Whiteleaf Hill & Whiteleaf Cross – walks and picnic site

A large area of chalk grassland and woodland on top of the Chilterns escarpment with amazing views and archaeological features. Car park, picnic site, waymarked walks. Whiteleaf Hill (and nearby Brush Hill) offer good wheelchair access along firm, level paths through woodland which lead to firm grassy areas with viewpoints. … more

Hughenden – Home of Benjamin Disraeli

Hughenden offers a vivid insight into the charismatic personality and colourful private life of the most unlikely Victorian Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, who lived here from 1848 to 1881. You can browse among an extraordinary collection of personal memorabilia, and there’s even a Victorian playroom for younger visitors. A secret … more

West Wycombe Park

West Wycombe Park West Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 3AJ T: + 44(0)149 755571/513569 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/west-wycombe-park-village-and-hill/ E: [email protected] West Wycombe Park is one of the most theatrical and Italianate of all English country houses and the Dashwood family home for over 300 years. Set in 45 acres of landscaped park, the house as … more

Lacey Green Windmill

The world’s oldest smock mill was falling down in the 1970s until a team of volunteers, led by the son of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, who invented the Dambusters bouncing bomb in WWll, spent 15 years restoring it. Lacey Green Windmill Lacey Green Village Nr Princes Risborough www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk

Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway – Santa Specials

Santa will be handing out gifts to children on this steam train experience. Find out dates for the Santa Specials and more information here

Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway

A standard gauge railway operating both steam and diesel hauled train services from Chinnor in Oxfordshire. It operates on part of the old Great Western Railway branch line which ran between Princes Risborough (Bucks) and Watlington (oxfordshire). The railway is run entirely by volunteers. Funding is obtained from donations, and … more

Halloween and half-term fun

Celebrate Halloween and the October half term from 25 October – 2 November with a host of spooky family events in Shakespeare’s England. Carve pumpkins, enjoy family ghost trails, learn how to make potions and spells or simply enjoy an autumnal walk. For the very brave there are plenty of … more

Warwick Race Course

Warwick Racecourse is a horse racing course in Warwick, England. It is a National Hunt racing course, and has a programme of 25 meetings throughout the year, many of which are televised www.warwickracecourse.co.uk Hampton Street, Warwick CV34 6HN T: 01926 405560