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Great Missenden
Village in Buckinghamshire, England

Great Missenden

Great Missenden is a village and civil parish in the Misbourne Valley of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England.

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It is situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover; it adjoins the village of Little Kingshill, and is 1 mile (1.6 km) from Little Missenden and the village of Prestwood. The village is now best known as home to the late Roald Dahl, the world-famous adult and children's author.

Get in

Getting to Great Missenden

Great Missenden is signposted from the A413 linking Aylesbury with Amersham. There are two small "pay and display" parking facilities off Link Road.

  1. 01
    Great Missenden Railway Station

    Station Approach, Great Missenden, HP16 9AZ.

  2. 02
    National Cycle Route 57

    Cycle route runs Farmington, Gloucestershire near Northleach to Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire The Chiltern Cycleway.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

    81-83 High Street, Great Missenden, Bucks.

  2. 02
    River Misbourne

    A chalk steam which runs alongside the town.

  3. 03
    The Malt Brewery Tours

    Collings Hanger Farm, Wycombe Rd, Prestwood Great Missenden HP16 0HW (2½ miles W of Great Missenden), tours@maltthebrewery.co.uk.

  4. 04
    St Peter & St Paul Church

    Church Lane, Great Missenden HP16 0BA.

Do

Things to do

Great Missenden is in the heart of the Chilterns and so is the starting point for a number of brisk local walks, of varying difficulty. Chiltern Heritage Trail Hampden Route (25-mile Circular Cycle Route).

  1. 01
    Missenden Abbey

    Country house on the site of the original abbey, now a conference, wedding and event location.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Sukhotthai

    50 High St, Great Missenden HP16 0AU.

  2. 02
    La Petite Auberge

    107 High St, Great Missenden HP16 0BB,.

  3. 03
    The Polecat Inn

    170 Wycombe Rd, Prestwood HP16 0HJ (3 miles (by road) W of Great Missenden), info@thepolecatinn.co.uk.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.