Walks you can reach from Islip by train
Oxfordshire · South East England
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Wendover to Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Islip.
Highly recommended: Really beautiful rolling woodlands with a cosy family-run pub lunch and a saunter through Chequers. Mostly secluded.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
View of Chequers (2h in)
2 lunch spots: Buckmoorend Farm Shop (1h45 in; outdoor seating and light meals only, e.g. burgers, sausage rolls, ice cream, hot drinks), but really high quality!), or the Swan (2h45 in; cosy old family-run pub with great food)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Bird in Hand
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Princes Risborough Circular via Ninn Wood (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Islip.
Recommended
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
1 lunch spot: the Black Horse (1h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: Wheat Field, or the Bird in Hand
Source: Trains2Green.
Oxford Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Islip.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes and historic squares.
Pitt Rivers Museum (2h45 in)
Oxford (3h15 in)
4 lunch spots: Wolvercote (1h15 in) — the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn; plus the Perch (30 mins in), or the Anchor (2h 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.
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Islip.
Sloping fields, beech woods, hamlets, upmarket farms, cottages and two short steep hills with fine views.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Haddenham and Thame Parkway Circular via Brill (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Islip.
Rolling arable farmland, hilltop villages, hayfields, meadows, pastures and far-reaching panoramic views.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
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 Islip.
Flat Thame Valley farmland, tranquil hamlets, pastures, community woodland and stately mansion grounds.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Radley to Oxford (Berkshire)
15 minutes direct from Islip.
Riverside path and flat and easy-going; surfaced.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Thames.
Warnings: Can be very muddy or boggy; Sections prone to flooding after heavy rain.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Saunderton to Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Islip.
Rolling Chiltern Hills, open ridge and secluded valleys.
Source: An alternative variant of Saunderton via Bledlow Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).
Haddenham and Thame Parkway to Aylesbury Vale Parkway (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes direct from Islip.
Thame Valley floodplain, energetic climbs, open vistas, Rothschild estate parkland and tree-lined avenue.
Source: An alternative variant of Haddenham to Aylesbury via Waddesdon (Saturday Walkers Club).