Activity: STOWE Adventure Walk & 'For Your Tomorrow' Special with Emma

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Special Event

Price: £12.50

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  • Distance: 4 Miles
  • Date: Sun 3rd November
  • Time: 10:15 AM - 12:45 PM
  • Location Name: Stowe Gardens
  • Address: Stowe Gardens, Stowe Avenue, Buckingham, MK18 5EQ, United Kingdom
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Hosted By:

Emma Wrighton (MK)

Walk Description:

Join MK Nordic Walking for a 'Special Event' with a difference - Our favourite 8km Perimeter Walk at Stowe Gardens, nr Buckingham, followed by an optional visit in to the National Trust Stowe Gardens to see the commemorative 'For your Tomorrow - The People's Tribute' instalation. We are being joined for the walk by our friends from 'Nordic Walking Watford' and 'Walx Ridgeway Nordic Walking'.

*There is NO National Trust Fee for the 'Perimeter Walk'

*PARKING - Please note, Stowe National Trust is currently VERY BUSY at the weekends! So, I would highly advise you try and get to the car park in plenty of time to allow time to get a space - you may need to use the overflow parking - even at 10am in the morning!

Put together by Oxfordshire charity 'Standing with Giants', there are 1,475 silhouettes representing the number of British Soldiers killed on a single day, 6th June, 1944, as part of the WW2 D-Day landings. This is a beautiful & very thought provoking memorial exhibition, including copies of letters written home from soldiers who knew they would never see home again.

Some of the silhouettes were previously displayed, April - August this year, at The British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, France. A small number was also at Stowe last year, but now the whole collection is being displayed in The Grecian Valley at Stowe until 11th November, 2024.

This booking is for our Perimeter walk only, our route will take us past the end of the Grecian Valley, not officially in the NT gardens but you will get a good view of the silhouettes from our path. If you would like to see them up close and spend more time, then we recommend you re-visit the gardens after our Perimeter walk. 

Perimeter Walk: approx 8km

'Adventure' pace: 5km/3 miles p/hr

Terrain: Grass parkland, tarmac country estate lanes with some gentle hills.

*Please note normal National Trust Admission fees (Adult £15) apply for the installation event, unless you are a National Trust or RHS member, then as usual, entrance is FREE. This is your responsibilty on entrance.

Please check with Emma if you have any questions regarding suitability.

Location Notes:

New Farm Inn, Stowe Avenue, Stowe, Buckingham, MK18 5EQ. From Buckingham, follow signs for Stowe Gardens. National Trust. FREE Parking What3Words app location: pulse.permanent.shadow

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