Enjoy this extract from our book, How To Get Out Of London Without Really Trying.

The Natural History Museum at Tring holds 4,000 specimens, displayed in floor-to-ceiling, glass-fronted wood and iron cases, just as they were when the museum opened in 1892 to house the collection of Walter Rothschild, zebra- and turtle-riding scion of the banking dynasty. This remarkable gathering includes birds, insects and mammals large and small, from miniature lapdogs to the extinct great auk. Tring station is two miles from the Museum which can be reached by bus or taxi.