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There must be something in the Buckinghamshire air to inspire poets, Thomas Gray wrote his masterpiece Elegy Written in A Country Churchyard in Stoke Poges, Rupert Brooke took inspiration in the Chilterns and John Milton the author of Paradise Lost lived in Chalfont St Giles. His former home Miltons Cottage is now a fascinating museum dedicated to his life and works. Allow 1½ hour.

The attractive Thames side town of Marlow has more than its fair share of literary connections, Mary Shelley, completed Frankensein whilst living in the town with her husband the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Fellow poet TS Eliot was also a resident as was the author Jerome K Jerome whose most famous work Three Men in a Boat celebrates the charms of the delightful Compleat Angler Hotel.

Take your group for afternoon tea at the Compleat Angler and relax to the sound of cascading waters of the Thames running over the town's weir. Allow 1 Hour. Tel: 0844 879 9128.

Roald Dahl is one of Buckinghamshire's most famous sons and is celebrated in not one but two museums and an annual festival in his honour. Combine a visit to the two museums as part of a special railway journey into Bucks. Spend the morning at the Buckinghamshire County Museum in Aylesbury with its Roald Dahl Children's Gallery. Allow 1½ hours before journeying to the attractive Chiltern village of Great Missenden; home to Dahl for over 30 years and visit the fantabulous award winning Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, Café Twit, its fact packed biographical galleries and interactive story centre. Tel: 01494 892192. Allow 1 ½ hours for a visit.

For many of the itineraries suggested to Buckinghamshire the train offers a viable alternative to a coach. The fast and efficient Chiltern Railway service runs into the heart of Buckinghamshire directly from London Marylebone stopping as many of our main centres including Aylesbury, Great Missenden, Amersham, High Wycombe & Beaconsfield. A 25% discount is available for groups of 10 or more whilst children can travel for as little as £1 and under 5's go free.

Further details about Bucks Literary Connections.

Or for the complete Dahl experience try the Roald Dahl Trail