Walks you can reach from Denham by train
Buckinghamshire · South East England
Stations: Denham Golf Club · Denham
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Saunderton Circular via Bledlow (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Highly recommended: Rolling Chiltern Hills, open ridge, secluded valleys, gentle gradients with one or two steep hills and fine valley views.
1 lunch spot: the Lions Of Bledlow (2h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Golden Cross
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Wendover to Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
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.
Princes Risborough Circular via Ninn Wood (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Recommended
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
1 lunch spot: the Black Horse (1h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: Wheat Field, or the Bird in Hand
Source: Trains2Green.
Beaconsfield Circular via Chalfont St Giles (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Gently rolling wooded hills, open fields, Buckinghamshire countryside, parkland and golf course.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Milton's Cottage (2h15 in)
Chalfont Saint Giles (2h15 in)
2 lunch spots: Chalfont Saint Giles (2h30 in) — the White Hart, or the Feathers
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
High Wycombe Circular via Hughenden (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Beaconsfield to Burnham (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Dorneywood Garden: 1930s-style garden, with herbaceous borders, cottage garden and lily pond (National Trust; 2h45 in; 1h30 to visit).
2 lunch spots: the Blackwood Arms (2h15 in), or the Beeches Eco Cafe (3h15 in)
Source: Trains2Green.
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
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).
Little Kimble to Saunderton (Buckinghamshire)
45 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Gentle Chilterns hills, beech woods, open stretches, fine views and undulating but not taxing gradients.
Warnings: Bring a compass.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Gerrards Cross to Cookham (Buckinghamshire)
3 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
Parkland, lakes, woods, beech forest, open fields, Thames riverside, village lanes and National Trust common.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Haddenham and Thame Parkway to Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
45 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
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).
Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
45 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
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.
Marlow to High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Denham Golf Club.
A beautiful walk with views and woodlands, quite idyllic in many places. An undulating route with some long climbs and steep parts (around 30%), mostly on woodland paths and a few minor single-track roads, joining the Chiltern Way and passing through Horton Wood and Keep Hill Wood. Stairs, gates, narrow and a few overgrown paths and fallen trees to hop over; finishes across The Rye park. Joins a stretch of the Chiltern Way and sensibly tunnels under the busy A404. The Rye has a picturesque watermill.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
1 lunch spot: the Three Horseshoes
Warnings: Long, steep climbs and some narrow, overgrown paths; a footpath may be closed for tree felling near Marlow.
Walk details: Slow Ways.