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The Hell-Fire CavesThe Herb Farm and Saxon Maze
Church Lane, West Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3AH
Peppard Road, Sonning Common, Nr Reading RG4 9NJ
Tel:
01494 533739 Website:
www.hellfirecaves.co.uk
Tel:
0118 972 4220 Website:
www.herbfarm.co.ukOpen: Apr to Oct - Daily, Nov to Mar - Weekends,
Open: Seven days a week. Saxon maze open summer months (weather permitting).
Bank & School Holidays from 11am to 5.30pm
The Herb Farm and Saxon Maze is set in pleasant rural surroundings on the
Prices: Adult £5, Child/OAP £4, Family £15, Under 3 FREE
southern fringes of Chiltern countryside – an interesting place to visit at all
Go underground into the Hell-Fire Caves
times of year. The specialist herb nursery offers an extensive collection of
for a special day out. Sir Francis
herb plants, cottage garden plants and old-style roses. The Barn Shop sells a
Dashwood had these extraordinary caves
variety of herb-based products
excavated in the 1750s. The caves were
and hand crafted items for the
reputed to have hosted the Hell-Fire Club
home and garden. The Saxon
whose membership included some of
beech hedge maze is especially
Britain’s most senior aristocrats and
popular with families and lunches
statesmen. A tour of the caves takes you
past various small chambers to the
and cream teas are served in
Banqueting Hall, down over the River Styx to the Inner Temple, which is
Daisy’s Coffee Shop.
about 300 feet beneath the church at the top of the hill. Special events for
families are held in the summer and at Halloween. See website for details.
The Horse Trust John Milton’s Cottage
Home of Rest for Horses, Speen,
Milton’s Cottage, Deanway, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4JH
Princes Risborough, Bucks HP27 0PP
Tel:
01494 872313 Email:
info@miltonscottage.org
Tel:
01494 488464 Email:
info@horsetrust.org.uk
Website:
www.miltonscottage.org
Website:
www.horsetrust.org.ukOpen: 1st March to 31st October
Open: Daily 2pm to 4pm Closed 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January
Prices: Adult £4, Child £2, Parties 20+ £3 per person
Prices: Free but donations gratefully received
Grade I listed 16th century cottage
The Horse Trust, founded in 1886,
where John Milton escaped the
is the world’s oldest horse charity.
Plague in 1665 and completed
Set in the rolling Chiltern Hills of
‘Paradise Lost’. In four rooms
Buckinghamshire it provides
devoted to this blind genius you
sanctuary at its Home of Rest for
can learn about his poetry, political
Horses to more than 100 retired
ideology, linguistic skills, musical
working horses, ponies and donkeys.
inspiration and horticultural
The Trust has a valuable educational
knowledge. There is also an
role promoting the virtues of
attractive well stocked cottage
garden.
responsible horse ownership.
Lacey Green Maize Maze Old Thatch
Slad Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 0PW
Coldmoorholme Lane, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5PS
Tel:
01844 275591 Email:
info@laceygreenmaze.co.uk
Tel:
01628 527518 Email:
info@jackyhawthorne.co.uk
Website:
www.laceygreenmaze.co.uk
Website:
www.jackyhawthorne.co.ukOpen: Daily 18th July – 6th September 10.30am – 6.00p.m.
Open: 23rd May – 31st August – Sat, Sun and Weds.2pm – 5.30pm.
Prices: Adults £5.50, Senior Citizens £4.50, Child £4.00, Under 4s free
Also Bank Holiday Mondays May 25th & August 31st.
Family ticket discounted by £2.00
Prices: Adults £4, Child £1.
Lacey Green Maize Maze offers great
family entertainment suitable for all
Old Thatch, a grade II listed
ages. Navigate your way around the
house, is set in two acres of
maze solving puzzles along the way.
internationally acclaimed gardens
Our aim is to make each year’s maze
and was once the home of Enid
Blyton. The popular gardens- open
the hardest yet! Are you up for the
to the public – include a formal
challenge? Teashop, crazy golf,
garden, cottage garden, water
trampolines, sandpit, picnic area, free
garden, and a rose and clematis
parking.
walk. Teas and delicious
homemade cakes. A hidden gem.
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