Bierton Clay Pit

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

6.4 km SE

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.

7.8 km S · Buckinghamshire

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

8 km E · spans 9 counties

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

8.3 km E

A half-timbered former Rothschild home, with a yew-and-box sundial and terraced lawns.

8.7 km NE

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

9.3 km E