Ivinghoe and Pitstone
The villages of Ivinghoe and Pitstone are close together, 3 miles north of Tring.
Ivinghoe Beacon
Beacon Hill (768 feet) lies at
the northern edge of the Chiltern Escarpment and offers outstanding views to the north and north-west.
The beacon is the starting point of the Ridgeway National Trail.
(GR: SP 961168)
Pitstone Windmill
This mill is believed to be the oldest post mill in the British Isles.
Given to the National Trust in 1937, it is now restored and is open to the public on Sunday
and Bank Holiday afternoons during the summer months. Please refer to the
National Trust website
for more details; tip: on the NT home page, type pitstone into the Search box and click Go.
(GR: SP 945157)
Pitstone Green Museum
Mainly a Rural Life Museum, with many exhibits relating to farming, country life, trades, and professions from the area.
It also contains other interesting items, including stationery engines, vintage wireless, photographic, and electrical
apparatus and a WWII military aviation room - including a reconstructed section of a Lancaster bomber.
Run by the Pitstone & Ivinghoe Museum Society.
Open 11am - 5pm on Bank Holiday Mondays and the 2nd Sunday in June, July, August and Sept.
See the Pitstone Museum website
for more details or
contact the Museum Manager, Norman Groom, on 01582 605464.
(GR: SP 937156)
Ford End Water Mill, Ivinghoe
Built in the early 1700s on the site of an earlier mill, it has been restored to recreate the atmosphere of a small corn mill in the 1800s. It is one of very few watermills that are still working. Stoneground wholemeal flour for sale on open days.
Run by the Ford End Water Mill Society.
See the Ford End Water Mill website
for opening times and more details.
(GR: SP 941166)