Walks you can reach from Haddenham and Thame Parkway by train
Buckinghamshire · South East England
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Wendover to Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
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)
7 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
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.
Oxford Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes and historic squares.
Pitt Rivers Museum (2h45 in)
Oxford (3h15 in)
4 lunch spots: Wolvercote (1h15 in) — the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn; plus the Perch (30 mins in), or the Anchor (2h in)
8 end-of-walk rewards: the Lamb & Flag, Oxford, the Red Lion, the Turf Tavern, the Bear, the Crown, the Royal Blenheim, the Castle Pub, or the Jolly Farmers
Warnings: Two fifths urban. Can be flooded.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
High Wycombe Circular via Hughenden (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
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).
King's Sutton Circular via Aynho (Northamptonshire)
30 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Open fields, Cotswold villages, long views and gentle countryside.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Islip Circular via Otmoor RSPB Reserve (Oxfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Rolling countryside, fields, woods, rivers, wetland nature reserve, quiet villages and old churches.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
30 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Gentle farmland, fields, wooded boundaries, villages, quiet lanes and canal.
Warnings: Map reading required.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Historic market town, River Avon, Grand Union Canal towpath, open fields, racecourse, golf course and woodland.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Gerrards Cross to Cookham (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
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).
Hatton to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Canal towpath, tunnel sections, narrow path sections, low bridges and Warwickshire countryside.
Warnings: Narrow path sections.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).