The hotel lies within easy reach of several tourist attractions, and our staff will be pleased to help you plan that special day out.
Chiltern Open Air MuseumChiltern Open Air Museum was founded in 1976, with the aim of rescuing threatened buildings and re-erecting them on our forty-five acre site of natural park, meadow and woodland, thereby preserving a variety of structures of historical interest, which are typical of the region.
John Milton’s Cottage
Milton’s
Cottage in Chalfont St Giles is the only surviving building in which
the famous writer is known to have lived. To prevent it being
demolished and rebuilt in the USA in 1887, it was bought for the
British by public subscription, including £20 donated by Queen
Victoria. Milton came to Chalfont St Giles to escape the Great
Plague of London in 1665. It was in this picturesque cottage that
he completed Paradise Lost and the sequel Paradise Regained. Now
open to the public, the Grade I Listed Building contains many relics
and exhibits of interest. The cottage has an attractive garden
with a free car park nearby.Bekonscot Model Village
Be
a giant in this miniature wonderland “a little piece of history that is
for ever England.” There's fun and fascination for everyone in
this dainty and delightful world, created in 1929 as one man's
hobby. Six Charming villages are laid out in a 1½ acre miniature
landscape of farms and fields, castles and churches, woods and lakes
depicting England as it was in the 1930's. A complex Gauge 1
railway links the Villages, serving seven stations Whipsnade Zoo
The
Park covers 600 acres of Parkland which you can tour by foot, free
safari tour bus, car or on the Great Whipsnade Railway. There are
around 150 different species and 3,000 animals to see at Whipsnade.