Stowe House – Lord Cobham's Monument loop from Buckingham

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Stowe House – Lord Cobham's Monument loop from Buckingham

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Stowe House – Lord Cobham's Monument loop from Buckingham

01:56

17.9km

150m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

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After 7.52 km for 6.21 km

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Start point

Parking

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5.64 km

Stowe House

Highlight • Monument

Stowe House is a beautiful Grade I-listed country house, surrounded by wonderful parkland and majestic gardens. The gardens and park are owned by the National Trust and are open to …

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7.99 km

Gothic Temple, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Highlight • Monument

Stowe has been copiously written about since 1700, both in official guides and in the impressions of its numerous visitors. Now in the care of the National Trust, the gardens …

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8.40 km

Lord Cobham's Monument

Highlight • Monument

As John Martin Robinson suggests, this monument may look to modern eyes more like a lighthouse than a classical column. This appearance derives to a great extent from its octagonal, …

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9.04 km

Palladian Bridge at Stowe

Highlight • Bridge

Nice bridge good for crossing water

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9.97 km

Temple of Venus

Highlight • Monument

The Guide to the Gardens points out that not only was this temple the first of William Kent's designs to be built in the gardens, completed in 1731, but that …

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10.0 km

Octagon Lake

Highlight • Natural Monument

One of the first areas of the garden that visitors may encounter is the Octagon Lake and the features associated with it. The lake was originally designed as a formal …

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11.9 km

The Seasons Fountain, Stowe Gardens

Highlight • Monument

If you're going for all the monuments it's a great place to sit down

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12.0 km

Shell Bridge, Stowe Gardens

Highlight • Bridge

Eighteenth century shell-encrusted dam disguised as a bridge, formerly the site of a monument to Captain Cook.

Grade I. A dam in the Elysian Fields, disguised as a low bridge. …

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13.7 km

Viewpoint

17.9 km

End point

Parking

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