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Bledlow

Appearances include 'Dead Man's Eleven', 'Blue Herrings', 'Dark Autumn' and 'The Maid in Splendour'.

Murder has brought both Barnaby and Miss Marple to Bledlow, in the secluded Chilterns countryside. The much-filmed village church is unlocked for viewing in the summer, on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The gate to the right of its spacious churchyard leads to Lyle Garden, a fascinating water garden laid out, with great ingenuity, in a steep ravine. Owned by former cabinet minister Lord Carrington, the garden is open daily free of charge. The familiar Lions at Bledlow is perfectly placed for walking off a pub lunch: the path beside it leads up to a lovely stretch of Britain's oldest footpath, The Ridgeway National Trail. Walkers and cyclists can also take the Phoenix Trail, following the route of the former railway from Bledlow's Old Station (now a B&B) to Thame.

Roam within just a few miles of Bledlow to visit the National Trust's West Wycombe village and West Wycombe Park, the Home of Rest for Horses at Speen, the Lacey Green Windmill, the Chinnor to Princes Risborough Railway or Rupert Brooke's favourite Pink & Lily Pub, also at Lacey Green.

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