West Wycombe House
Country house in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
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Clayhill and its surroundings hold 4 museums, 3 attractions and 2 historic houses. All of it lies outside: 12 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Clayhill’s built-up area. Here, 3 places are kept up by the National Trust. Windsor Castle is worth a day, 19 km from the centre.
Along with West Wycombe House, see 2 museums, a historic house and an attraction.
Historic house · National TrustWest Wycombe House3 km outside town, to the north
Historic house · National TrustHughenden Manor5 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumWycombe Museum4 km outside town, to the northeast
AttractionThe Hellfire Caves3.6 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumChair Making Museum2.9 km outside town, to the northeastPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustHughenden Park5 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map puts most of the 12 to the northeast.
The dashed line is Clayhill’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
4 castles or historic places and 4 museums or galleries top the count.
Green: inside Clayhill. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
3 places are cared for by the National Trust (West Wycombe House, Hughenden Manor and Hughenden Park).
These 12 are all within 5 km of its edge.
Country house in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Grade I listed country house in Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Network of man-made caverns in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Of the 11 day trips, Windsor Castle (19 km) is the best known.
CastleWindsor Castle19 km southeast
Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace39 km southeast
GardenKew Gardens38 km east
Historic house · National TrustCliveden House9.4 km southeast
MuseumAshmolean Museum36 km northwest
Historic houseChequers15 km north
Big drawTheme parkLegoland Windsor19 km southeast · 2.3M visitors a year (2024)
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring22 km northeast · 134K visitors a year (2022)
Abbey or prioryAbbey Ruins21 km southwest
Garden · National TrustRunnymede25 km southeast
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral35 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Clayhill (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
No attraction is mapped inside Clayhill itself. Within 5 km of it are West Wycombe House, Hughenden Manor, Wycombe Museum and The Hellfire Caves.
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Clayhill: Wycombe Museum, Chair Making Museum, Pann Mill and Marlow Museum.
Yes. In or within 5 km of Clayhill, 3 places are cared for by the National Trust (West Wycombe House, Hughenden Manor and Hughenden Park).
Within 40 km: Windsor Castle (19 km), Hampton Court Palace (39 km), Kew Gardens (38 km), Cliveden House (9.4 km).
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Clayhill when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
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