Long Crendon is a large Chiltern-fringe village between Thame and Aylesbury, strung out along a ridge of clay-with-flint above the Thames floodplain. Its National Trust courthouse — one of the best-preserved medieval village courthouses in England — and the mix of thatched, brick and half-timbered cottages lining the high street make it a classic vale village with genuine historic depth. The surrounding landscape of orchards, hedged hay fields and patch-farmed arable provides a varied early-season flow through cherry blossom, hawthorn and oilseed rape before white clover and bramble take over in summer.
Swarm calls in Long Crendon come from the thatched roofs and old stone walls of the high street cottages, from the mature orchard trees in the gardens backing onto Church Street, and from the hawthorn and blackthorn hedgerows flanking the footpaths towards Chearsley and Notley.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
HP22 5TE· approx. 17 km
Visit websiteOX14 1QY· approx. 20 km
Visit websiteOX20 1LP· approx. 23 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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