Haddenham is a large village in the Vale of Aylesbury, notable for its distinctive wychert walls — built from the local white chalky marl — and a well-preserved duck pond at the centre of the original settlement. The village sits on a slight rise above the clay vale with views towards the Chilterns to the south-east and the mixed farmland stretching north to Aylesbury. Oilseed rape on the surrounding arable fields provides a strong early flow, followed by hawthorn, field maple and white clover through summer; the village orchards and mature garden trees carry colonies well into September.
Collectors are most often called to swarms settled on the wychert walls and mature sycamores around the duck pond, in the roof voids of the older cottages on Church Way and Townside, and in the hawthorn hedgerows along the footpaths heading towards Aston Sandford and Cuddington to the south.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
HP22 5TE· approx. 11 km
Visit websiteHP11 1BJ· approx. 21 km
Visit websiteOX14 1QY· approx. 25 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The Chiltern beech hangers produce an unusual honeydew flow some years; lime, field maple and sweet chestnut are the more reliable June flows through Marlow, High Wycombe, Amersham and Chalfont. In the Vale, oilseed rape dominates the spring and field beans support early June. Bramble is dense on the commons; rosebay willowherb fills every beech-clearing on the scarp. A strong late ivy flow runs across the flint-walled villages and ancient churchyards of the scarp foot.
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