Waddesdon Manor Aviary – Waddesdon Manor loop from Buckinghamshire
Waddesdon Manor Aviary – Waddesdon Manor loop from Buckinghamshire
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Waddesdon Manor Aviary – Waddesdon Manor loop from Buckinghamshire
00:58
3.54km
60m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 19, 2026
Tips
Temporary access restrictions
Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.
After 470 m for 779 m
Customers only
After 1.45 km for 640 m
Customers only
After 2.19 km for 879 m
Customers only
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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1.60 km
View of Waddesdon Manor from North Avenue
Highlight • Viewpoint
Tip by
1.80 km
Waddesdon Manor Aviary
Highlight • Structure
The aviary's paint and gilding were restored in 2003 and it now houses endangered species with a focus on breeding programs. It is a registered zoo.
Tip by
1.92 km
Asian Elephant Sculptures at Waddesdon Manor
Highlight • Structure
This family of elephants is brought to Waddesdon as part of a campaign to highlight threats to Asian Elephant habitats and the loss of biodiversity as humans encroach on elephants in the densely populated Indian subcontinent and around the world. They were made in Tamil Nadu, India by local craftspeople, from an invasive plant, Lantana Camara, dried and wrapped over steel frames. They are portrait sculptures of real, wild Asian elephants.
The elephants have their own stories. Urned ('Hope', the tusker), travelled to Tamil Nadu from South India as his habitat disappeared. Philomena is a wise old matriarch who has protected her family from threats like road building and forest clearances. Baachcha, the calf, is still a baby and has to be coaxed by her mother to cross roads.
The family is walking towards the Aviary, linking with Waddesdon's own conservation story. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild built the Aviary in the 1880s, and stocked it with rare and exotic species. Today it is one of Europe's smallest licensed zoos and does important conservation work to support endangered bird populations, many in South East Asia, through captive breeding and reintroduction programmes.
Tip by
2.18 km
Waddesdon Manor
Highlight • Historical Site
Designed with the Neo-Renaissance stylings of a French château, it was built between 1874 and 1889 for Baron de Ferdinand Rothschild.
The lavish grounds contain fountains, sculptures, beautiful blooms and even an aviary. A network of public rights of way cross the estate.
Tip by
2.32 km
Waddesdon Power House
Highlight • Structure
Tip by
3.15 km
Standing With Giants Installation at Waddesdon
Highlight • Structure
The silhouettes of 400 life-size soldiers, sailors and airmen and 250 poppy wreaths will be displayed in the wider grounds at Waddesdon in a striking art installation, the largest Standing with Giants installation in the UK.
A group is displayed on the hill on which the Manor stands. Together, they create a moving statement of commemoration, which offers space to reflect and connect within the natural landscape.
The display is created in partnership with Standing With Giants, a community-based project which works to raise understanding and appreciation of our freedom and to remember and pay tribute to those who gave their lives so we could live ours today.
Tip by
3.54 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
2.68 km
392 m
326 m
135 m
Surfaces
1.54 km
739 m
510 m
356 m
251 m
132 m
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Friday 26 June
30°C
17°C
25 %
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