Walks from Wendover

Highly recommended

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 3h30–6h30

1 lunch spot: the Russell Arms (2h–4h30 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).

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.

Wooded hills, hidden vales, fields, Chiltern escarpment, panoramic ridge views and wooded valleys.

Time: 6h

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Chiltern Hills, woodland, bluebell woods in spring, open fields, conservation village green, escarpment holloway, forest tracks with panoramic views and ancient hillfort site.

Time: 5h

Warnings: Steep descents.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Flat canal towpath, reservoir banks, open arable fields, wooded Chilterns hills and steep descents.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Time: 6h–12h

1 lunch spot: the Partridge (3h–6h 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.

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).

Good views. A varied mix of woodland, farmland and villages, well-waymarked and mostly on easy paths, with some pavement walking and country lanes near Amersham and Hyde Heath. There is one particularly narrow, muddy path that is hard to avoid, after heavy rain several stretches can develop deep and extensive mud. Follows a small part of the Ridgeway and some of the Chiltern Link.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Time: 4h30–9h

Lunch: There is a small village shop in Hyde Heath, but it is often closed.

Warnings: On the approach to Hyde Heath there is no pavement, forcing you onto the road or a narrow grass verge; take care. After rain some stretches develop deep mud, and a fallen tree may block the path near the Chesham–Missenden road.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A straightforward, mostly flat route with long stretches along the canal towpaths of the Aylesbury and Wendover arms of the Grand Union Canal and linked by well-marked public footpaths. Uneven surfaces in places. Follows the towpaths of the Aylesbury and Wendover arms of the Grand Union Canal. The route may change due to nearby construction.

Time: 3h–6h30

Warnings: Stiles and a very narrow bridge. The section between the Aylesbury arm and the A41 Tring Road, east of Manor Farm, can be very overgrown and difficult to follow.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: Extensive woodland.

Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Coombe Hill: A National Trust hilltop above Wendover giving spectacular views across the Aylesbury Vale.

Time: 3h30–6h30

2 lunch spots: the Russell Arms (1h30–2h30 in), or the Shoulder of Mutton (1h30–2h30 in)

4 end-of-walk rewards: the King & Queen, the Bel & The Dragon at the Red Lion, the White Swan, or the George and Dragon

Source: Trains2Green.

Wooded hills, fields, Chiltern escarpment and shortened via Cross Coppice.

Time: 4h

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Wendover Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Wooded hills, escarpment and with alternative ending via Coombe Hill from Ellesborough.

Coombe Hill: A National Trust hilltop above Wendover giving spectacular views across the Aylesbury Vale.

Source: An alternative variant of Wendover Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Wooded hills, fields, Chiltern escarpment and descending to Monk's Risborough.

Time: 3h30

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Wendover Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).