

2 km SE · spans 5 counties

Photo of The Lyde Garden, a garden near Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, south east England.

The Lyde Garden

Garden near Bledlow

Free water garden in a steep wooded chalk chine at Bledlow below the Chilterns scarp, set with pools, streams and boardwalks.

5.4 km NE

Photo of Cobstone Windmill, a windmill near Turville in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Cobstone Windmill

Windmill near Turville

White smock mill on the hill above Turville, familiar as the home of Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

7 km S

Photo of Turville, a village in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Turville

Village

Brick-and-flint hamlet in a steep Chilterns bottom, a hilltop windmill above it, much filmed for The Vicar of Dibley and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

7.2 km S · Buckinghamshire