Local Interest

Drifters Lodge is just under a mile from Princes Risborough town centre, where there is a excellent selection of speciality shops, restaurants, pubs, 2 supermarkets, a small weekly market, an occasional Farmer’s Market (and, in season, a weekly Country Market), a library, dental and doctor’s surgeries, Churches and a Tourist Information Office.

There is easy access to the M40 (20 minutes), M25 (25 minutes) and M1 (35 minutes). Central London can be reached by road in around an hour and by train in 50 minutes. The mainline rail link to London and Birmingham is within 6/7 minutes walk, as are buses to Aylesbury and High Wycombe. Aylesbury is 20 minutes, High Wycombe 20 minutes, Oxford is 40 minutes, Birmingham 1 hour, Reading 1 hour, Windsor 45 minutes by road.

National Trust properties at Waddesdon Manor, Hughenden Manor, Blenheim Palace and Claydon House (among others) are all within easy reach. Thorpe Park, Silverstone, Stonor Park, the Thames at Marlow and Henley and many other places of interest are all within one hour’s travel by road. West Wycombe Park and village, where some scenes from the TV series Lark Rise to Candleford, Cranford, several Bond films, Midsommer Murders, Morse and many other films and TV series are filmed, is just 10 minutes away by car.

The Ridgeway Path runs close to the property and other walking and cycling routes, including the Phoenix Trail, are close by. The house looks out onto the lovely views of Naphill Ridge in the Chiltern Hills, and is close to the Whiteleaf Cross, Wendover Woods, Hughenden Valley and many other picnic/leisure areas.

Local villages provide country pubs, good restaurants and excellent walking and cycling. There is also easy access to horse riding, golf, swimming/other sports facilities and many tourist attractions.

» Links to many of the above can be found on our Links Page.

Photo: St Mary's Church