Wendover Woods is an area of woodland on the north edge of the
Chiltern Hills in England. Named after the nearby town of
Wendover
Wendover is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated at the point where the main road across the Chilterns between London and Aylesbury intersects with the once important road a ...
, the woods are part of the Public Forest Estate and are managed by
Forestry England
Forestry England is a division of the Forestry Commission, responsible for managing and promoting publicly owned forests in England. It was formed as Forest Enterprise in 1996, before devolving to Forest Enterprise England on 31 March 2003 and ...
.
Covering 325
ha (800
acres), the woods are a mixture of
coniferous and
broad-leaved tree
A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any tree within the diverse botanical group of angiosperms that has flat leaves and produces seeds inside of fruits. It is one of two general types of trees, the other being a conifer, a tree with ne ...
s. There are several signed walks for recreation, as well as
bridleways,
picnic and
barbecue areas and a children's
playground. A
Go Ape
Go Ape! is an outdoor adventure company which runs tree top ropes courses under the names Tree Top Challenge, Tree Top Adventure and Zip Trekking, as well as ground-based Forest Segway Safaris, at locations across the United Kingdom and the United ...
treetop adventure course opened in 2008.
There are views of the countryside in the
Aylesbury Vale
The Aylesbury Vale (or Vale of Aylesbury) is a geographical region in Buckinghamshire, England, which is bounded by the Borough of Milton Keynes and South Northamptonshire to the north, Central Bedfordshire and the Borough of Dacorum (Hertford ...
to the north, and a stone monument marking the highest point of the Chilterns which lies within the woods on
Haddington Hill.
The
Aston Hill Mountain Bike Area
Aston Hill Bike Park is located adjacent to Wendover Woods on the ridge of the Chiltern Hills, above Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire.
It is managed by Forestry England and the Community Interest Company (CIC) Chiltern Hills Bikepark.
Aston ...
is at the edge of the woods.
External links
Forestry England Wendover Woods web page
Chiltern Hills
Forests and woodlands of Buckinghamshire
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