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New Inn Farm
Stowe
Buckingham
MK18 5EQ
Here are some suggestions from Stowe’s
doggy friends to help you all enjoy your
day out, taking in some of the smells and
sights of the Gardens.
Just remember to keep your
dog on their lead and to use
the poo bins marked on the
map to leave their deposits.
Stowe
Space to
relax and refresh
Time for tea before
you go?
How do I get into
the gardens?
Our café and shop close at
6pm from March to October,
and at 4pm the rest of the
year. Don’t forget to leave
enough time to return
from the gardens.
Enjoy a 10-15 minute stroll
down Bell Gate Drive. There
are also a buggy shuttle
service to hop on and off.
The National Trust is an
independent charity. All profits
from our gift shop and café
go towards the upkeep and
restoration of the gardens and
New Inn.
Thank you for your support.
Visiting the House
Stowe House is managed by
Stowe House Preservation
Trust. You can visit the
magnificent state rooms for
over 200 days per year; pick
up a leaflet at New Inn for
opening times. Unfortunately
dogs are not permitted inside
Stowe House.
Tel: 01280 817156
Email: [email protected]
If you’d like this information
in an alternative format please
telephone 01280 817156.
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@NTStowe
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nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe
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Doggy days out
Boycott Pavilion
Boycott Pavilion
Walk 1:
approx 1.6 miles
• Enjoy the walk along Bell Gate
Drive sniffing out the wildlife
smells.
• As you enter the gardens turn
right and take in the views of
the birds on the lake, but do not
scare them.
Statue of Queen Caroline
• Enjoy a plod over Palladian
Bridge, through the gate and
turn left along the path.
Stowe School
only
Golf course
(not NT)
• Enjoy the views up to Gothic
Temple, but mind the sheep – do
not chase them or eat their poo.
Rotunda
Eleven Acre Lake
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Dido’s Cave
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Temple
of Venus
Golf course
(not NT)
Sleeping Wood
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Statue
of King
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Temple of
Ancient
Virtue
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Doric Arch
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Eastern Lake Pavilion
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Wooden
Chatham’s
Bridge
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Congreve’s
Monument
Temple
of British
Worthies
Bell Gate
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• Continue along the path after
Ancient Virtue where you will
pass the Church and Grenville’s
Column ( just behind the bushes
there is a poo bin so be sure to
leave your bag of deposits before
you carry on).
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Queen’s Temple
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Season’s
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Hawkwell Field
Saxon Deities
Gothic Temple
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Lord Cobham’s Pillar
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• Have a wander up the steps
inside Ancient Virtue where it
feels nice and cool on your paws.
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• Have an explore down the path
leading to the Grotto where
there are all sorts of damp and
musty smells – you could even
have a little drink in the pool
underneath Venus if you were
thirsty.
• Leave the Grotto through the
other side, turn right and you
will see the River Styx from the
other side – new smells and
ducks to admire from afar.
• Pass Season’s Fountain for
another opportunity for a little
drink.
• After the Temple of British
Worthies take the path on your
right and then turn to your left
until you get to the Cascade.
Here you can have a sit down and
enjoy the views across both lakes.
• Continue on around to your left
and make your way back to Bell
Gate where you can either enjoy
the walk back to New Inn or take
the land train to rest your legs.
• Let your owner get a well earned
refreshment from the Nevillery
Café where you can sit in the
courtyard with them.
• As you approach the Temple of
British Worthies see if you can
find out where the best worthy
tribute is?
Circle of the
Dancing Faun
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Shell Bridge
Octagon Lake
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• Turn right after the Wooden
Bridge and follow the path
where you will smell evidence of
squirrels and rabbits hiding in
the bushes, but remember not to
scare them.
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Cascade
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Western Lake Pavilion
Temple of
Concord
and Victory
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• Another bridge to plod across,
this time it is the Wooden Bridge
where you may spot some fish in
the Octagon Lake.
Please note this map is
intended as a guide only and
is not drawn to scale
Grass path
Tarmac road
Walk 2:
• As with the previous walk enjoy
the sights and smells along Bell
Gate Drive to the entrance into
the gardens.
approx 2.6 miles
• Why don’t you take the grass
path hidden behind the main
path for a different sniff of the
area?
•You will spot the big Grecian
• In the gardens turn right
Temple in front of you called
and follow the path towards
Concord and Victory. There are
Palladian Bridge – you could
some lovely big trees either side
even walk on the grass as it feels
for you to sniff around too.
nice and there are more smells,
but remember to keep clear of
the birds so as not to scare them. • Turn left here with the Temple
to the right of you and continue
• Plod across Palladian Bridge
along the path where you can
where you can then continue
explore the Grotto or carry on
straight up the path towards
past the River Styx admiring the
Gothic Temple – you may spot
ducks along the way.
some sheep along the way,
•
Enjoy the saunter back around
but do not chase them or
the Octagon Lake where you
eat their poo.
will see more ducks, but do
• Head for Lord Cobham’s Pillar
remember not to scare them.
which looks really high up –
•
Have one last look at the
unfortunately you can’t go in.
fantastic view back to the House
• Carry straight on where you
across the lake before you head
will get the sniff of squirrels and
back down Bell Gate Drive to
rabbits along the way.
New Inn where you can enjoy a
well earned rest at the Nevillery
• When you reach the Fane Of
Café courtyard for some
Pastoral Poetry turn left to follow
refreshments before heading
the path to sniff in the bushes.
home.
Be sure to leave deposits in
poo bags and then in the bins
provided.