Ashridge
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thumb|View from Bridgewater Monument to the house Ashridge is a country estate and stately home in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about north of Berkhamsted and north west of London. The estate comprises of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife.
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Ashridge Priory
- The Egerton family
- Conservative Staff College
- Hult International Business School
- Estate
- Ashridge House
- Gardens
- Bridgewater Monument
- Ashridge Commons and Woods
- Later developments
- In popular culture
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|View from Bridgewater Monument to the house Ashridge is a country estate and stately home in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about north of Berkhamsted and north west of London. The estate comprises of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife.
Today, Ashridge is home to Hult Ashridge, Hult International Business School's executive education programme, as it has been since 1959. The estate is currently owned by the National Trust.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ashridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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