Walks you can reach from Wembley by train

Gently rolling wooded hills, open fields, Buckinghamshire countryside, parkland and golf course.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Milton's Cottage

Chalfont Saint Giles

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.

Way-marked trail through the Ver and Colne Valleys and linking all seven Abbey Line stations — can be done end-to-end or as individual sections with a train hop back.

Warnings: Sections can become waterlogged after heavy rain, sometimes without obvious alternative routes.

Walk details: the Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

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).

A beautiful walk with views and woodlands, quite idyllic in many places. An undulating route with some long climbs and steep parts (around 30%), mostly on woodland paths and a few minor single-track roads, joining the Chiltern Way and passing through Horton Wood and Keep Hill Wood. Stairs, gates, narrow and a few overgrown paths and fallen trees to hop over; finishes across The Rye park. Joins a stretch of the Chiltern Way and sensibly tunnels under the busy A404. The Rye has a picturesque watermill.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 3h–6h

1 lunch spot: the Three Horseshoes

Warnings: Long, steep climbs and some narrow, overgrown paths; a footpath may be closed for tree felling near Marlow.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A scenic, varied route starting through woods, then alongside lakes and the Grand Union Canal, with field and woodland sections in between. Some woods are steep in places and the canal walking is easy and beautiful. Several stiles. Ongoing HS2 works add diversions and length to the route. Bury Lake has benches for watching wildlife.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 3h–6h30

Warnings: After rain the section leaving the canal towards West Hyde can flood to above mid-calf depth, and the woodland near the HS2 works gets very muddy. A short section runs alongside a busy road on a bark-mulched verge.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A varied, undulating walk over fields, through woods and across a golf course, with quiet lanes and a few short steep hills and a couple of muddy patches. Many stiles and narrow sections make it inaccessible to wheels. Look out for golf balls when crossing Gerrards Cross Golf Club.

Time: 3h–5h30

Warnings: A dual carriageway is crossed shortly after leaving Gerrards Cross, though it has a large central reservation; the A413 must be crossed near Gerrards Cross at the end. Some stiles are rickety.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

An absolutely delightful route; some lovely views. A varied Chiltern Hills walk with a nice mix of town, woodland and farmland, including extensive woodland outside Beaconsfield and gentle climbs. A short stretch of road walking on Magpie Lane, rough footpaths with tree roots underfoot that can be muddy and boggy after rain and especially in the woods. No stiles. Crosses the Chiltern Way. Chenies-area deer and other wildlife are often seen.

Time: 2h30–5h

1 lunch spot: the Harte & Magpies

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Some beautiful sights, wonderful woods and pleasant paths; some great views and many bluebells. Mostly footpaths, many narrow and overgrown with barbed-wire or high fences on one or both sides, plus quiet roads, a golf course crossing and lovely beech woods. Some short and steep hills and stiles; can be muddy in wet weather. A long flight of stairs at the Beaconsfield end. Passes through Jordans, a Quaker village, and touches on Seer Green.

Time: 2h30–4h30

Warnings: A roughly 100m section runs along a fairly busy road (Bull Lane) with no verge or pavement; care needed, or detour right along Bull Lane where there is a pavement. The route crosses a golf course where balls may come head-on. Narrow paths likely muddy in wet weather.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Around 70% off-road, following the Chilterns Heritage Trail and the Chiltern Way through countryside, with the road sections (in High Wycombe and Tylers Green and Coleshill) likely to have pavements or grassy-verge pavements. A footbridge crosses the busy A413. Follows the Chilterns Heritage Trail and the Chiltern Way, well-tended long-distance paths. Good selection of mid-route stops and bus stops at Tylers Green, Winchmore Hill and Coleshill.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 4h–7h30

Lunch: Mid-route stops at Tylers Green, Winchmore Hill and Coleshill, though the Coleshill pub is a 25-minute walk from the bus stop.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A varied walk through changing landscapes: urban alleys ('jitties'), forest, farmland and a long section beside water along the Wye valley into High Wycombe. Some short, steep and muddy sections and several stiles and kissing gates. Largely follows the Chiltern Way and then the Berkshire Loop.

Time: 2h30–5h

Warnings: The lower part of Hammersley Lane has no footpath where it passes under the railway bridge; this short section can be avoided via Kingsmead Rec.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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.

Gorgeous nature reserves and rural estates. A varied route taking in nature reserves and rural estates alongside roads, former tips and unusual edge-land spaces. Stiles, narrow paths, broken gates and mud and deep puddles; Stoke Common is boggy either side of the path. Some grassland sections with grazing livestock. Passes through Stoke Common nature reserve (boggy, with a Scandinavian feel) and Bulstrode Park, plus Gerrards Cross Common. A road with pavement passes close to shops in Stoke Poges.

Time: 3h–6h

Lunch: Shops close to the route in Stoke Poges.

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a quarter of the walk. The B416 out of Slough is busy, with a pavement that becomes narrow and close to traffic. Crossing a busy road later, plus a long stretch beside a busy road with a narrow path against a wall to enter Slough. Mud and deep puddles persist even in dry spells; fields with cows.

Walk details: Slow Ways.