Travel Information

500 year old house standing in the centre of the historic High Street is the home of Amersham’s Museum of Local History with its own Herb Garden. Learn about Amersham history from Roman times to the present day.

The Amersham Museum
49 High Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP

Telephone: +44 (0)1494 723700

Buckingham Chantry Chapel is the oldest building in Buckingham. It is National Trust Property.

Buckingham Chantry Chapel

Market Hill, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre the centre has the largest private railway collections in the country with many steam locomotives.

Buckinghamsire Railway Centre
Quainton Road Station
Quainton
near Aylesbury
Bucks
HP22 4BY

Tel: +44(01296) 655720
Fax: +44(01296) 655720
Talking Timetable:+44(01296) 655450

Chequers Court
Chequers Court, a historic Tudor mansion (1566) situated two mile to the southwest of Aylesbury. It was presented to the nation in 1917 by Lord Lee of Fareham, for use as a country residence by the Prime Minister of the day.

Chiltern Open Air Museum

See farmyard animals and wild birds. it is a place to see rural scenes.

Chiltern Open Air Museum
Newland Park
Gorelands Lane
halfont St. Giles
Buckinghamshires
HP8 4AB,
Telephone: +44 (0)1494 871117

Claydon House is a Georgian country house, decorated in fine Chinese and rococo style.
It has a spectacular parquetry staircase and interior wood-carvings. Florence Nightingale was a regular visitor here.
It is a National Trust property.

Claydon House
Middle Claydon,
nr Buckingham,
Buckinghamshire
MK18 2EY

Telephone: 01296 730349

Coombe Hill is famous for the monument on Coombe Hill.

Hartwell House is mentioned in the Domesday book. Inside the house has a great hall with stucco panels, and a suite of three splendid reception rooms with chimney pieces. It was used as a girls school is now a hotel and spa.

Hartwell House
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP17 8NR
England

Telephone: +44 (0)1296 747444

The former home of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime minister and a favourite of Queen Victoria. Now owned by the National Trust, the interior includes memorabilia, personal belongings, furnishings and paintings.

Hughenden Manor
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP14 4LA
England

Telephone: 01494 755573

Mentmore Towers

Mentmore Towers is a Grade 1 listed building in Buckinghamshire.
It is built in a Neo-Renaissance style near the village of Mentmore.
The house was built by Baron Mayer de Rothchild in 1854. The building has been used for numerous films such as Terry Gillam’s “Brazil” and “The Mummy,” more notably the house was used in “Eyes Wide Shut” with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Mentmore Towers
Leighton Buzzard
Bedforshire
LU7 0UA

This red-brick late 17th-century house, has a Jacobean staircase and many original features. It was once owned by Sir Peter Lely, court painter to Charles II and is now owned by The National Trust.

Princes Risborough Manor House
Buckinghamshire
HP17 9AW

Telephone: 01494 755573

Roald Dahl Children’s Galley and Museum is a really fun place to take the children, especially after reading a Roald Dahl book. Lots of activities taken from the books, including a giant peach.

The Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery
Buckinghamshire County Museum
Church Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 2QP
England

Telephone: 01296 331441

Owned by the National Trust, over 40 monuments, temples and secret corners, ornamental lakes, wooded valleys and spectacular views. There are miles of walks and trails through the gardens and surrounding parkland.

Stowe Landscape Gardens
Buckingham
Buckinghamshire
MK18 5EH

Telephone: 01280 822850

Located in Roald Dahl’s childhood home,  The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a fascinating place to stop at while you are travelling in Buckinghamshire in a campervan.

Exploring the exciting galleries and interactive Story Centre allows you to immerse yourself in the world of Roald Dahl. You can browse through his archives on touch-screen monitors, walk the Village and Countryside trails to see what inspired him, or simply relax in the sunny courtyard with a cool drink from Café Twit.

The little ones can dress up, make a stop frame animation, and choose from a range of craft activities. Have a look at their website for fantastic workshops which often need to be booked in advance. Visiting children over 5 are lucky enough to get their own free “Story Ideas” book.

Roald Dahl and his stories are loved by children and adults alike so a visit to this museum has something for the whole family to enjoy together.

81-83 High Street
Great Missenden
Bucks
HP16 0AL
TEL:(44) 01494 892192

Exhibitions and displays of telephones, switchboards and exchanges.

Milton Keynes Museum
McConnell Drive
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
MK12 5EL

This sanctuary aims to give animals who cannot be returned to the wild a chance to live out a near normal life, whilst it gives the visitors an opportunity to study them from a sensible distance. Because the animals live as natural a life as possible they may not come out when you visit. Visit their website for more information.

Tiggywinkles
Aston Road
Haddenham
near Aylesbury
HP17 8AF
Buckinghamshire
England

Telephone: 01844 292292

Waddeson Manor

The House combines the highest quality French furniture, textiles and decorative arts from the 18th century with magnificent English portraits and Dutch Old Master paintings. Waddesdon also has one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain,

Waddesdon
Nr Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 0JH

Telephone 01296 653226

Winslow Hall