Buitenplaatsenpad

Buitenplaatsenpad

Walk through the country estates of Groot-Leyduin, Hartekamp and the Overplaats and Groenendaal. The path takes you past several places of interest. Huis te Manpad, residence of the Van Lennep family, is one of the most beautiful historic parks in this region. The seventeenth-century baroque style is combined with the nineteenth-century landscape style. De Hartekamp, with its French-style gardens. De Overplaats van De Hartekamp with sight axis to De Hartekamp. Here is the largest playground in Europe. There is also a romantic mini ravine with a Swiss bridge and waterfall. The hiking forest Groenendaal with playground and petting zoo. The Leiduin pumping station from which cast iron pipes used to run towards Amsterdam. Huize Leyduin, which was enlarged by various owners into an impressive estate.

Directions:

We follow the green stickers with gel arrow towards the railway barriers. We cross the bridge, go straight ahead. At the end of the road we turn right. We now pass the House at Manpad. We walk on and enter the Hartenkamp estate on the right. We walk around the pond and cross the road to De Overkant van de Hartenkamp. We pass two romantic ponds. When we come out of the forest we turn right and the first left. Then we come back to the Herenweg and turn right. After a while we enter the Groenendaal estate. We pass the petting zoo and walk towards the windmill. There we turn left and arrive at the Jewish monument. We now walk through the forest and arrive at the main entrance of the walking forest. We turn right here and at a certain point turn left through a narrow path past residential houses. We now cross the Leidse Vaart and turn left. We arrive here at the former pumping station. We continue our way and turn right. We cross an unguarded level crossing (careful!) and walk through the Leyduin estate with its stately country house. This brings us back to the parking lot.