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Village Tour - 8

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Bedford Road

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Sherington Nurseries
Sherington Nurseries

Sherington Nurseries is a long established plant nursery (Bernard Crook Garden Sercvices Ltd). It was run for many years by the Peach Family, with an old cottage residence lying a long way back from the road.

Carisbrook House, has had mixed fortunes in its recent past. The original house was owned and lived in by the Peach family. The house was then bought by a Middle-East family. After major renovations the house boasted a swimming pool and central heating but the family never moved in. It then lay empty for a number of years, almost being completely destroyed by vandals.

Carisbrook House today
The original Carisbrook House prior to demolition

Planning permission was granted to demolish the old structure and to build a new mansion in its place by its new owners during the period 1999 - 2003. In the January 1999 issue of SCAN, the "little bird" wrote...


The mound at Lookout Hill

Lookout Hill; a mound built on the site of the council road repair dump. This had always been a bit of an eyesore and a source of annoyance. Now it is a vantage point with views of the Ouse Valley, Newport Pagnell and a vista over Milton Keynes.

During the second world war this was also used by the Home Guard as a look out post to look for enemy activity.

The mound at Lookout Hill

Across the field to the west of the lookout (and north of Chicheley Hill) is an abandoned Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post, a relic of the Cold War. It was in use from 1964 to 1991.



Photos taken during the construction of the Mound. Click on the photo to view full size

Construction of Sherington Mound Sherington Mound during construction


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