Picnic sites
Airport Picnic Site, Kingsbridge, near Stewkley
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Picnic facilities next to the airport monument and Cublington Spinney, a mixed woodland planted in celebration of the successful campaign to oppose the proposed location of London's third airport.
Cockshoots Wood Picnic Site, near Wendover
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Please note that the car park will be closed from Monday to Friday and open Saturday and Sundays. A small wooded car park and picnic area donated to the County Council by the little Hampden Estate. Opportunities for walks in the adjoining countryside are plentiful.
Holtspur Picnic Site, Wooburn Green
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Car park and picnic area with good views across the Wye River valley. A public footpath leads from the site for walks across farmland and through woodland.
Kingsbridge Picnic Site, near Stewkley
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Car park with picnic and interpretative facilities. Centenary Walk commences from the picnic site on a one mile route through the fields and spinneys of Kingsbridge Farm.
Northmoor Hill Woods, near Denham
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Car park and picnic area, with walks through varied and interesting woodland with coppice and wetland features. Opposite Denham aerodrome for light plane spotting!
Shipton Bridge Picnic Site, near Winslow
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Parking and picnic facilities by bridge over Granborough Brook. Walks provided around site and across the brook.
Spade Oak, Little Marlow
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Car park and picnic area, with easy access to the River Thames. The Thames Path National Trail, and local footpath walks lead from the site. Local pub for toilets and refreshments.
Thornborough Bridge, near Buckingham
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Car park with picnic and interpretative facilities. A 4 mile long circular walk can be followed around Thornborough from the historic, mediaeval bridge passing Roman burial mounds, the remains of a mediaeval village and a nature reserve along the disused Buckingham canal.
Three Locks Picnic Site, near Soulbury
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Car park and picnic area by picturesque lock system on the Grand Union Canal. Walks by the canal lead to Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard.
Whiteleaf Hill, near Princes Risborough
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27 acres of woodland and grassland including three ancient barrows or burials mounds, Whiteleaf Cross chalk figure and many other historical features. The site is situated on the Chilterns escarpment above Princes Risborough. A car park with picnic facilities is available as well as bridleways and several footpaths including The Ridgeway National Trail.
Whielden Gate Picnic Site, near Amersham
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This one acre site is a former bodgers seat (chair factory), once a common feature in the Chilterns landscape. The area has been converted to a small car park and picnic area, with a wooded boundary.
For more information call 01296 382061 or email countryside@buckscc.gov.uk
