Walks you can reach from Marylebone by train
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Wendover Circular via Great Kimble (Buckinghamshire)
45 minutes direct from Marylebone.
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)
45 minutes direct from Marylebone.
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)
45 minutes direct from Marylebone.
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)
45 minutes direct from Marylebone.
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)
45 minutes direct from Marylebone.
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.
Beaconsfield Circular via Chalfont St Giles (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Marylebone.
Gently rolling wooded hills, open fields, Buckinghamshire countryside, parkland and golf course.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 5h–10h
2 lunch spots: Chalfont Saint Giles (2h30–5h 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.
Haddenham and Thame Parkway Circular via Brill (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Marylebone.
Rolling arable farmland, hilltop villages, hayfields, meadows, pastures and far-reaching panoramic views.
Time: 6h30
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)
1 hour direct from Marylebone.
Open fields, Cotswold villages, long views and gentle countryside.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Gerrards Cross to Cookham (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Marylebone.
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).
Chorleywood to Chesham (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Marylebone.
Chess Valley, Chiltern Hills, hill climbs, panoramic views, woods, celandine and bluebell woods, valley rim permissive path and suburban finish.
Warnings: Can flood after rain.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Chalfont & Latimer to Chorleywood (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Marylebone.
The chalk-stream Chess Valley, valley-side footpaths and woodland, through the villages of Flaunden and Sarratt to Chorleywood.
The Chess Valley: A scenic Chilterns valley carved by the chalk-stream River Chess, threaded by footpaths between Chesham and Rickmansworth.
Walk details: Walk by Rail (tips and local insights).
Amersham to Chorleywood (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Marylebone.
Brilliant views over the Chess Valley; the unique yellow gold of autumn beeches shining in the low sun. A wooded Chilterns walk crossing open land, field edges and well-made farm tracks, with great views over the Chess Valley. Underfoot is variable — soft mud or grass in the open, exposed and sometimes hidden tree roots in the woods, tiring stony bases on the farm tracks. Can be deeply muddy when wet and but no long climbs. Spectacular for snowdrops, bluebells and daffodils in season; muntjac deer present. No facilities between the two towns apart from benches.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
The Chess Valley: A scenic Chilterns valley carved by the chalk-stream River Chess, threaded by footpaths between Chesham and Rickmansworth.
Time: 2h30–5h
Lunch: No facilities between the towns apart from benches; shops at either end.
Warnings: Slippery, sometimes deep mud after wet weather — good boots advised. One fast-traffic crossing of the A404 (Amersham Road). Confusing signposting near Whitelands Wood at the Chorleywood end.
Walk details: Walk by Rail (tips and local insights).