Walks you can reach from Amersham by train
Buckinghamshire · South East England
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Wendover Circular via Great Kimble (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Amersham.
Highly recommended
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Chilterns Woodlands (National Trust; 1h in)
View of Chequers (1h15 in)
1 lunch spot: the Russell Arms (2h15 in)
3 end-of-walk rewards: the Shoulder of Mutton, the White Swan, or the Bel & The Dragon at the Red Lion
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Wendover to Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Amersham.
Highly recommended: Really beautiful rolling woodlands with a cosy family-run pub lunch and a saunter through Chequers. Mostly secluded.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
View of Chequers (2h in)
2 lunch spots: Buckmoorend Farm Shop (1h45 in; outdoor seating and light meals only, e.g. burgers, sausage rolls, ice cream, hot drinks), but really high quality!), or the Swan (2h45 in; cosy old family-run pub with great food)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Bird in Hand
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Tring to Wendover (Hertfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Amersham.
Flat canal towpath, reservoir banks, open arable fields, wooded Chilterns hills and steep descents.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
1 lunch spot: the Partridge (3h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: Wendover Woods Café
Warnings: Steep chalky descent.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Reverse direction: Walk by Rail.
Great Missenden to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Amersham.
Misbourne Valley countryside and woodland, with an optional extension to the National Trust hilltop of Coombe Hill and the Ridgeway.
Coombe Hill: A National Trust hilltop above Wendover giving spectacular views across the Aylesbury Vale.
Walk details: Walk by Rail (tips and local insights).
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Amersham.
Sloping fields, beech woods, hamlets, upmarket farms, cottages and two short steep hills with fine views.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Chalfont & Latimer to Chorleywood (Buckinghamshire)
4 minutes direct from Amersham.
The chalk-stream Chess Valley, valley-side footpaths and woodland, through the villages of Flaunden and Sarratt to Chorleywood.
The Chess Valley: A scenic Chilterns valley carved by the chalk-stream River Chess, threaded by footpaths between Chesham and Rickmansworth.
Walk details: Walk by Rail (tips and local insights).
Chorleywood to Chesham (Hertfordshire)
7 minutes direct from Amersham.
Chess Valley, Chiltern Hills, hill climbs, panoramic views, woods, celandine and bluebell woods, valley rim permissive path and suburban finish.
Warnings: Can flood after rain.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Amersham.
Rolling hills, pastures, hay meadows, river valleys, quiet hilltop villages and a long canal towpath stretch into a historic town centre.
Warnings: Can be muddy. Avoid midsummer.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Similar walk: Walk by Rail.
Chesham to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Amersham.
Undulating Chilterns, sloping fields, woods, hamlets, village greens and beech woodland on Frith Hill.
St John the Baptist Church: Historic parish church.
Warnings: Steep descent into Great Missenden.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Haddenham and Thame Parkway to Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Amersham.
Flat Thame Valley farmland, tranquil hamlets, pastures, community woodland and stately mansion grounds.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Gerrards Cross to Chorleywood (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Amersham.
A varied, undulating walk over fields, through woods and across a golf course, with quiet lanes and a few short steep hills and a couple of muddy patches. Many stiles and narrow sections make it inaccessible to wheels. Look out for golf balls when crossing Gerrards Cross Golf Club.
Warnings: A dual carriageway is crossed shortly after leaving Gerrards Cross, though it has a large central reservation; the A413 must be crossed near Gerrards Cross at the end. Some stiles are rickety.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Gerrards Cross to Rickmansworth (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Amersham.
A scenic, varied route starting through woods, then alongside lakes and the Grand Union Canal, with field and woodland sections in between. Some woods are steep in places and the canal walking is easy and beautiful. Several stiles. Ongoing HS2 works add diversions and length to the route. Bury Lake has benches for watching wildlife.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Warnings: After rain the section leaving the canal towards West Hyde can flood to above mid-calf depth, and the woodland near the HS2 works gets very muddy. A short section runs alongside a busy road on a bark-mulched verge.
Walk details: Slow Ways.