A “handsome” manor less than two hours from Cambridgeshire has a secret Second World War past. Hughenden, a Victorian National Trust manor, is set within an unspoiled Chiltern valley in Buckinghamshire .

To visit the manor, it is a 1-hour and 47-minute drive from Cambridge . The National Trust said the estate offers a “restful retreat from the pressures of everyday life”.

It was once home to Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his wife, Mary Anne. Mr Disraeli played an important role in creating the modern Conservative Party .

The manor was home to a former British Prime Minister and was also used for a secret Second World War operation. In 1941, the Air Ministry turned it into a secret centre for map-making.

This was for an RAF Bomber Command named Hillside. Nearly al

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