Walks you can reach from Chorleywood by train
Hertfordshire · South East England
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Wendover Circular via Great Kimble (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
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).
Princes Risborough to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
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.
Great Missenden to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
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)
15 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
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).
Tring to Wendover (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
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.
Great Missenden to Amersham (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
Open Chilterns farmland, beech woods, rolling fields, quiet villages and a ridge approach to old Amersham.
Time: 5h–9h30
3 lunch spots: the Crown Inn (1h30–3h30 in), the Hit or Miss (2h30–5h30 in), or the Potters Arms (2h30–5h30 in)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
45 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
Rolling hills, pastures, hay meadows, river valleys, quiet hilltop villages and a long canal towpath stretch into a historic town centre.
Time: 5h30
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)
15 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
Undulating Chilterns, sloping fields, woods, hamlets, village greens and beech woodland on Frith Hill.
St John the Baptist Church: Historic parish church.
Time: 5h
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 Chorleywood.
Flat Thame Valley farmland, tranquil hamlets, pastures, community woodland and stately mansion grounds.
Time: 5h
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Amersham Circular via Chalfont Saint Giles (Buckinghamshire)
8 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
Mostly just a succession of unremarkable fields.
Time: 4h–8h30
1 lunch spot: the Merlins Cave (2h–4h in)
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Chequers Inn, the Saracens Head, the Elephant and Castle, the Eagle, or the Swan
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Amersham to Berkhamsted (Buckinghamshire)
8 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
Really quite stunning; a lot more scenic than I expected; bluebell woods. A beautiful but poorly plotted route through fields, lanes and bluebell woods, with steep hills, some muddy sections and a crossing of the River Chess with a small waterfall. Several busy fast roads must be crossed without clearly marked footpaths, one path is reached through a narrow, steep, muddy gap in a hedge. The plotting draws straight lines where turns exist and so it is longer than stated; allow extra time. Fairly demanding.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–7h30
Warnings: A couple of very busy, fast roads (including the A41 and B4505) must be crossed without clearly marked footpaths, with some verge walking; the path on the far side can be a hidden gap in the hedge. A neglected kissing gate has a big step down. Steep hills and muddy sections. The route is under-plotted, so allow more time than the stated distance suggests.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Amersham to Gerrards Cross (Buckinghamshire)
8 minutes direct from Chorleywood.
Very beautiful, an idyllic walk. A mostly flat walk through the open Misbourne valley with steep hills at both ends, following the South Bucks Way along compacted-mud field paths with tree roots and stones and between beech woods and across fields. The paths can be muddy and slippery after rain; a steep paved climb leads up through woods at the Amersham end. Largely follows the South Bucks Way along the River Misbourne. There are gates but no stiles. Can be broken at Chalfont St Giles or Chalfont St Peter.
Time: 3h–6h30
Lunch: Places to stop for refreshments at Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter, Chalfont St Giles and Old Amersham.
Walk details: Slow Ways.