Walks you can reach from Haddenham and Thame Parkway by train
Buckinghamshire · South East England
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Princes Risborough to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
7 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Highly recommended: Beech woods, chalk downlands, high ridgeline, nature reserves, escarpments with wide views and a pleasant old market town.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 4h–8h
1 end-of-walk reward: the Shoulder of Mutton
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
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.
Time: 4h30
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).
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.
Time: 4h–8h
4 lunch spots: Wolvercote (1h–2h30 in) — the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn; plus the Perch (30m–1h in), or the Anchor (2h–4h 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.
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
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.
Time: 4h
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.
Time: 4h30
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.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Narrow path sections.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Henley-in-Arden to Warwick (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Impressively deep cutting (canal near Hatton). Warwickshire countryside and Grand Union Canal towpath; gently wooded. Medieval market town of Henley-in-Arden founded 13th century; Warwick is Warwickshire's county town. Route traverses remnants of Forest of Arden with ancient hedgerows from 16th century.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 4h30–9h
Warnings: Path can be churned up and muddy; M40 motorway traffic; traffic on country lanes.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Lapworth to Warwick (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Impressive deep cutting (Shrewley). Warwickshire countryside along the Grand Union Canal towpath. Warwick Castle founded 1068; transformed to stately home by Fulke Greville in early 17th century. Grand Union Canal modernised extensively in 1930s.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Grand Union Canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–7h
Warnings: No towpath through Shrewley Tunnel — alternative route via village required.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).