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Ashridge is a country estate and stately home in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Berkhamsted and 23 miles (37 km) north west of London. The estate comprises 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk ...
The Beacon lies within the Ashridge Estate and is managed and owned by the National Trust. [2] [3] It is the starting point of the Icknield Way to the east, and the Ridgeway long-distance path to the west. Flying model gliders at Ivinghoe Beacon. Ivinghoe Beacon is a popular spot for walkers and sightseers.
Magic Map. Ashridge Commons and Woods is a 640.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. It is located in Little Gaddesden, and is part of the National Trust Ashridge Estate in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [1][2] This site is mainly semi-natural vegetation, with has ...
51°48′N 0°36′W / 51.80°N 0.60°W / 51.80; -0.60. Aldbury (/ ˈɔːldbəri /) is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in the Bulbourne valley of the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The nearest towns are Tring and Berkhamsted.
Ashridge Estate is in the third year of a restoration project. Matthew L’Estrange, area ranger at Ashridge Estate, said: "By thinning the dense tree canopy we see many more flying insects, which ...
Little Gaddesden (pronounced / l ɪ t l ɡ æ d z d ən /) is a village and civil parish in the borough of Dacorum, Hertfordshire 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Berkhamsted.As well as Little Gaddesden village (population 694), the parish contains the settlements of Ashridge (population 53), Hudnall (population 139), and part of Ringshall (population 81). [4]
Ashridge House is highly regarded today as one of the finest examples of early Gothic Revival architecture and is now a Grade I listed building. The Countess took a particular interest in the horticultural aspects of the new estate and took a leading role in the laying out of the gardens at Ashridge.
The Hertfordshire Way is a circular walk around the county of Hertfordshire, England. The total length is 312 km (194 mi) which was originally fully waymarked in the anticlockwise direction but is now waymarked in both directions. One section has two optional routes reducing the possible length to 271 km (168 mi). [1]