Visit Great Missenden Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Missenden

  

Great Missenden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Missenden

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Great Missenden history

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Great Missenden lay on a major route between the Midlands and London. Several coaching inns, particularly the Red Lion (now an estate agency) and The George (with new owners) provided rest and refreshment for travellers and their horses. The first railway line in the area was, however, routed alongside the Grand Union Canal to the east. Roald Dahl’s Gipsy House was the home of author from 1954 until his death in 1990.

Great Missenden etymology

The name Missenden is first attested in the Domesday Book as Missedene. The -den element probably comes from Old English denu, meaning ‘valley’ It is thought to occur in the name of the River Misbourne, which rises in Great Missendsen, and also in the Hertfordshire place-name Miswell.

You can visit Great Missenden places with Walkfo Great Missenden to hear history at Great Missenden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Missenden has 23 places to visit in our interactive Great Missenden map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Great Missenden, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Great Missenden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Missenden & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 23 audio facts unique to Great Missenden places in an interactive Great Missenden map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Great Missenden Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Great Missenden historic spots	Great Missenden tourist destinations	Great Missenden plaques	Great Missenden geographic features
Walkfo Great Missenden tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Great Missenden

  

Best Great Missenden places to visit

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Great Missenden has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Great Missenden’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Great Missenden’s information audio spots:

Prestwood F.C. Prestwood F.C. are a football club based in Prestwood, near High Wycombe, England. They currently play in the Aylesbury & District League Premier Division.

Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a museum in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. Children’s and short story writer lived in village in Gipsy House until his death in 1990.

Jones’ Hill Wood Jones’ Hill Wood is a 1.8-hectare (4.4-acre) piece of ancient woodland near Wendover in Buckinghamshire. Almost half of the wood is planned to be chopped down to make way for the route of High Speed 2 (HS2) In October 2020, a protest camp was evicted.

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Visit Great Missenden plaques