Welcome to Bushy Park and our heritage trail, The Yanks Are Here! This trail takes you around the site of the vast American air force base that was set up in Bushy Park during World War Two. Details: Start and Finish: Disabled Gate into Pheasantry Garden. Length: 2 ½ miles or 4 km. Duration: About 1 ¾ hour. Accessibility of route: Grass and gravel paths, some slopes and uneven ground. Hazards: Busy road to cross. Number of stops: 10. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm The Royal Parks http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:07:00 +0100 shiggins@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:58:15 +0100 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Bushy Park Heritage Trails - The Yanks are Here! Welcome to Bushy Park and our heritage trail, The Yanks Are Here! This trail takes you around the site of the vast American air force base that was set up in Bushy Park during World War Two. Details: Start and Finish: Disabled Gate into Pheasantry Garden. Length: 2 ½ miles or 4 km. Duration: About 1 ¾ hour. Accessibility of route: Grass and gravel paths, some slopes and uneven ground. Hazards: Busy road to cross. Number of stops: 10. The Royal Parks The Royal Parks shiggins@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk The Royal Parks, Heritage Trails, Bushy Park, Yanks no no http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/images/podcast_logo.jpg http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm The Royal Parks logo 108 126 To find Stop 10: Make sure you are standing with your back to the Warren Plantation. Turn right and follow Cobblers Walk towards Chestnut Avenue until you reach a house, Hawthorn Cottage. This is Stop 10. To return to the start: Walk along the last bit of Cobbler’s Walk to Chestnut Avenue. Cross Chestnut Avenue, again taking care of the traffic. Walk along the road facing you. This will take you back to the path and the gate where you started. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm E824A075-82DF-4FDA-A5B2-36F5E341CC9C Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:34:04 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 10 To find Stop 10: Make sure you are standing with your back to the Warren Plantation. Turn right and follow Cobblers Walk towards Chestnut Avenue until you reach a house, Hawthorn Cottage. This is Stop 10. To return to the start: Walk along the last bit of Cobbler’s Walk to Chestnut Avenue. Cross Chestnut Avenue, again taking care of the traffic. Walk along the road facing you. This will take you back to the path and the gate where you started. The Royal Parks Stop 10 no no To find Stop 9: Stand with your back to the flagpole. From the dead tree stump, turn left onto a broad grass track and then almost immediately, turn right onto another broad grass track. Follow this track for a few minutes until you come to the narrow tarmac road of Cobblers Walk. This is Stop 9. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm F0E65499-A9FF-4E0C-97DC-B7A88A695E9C Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:33:43 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 9 To find Stop 9: Stand with your back to the flagpole. From the dead tree stump, turn left onto a broad grass track and then almost immediately, turn right onto another broad grass track. Follow this track for a few minutes until you come to the narrow tarmac road of Cobblers Walk. This is Stop 9. The Royal Parks Stop 9 no no To find Stop 8: At the flagpole, face the park wall and look for the large five-pointed star set into the bricks. Find the bottom right hand point of this star and turn so that you are facing the direction that it is pointing. You should now be able to see a narrow grassy path that heads away in the direction of this bottom right hand point of the star. The path heads towards the trees of the Warren Plantation. There’s a dead tree with no branches in the distance. Follow the path for two or three minutes until you reach this tree. You’re in the right place if there’s a junction of several tracks. This is Stop 8. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm F1B88614-7A72-4FF2-A5B4-5F31A1BDA7E2 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:33:22 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 8 To find Stop 8: At the flagpole, face the park wall and look for the large five-pointed star set into the bricks. Find the bottom right hand point of this star and turn so that you are facing the direction that it is pointing. You should now be able to see a narrow grassy path that heads away in the direction of this bottom right hand point of the star. The path heads towards the trees of the Warren Plantation. There’s a dead tree with no branches in the distance. Follow the path for two or three minutes until you reach this tree. You’re in the right place if there’s a junction of several tracks. This is Stop 8. The Royal Parks Stop 8 no no To find Stop 7: Stand with your back to Shaef Gate and look for the white flagpole ahead of you in the grass. Walk across to the flagpole. Take care because the ground is uneven. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm FF87FCE2-6247-4C9C-A395-8B71DA88332F Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:32:54 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 7 To find Stop 7: Stand with your back to Shaef Gate and look for the white flagpole ahead of you in the grass. Walk across to the flagpole. Take care because the ground is uneven. The Royal Parks Stop 7 no no To find Stop 6: Retrace your steps across the grass back to the path next to the park wall. Take care again because the ground is uneven. Turn right onto the path and continue walking, keeping the wall on your left, until you reach the metal gate in the wall. This is Shaef Gate, Stop 6. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm 53100A1D-3C36-4706-A178-C23C19565A78 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:32:27 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 6 To find Stop 6: Retrace your steps across the grass back to the path next to the park wall. Take care again because the ground is uneven. Turn right onto the path and continue walking, keeping the wall on your left, until you reach the metal gate in the wall. This is Shaef Gate, Stop 6. The Royal Parks Stop 6 no no To find Stop 5: From the second plaque, step off the right hand side of the path and walk a few paces on to the grass. You’re looking for a white memorial stone surrounded by a low metal fence. It’s about 75 metres from the path, to the right of a white flagpole and in front of a group of trees. Walk over to the memorial. Take care because the ground is uneven. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm D5594724-738D-4824-B5F7-74A7093BADEA Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:31:55 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 5 To find Stop 5: From the second plaque, step off the right hand side of the path and walk a few paces on to the grass. You’re looking for a white memorial stone surrounded by a low metal fence. It’s about 75 metres from the path, to the right of a white flagpole and in front of a group of trees. Walk over to the memorial. Take care because the ground is uneven. The Royal Parks Stop 5 no no To find Stop 4: Return to the path and continue with the wall on your left for about 20 paces. Look down at the grass verge on the right of the path. There’s a small brown plaque in the ground next to the right hand side of the path. It’s in the shape of an open book, about 30 cm or 1ft across. This is Stop 4. There’s a second plaque about 100 metres further along the path, on the left hand side, opposite a large tree. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm E8F2D9F7-424A-4C84-9BEB-1985C436E7DF Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:30:39 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 4 To find Stop 4: Return to the path and continue with the wall on your left for about 20 paces. Look down at the grass verge on the right of the path. There’s a small brown plaque in the ground next to the right hand side of the path. It’s in the shape of an open book, about 30 cm or 1ft across. This is Stop 4. There’s a second plaque about 100 metres further along the path, on the left hand side, opposite a large tree. The Royal Parks Stop 4 no no To find Stop 3: Cross Chestnut Avenue and walk onto the grass on the other side. Take care because the road can be busy. Turn left and walk with Chestnut Avenue on your left until you reach the gate at the top of the Avenue. When you get to the gate, stay inside the park. Turn right onto a wide grit track. You’ll pass a lodge house on your left. You’ll also see a wooden fence on your left. Look for the point where the fence joins the brick wall of the park. Now follow the wall for about 50 metres until you find two brick pillars in the wall about 1.5metres apart. Walk over to the pillars. This is Stop 3. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm ED2A891B-DE53-4A42-82BF-AA01750C249E Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:47:28 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 3 To find Stop 3: Cross Chestnut Avenue and walk onto the grass on the other side. Take care because the road can be busy. Turn left and walk with Chestnut Avenue on your left until you reach the gate at the top of the Avenue. When you get to the gate, stay inside the park. Turn right onto a wide grit track. You’ll pass a lodge house on your left. You’ll also see a wooden fence on your left. Look for the point where the fence joins the brick wall of the park. Now follow the wall for about 50 metres until you find two brick pillars in the wall about 1.5metres apart. Walk over to the pillars. This is Stop 3. The Royal Parks Stop 3 no no To find Stop 2: Follow the main path heading off to your left for about two minutes until you see a large old tree about 20 yards away in the lawn on your right. There are two wooden posts propping up one of the branches. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm 6261F422-3D84-4EA4-B46E-9536DF4718C5 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:44:37 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 2 To find Stop 2: Turn right onto the path in front of you and follow it, keeping the fence on your right. When the fence turns sharply to the right, the path meets a road. There are two lodge houses on the opposite side of the road. Turn right and walk along the edge of the road for a few minutes until you reach a T junction. This is where the road meets Chestnut Avenue. This is Stop 2. The Royal Parks Stop 2 no no To find the start - Stop 1: This is at the gate into the Pheasantry Gardens, near the small car park for disabled visitors. Make sure you are outside the gardens and you can see the wide open space of the park. Stand with your back to the gate and the fence. If you’re in the right place, you will have a tarmac path in front of you. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy_park/heritage_trails/yanks_are_here.cfm 1F8D5EF0-C7AE-4F37-A333-F07812D10B4A Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:39:40 +0100 Audio guide for Stop 1 To find the start - Stop 1: This is at the gate into the Pheasantry Gardens, near the small car park for disabled visitors. Make sure you are outside the gardens and you can see the wide open space of the park. Stand with your back to the gate and the fence. If you’re in the right place, you will have a tarmac path in front of you. The Royal Parks Stop 1 no no