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Wendover to Old Swan Pub
Visorando Member 
7.05 mi
+535 ft
-548 ft
3h 40
Moderate
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
Circular walk from Wendover to the pub at Swan Bottom, across fields and through woods.
The Toughest Climb in the Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 
8.63 mi
+1,437 ft
-1,434 ft
5h 15
Difficult
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
A 130m climb up the north face of Coombe Hill is as tough as it gets round here. Starting in Wendover you visit several quieter summits before the big one and are rewarded for your efforts by lovely, varied scenery and great views.
Grims Ditch and Cobblers Pits, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 
9.83 mi
+791 ft
-797 ft
5h 15
Moderate
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
A varied walk taking in lovely woods, a hillfort, beautiful views over Aylesbury Vale and the peaceful Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Wendover Woods and Cobblers Pits, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 
7.05 mi
+518 ft
-525 ft
3h 40
Moderate
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
A varied walk climbing to a hillfort in Wendover woods with beautiful views over Aylesbury Vale. Return by the peaceful Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Wendover to Watlington, The Ridgeway the Other Way
Association / Club / Walk leader 17.69 mi
+1,260 ft
-1,306 ft
9h 15
Difficult
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
The Ridgeway the other way. The National Trail from NE to SW. This Stage 2 is the most undulating with several climbs in and out of valleys and is, therefore, the most strenuous part of The Ridgeway. The route climbs Coombe Hill, passes by Pulpit Hill fort and over Lodge Hill. Goes around Bledlow Great Wood near Chinnor to go along a disused railway and go underneath the M40. It goes along the bottom edge of the Chilterns scarp and passes Watlington Hill.
The Chiltern Link
Association / Club / Walk leader 
8.41 mi
+472 ft
-548 ft
4h 15
Easy
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
Follow an ancient trade route from Wendover to Chesham through open fields, lovely beech woodland and the peace and quiet of classic Chilterns countryside. Thanks to the Chiltern Society’s Donate-a-Gate scheme you can enjoy your walk without the need to clamber over stiles.
Wendover to The Plough at Cadsden
Visorando Member 5.28 mi
+568 ft
-479 ft
2h 55
Easy
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
This section of the walk takes you from Wendover down to Buckmoor End (where there is a pit stop and possibly a bacon sarnie!) across in front of Chequers through the nature reserve and over to The Plough at Cadsden.
Dancersend Wildlife Walk
Association / Club / Walk leader 
5.03 mi
+502 ft
-505 ft
2h 45
Moderate
Departure from Halton (Buckinghamshire)
This walk is about the treats that await you in and around Dancersend Nature Reserve. In spring bluebells, primroses and cowslips, in summer many species of butterflies and the Chiltern gentian, in autumn fungi and the trees with their colourful display and winter where the birds are easier to spot.
Little Hampden, Dunsmore and Coombe Hill
Association / Club / Walk leader 
5.29 mi
+440 ft
-440 ft
2h 50
Moderate
Departure from Great and Little Hampden (Buckinghamshire)
A beautiful ridge walk through Chiltern woodlands with some magnificent views as you pass over Coombe Hill.
Chequers to Little Kimble
Visorando Member 2.15 mi
+85 ft
-354 ft
1h 05
Easy
Departure from Ellesborough (Buckinghamshire)
The final stage crosses the Chequers estate along the Ridgeway westward for a short distance, then descends down the Chilterns to Little Kimble station for rail or bus services back to High Wycombe.
Ballinger and The Lee
Association / Club / Walk leader 5.07 mi
+187 ft
-203 ft
2h 30
Easy
Departure from Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
A mixed route on footpaths and tracks through fields and woodland, visiting the picturesque village green at The Lee.
Great Kimble, Pulpit Hill and Ellesborough
Association / Club / Walk leader 
3.84 mi
+486 ft
-486 ft
2h 10
Easy
Departure from Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh (Buckinghamshire)
This walk explores the diverse archaeology visible in just one square mile of the Chiltern Hills, visiting Pulpit Hill (an Iron Age Hillfort), the villages of Ellesborough, Great Kimble and Little Kimble, all with interesting churches and a deserted medieval village.
Prestwood and Cobblershill Farm
Association / Club / Walk leader 
5.14 mi
+453 ft
-423 ft
2h 45
Moderate
Departure from Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
The walk quickly leaves Prestwood and uses some of the less frequented paths to enjoy the beautiful countryside in the surrounding area. The route includes beautiful meadow views, woodland walking, and crosses the stunning glade to Hampden House.
Cholesbury Hillfort, Grim's Ditch & The Ridgeway
Association / Club / Walk leader 
6.73 mi
+312 ft
-289 ft
3h 20
Moderate
Departure from Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards (Buckinghamshire)
This walk explores the countryside surrounding the Cholesbury Hillfort taking in Dundridge Manor, attractive fields, beech woods, village churches, a section of the Ridgeway National Trail and the enigmatic Grim's Ditch.
Hampden Monument Route
Association / Club / Walk leader 
5.04 mi
+446 ft
-446 ft
2h 40
Moderate
Departure from Great and Little Hampden (Buckinghamshire)
This walk takes you through beautiful rolling countryside, past the home of an English Civil War hero and the monument erected in his memory.
Cholesbury Camp, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 3.87 mi
+253 ft
-230 ft
2h 00
Easy
Departure from Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards (Buckinghamshire)
The highlight is a visit to Cholesbury Camp, a well-preserved Iron Age hillfort now managed by the Chiltern Society. You will also discover a fascinating history that includes historic buildings, a generous vicar and a local hero who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Brush Hill and the Ridgeway
Association / Club / Walk leader 
6.09 mi
+856 ft
-863 ft
3h 35
Moderate
Departure from Great and Little Hampden (Buckinghamshire)
Visit two Chiltern Society run nature reserves, a very scenic stretch of the Ridgeway and woods blanketed with bluebells in spring.
Captain's Wood
Association / Club / Walk leader 
5.39 mi
+381 ft
-390 ft
2h 50
Easy
Departure from Chartridge (Buckinghamshire)
This wonderful, varied walk takes in ancient field patterns and hedges, old earthworks and the home of a famous author, as well as looking at the work carried out by Chiltern Society volunteers.
Chiltern 60k bike ride
Visorando Member 39.28 mi
+2,382 ft
-2,359 ft
7 hrs
Very difficult
Departure from Chartridge (Buckinghamshire)
This is a beautiful mostly scenic ride around the Chilterns, although high elevation and a couple of monstrous hills to overcome. This tour starts at Chesham and gives a beautiful tour of the surrounding areas and towns.
Drayton Beauchamp, Tring Parish
Visorando Member 4.57 mi
+217 ft
-220 ft
2h 15
Easy
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
A circular walk starting from Tring Town Centre.
Tring Park and beyond, Tring Parish
Visorando Member 6.52 mi
+440 ft
-423 ft
3h 25
Moderate
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
A circular walk starting from Tring Town Centre and exploring the historic parkland.
Tringford, Little Tring, Tring Parish
Visorando Member 3.15 mi
+102 ft
-98 ft
1h 30
Easy
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
A circular walk starting from Tring Town Centre.
Tring Station, Wigginton and Tring Park, Tring Parish
Visorando Member 4.77 mi
+325 ft
-325 ft
Duration unknown
Not specified
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
A circular walk starting from Tring Town Centre.
Stubbings Wood, Tring Parish
Visorando Member 2.98 mi
+390 ft
-390 ft
1h 45
Easy
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
A circular walk starting from Tring Town Centre and offering spectacular views.
Canals and Reservoirs, Tring Parish
Visorando Member 5.43 mi
+85 ft
-79 ft
2h 35
Easy
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
A circular wallk starting from Tring Town Centre.
Tring to Hastoe and back through Tring Park
Association / Club / Walk leader 4.30 mi
+387 ft
-384 ft
2h 20
Moderate
Departure from Tring (Hertfordshire)
Climb from the pretty market town of Tring to Hastoe and return through beautiful Tring Park a mix of mature woodland and parkland.
Princes Risborough Ridgeway Partnership
Association / Club / Walk leader 
7.04 mi
+558 ft
-528 ft
3h 45
Moderate
Departure from Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
A walk from Princes Risborough using the Ridgeway and the Chiltern Way to visit some of the local highlights.
Prestwood Route, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 5.79 mi
+325 ft
-328 ft
2h 55
Moderate
Departure from Hughenden (Buckinghamshire)
A wonderful opportunity to combine a stroll round Prestwood Nature Reserve with a lovely walk in the surrounding area. At Peterley Manor Farm there is the opportunity to do a little ‘pick your own’ for such delights as strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries and various vegetables.
Lacey Green Route
Association / Club / Walk leader 
4.66 mi
+413 ft
-417 ft
2h 30
Easy
Departure from Lacey Green (Buckinghamshire)
A beautiful walk with stunning views and quiet valleys. Pass through beech woods on the Bradenham estate before following a section of Grims Dyke. You can also see one of the Chiltern Society’s most important sites, Lacey Green Windmill.
Marsworth Canals and Reservoirs
Association / Club / Walk leader 
4.73 mi
+75 ft
-79 ft
2h 15
Easy
Departure from Marsworth (Buckinghamshire)
This walk is good for both ‘Arms’ and legs. Not only that, what better way to get some fresh air into your lungs than to explore the waterways near Tring? The route includes a visit to one of the best birdwatching sites in the area, Wilstone Reservoir.
Across the Tring Gap by Ridgeway and Chiltern Way
Association / Club / Walk leader 
9.34 mi
+758 ft
-755 ft
4h 55
Moderate
Departure from Aldbury (Hertfordshire)
Experience the Ridgeway and Chiltern Way on a walk linking the woods of Ashridge with the woods above Tring Park across the Bulbourne Valley (Tring Gap).
Ivinghoe Beacon & Ashridge, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 8.71 mi
+902 ft
-902 ft
4h 50
Moderate
Departure from Aldbury (Hertfordshire)
This walk follows the ancient Ridgeway with stunning views from the tops of both Pitstone Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon, before returning through the beautiful woodland of the National Trust’s Ashridge Estate.
Tring Park Wild
Tourist office 9.94 mi
+486 ft
-482 ft
5h 00
Moderate
Departure from Aldbury (Hertfordshire)
Enjoy scenic views, wooded valleys and ancient parkland on this 10km circular walk through the Chilterns. Starting in Tring, the walk takes in Dancersend nature reserve and the Ridgeway National Trail.
Tring Reservoirs Wild
Tourist office 6.72 mi
+102 ft
-98 ft
3h 10
Easy
Departure from Aldbury (Hertfordshire)
Stroll along the waterside and look for waterbirds on this gentle 13km walk. Starting at Tring railway station, it takes in College Lake nature reserve, a section of the Grand Union Canal and three reservoirs.
Holmer Green to Coleshill via Penn Wood
Visorando Member 
6.88 mi
+171 ft
-194 ft
3h 20
Moderate
Departure from Little Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
This is a delightful walk from Holmer Green (located between High Wycombe and Amersham) through Chilterns woodland, fields and tracks to Coleshill All Saints Church, where there are benches in the churchyard for a picnic. Return the same way.
Naphill Route, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 7.14 mi
+814 ft
-817 ft
4h 00
Moderate
Departure from Hughenden (Buckinghamshire)
A scenic walk around Naphill. Full of interest: there is a fascinating history of WWII codebreaking and you pass the home of a famous sculptor and a music camp.
Hughenen Manor to West Wycombe, Dashwood Mausoleum, Hellfire Caves
Association / Club / Walk leader 
6.08 mi
+741 ft
-735 ft
3h 25
Moderate
Departure from Hughenden (Buckinghamshire)
This circular offers heaps of views, wildlife spotting, and history preserved by the National Trust. It goes up and down the Chilterns hills and woodlands where end of May-June you can enjoy the bluebells. Keep your ears and eyes wide open listening to the whistling red kites or spot some pheasant or squirrels.
Amersham Family Walk
Association / Club / Walk leader 3.13 mi
+43 ft
-46 ft
1h 30
Easy
Departure from Amersham (Buckinghamshire)
This leisurely linear walk takes you along the edge of Shardeloes Lake with its many water birds and past the imposing Shardeloes Manor. It continues through fields by the River Misbourne with an optional extension to the picturesque village of Little Missenden with its ancient church, manor house, and pubs.
A Penn Circuit, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader 5.75 mi
+243 ft
-233 ft
2h 50
Easy
Departure from Penn (Buckinghamshire)
An undulating walk through woodland and arable farmland, via Penn House Estate, Common Wood and Penn Wood.
Ivinghoe and Pitstone Hill
Association / Club / Walk leader 
4.31 mi
+308 ft
-318 ft
2h 15
Moderate
Departure from Ivinghoe (Buckinghamshire)
A walk suitable for everyone. You start by climbing steadily until you are on top of Pitstone Hill from where you will have stunning views over the Vale of Aylesbury, the Ivinghoe Hills and the woods of Ashridge. On the way back to Ivinghoe you pass close to Pitstone Windmill.
Old Amersham to Chipperfield
Visorando Member 8.09 mi
+489 ft
-358 ft
4h 10
Easy
Departure from Amersham (Buckinghamshire)
A tough walk through the rolling Chiltern Hills taking in Chess Valley Walk, Chilterns Way and Hertfordshire Way. Starts in Old Amersham, near St Mary's Church. Big climb up to pass Martyrs Memorial on the hill above Amersham, then through Chiltern Forest, Latimer, Flaunden and Chipperfield Common to finish at the Two Brewers Inn, Chipperfield.
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- Aldbury
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- Ashley Green
- Aston Abbotts
- Aston Clinton
- Aston Sandford
- Aylesbury
- Beaconsfield
- Berkhamsted
- Berryfields
- Bierton
- Bledlow-cum-Saunderton
- Bradenham
- Broughton Hamlet
- Buckingham Park
- Buckland
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chalfont St. Peter
- Chartridge
- Cheddington
- Chepping Wycombe
- Chesham
- Chesham Bois
- Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards
- Coldharbour
- Coleshill
- Creslow
- Crowell
- Cublington
- Dacorum
- Dinton-with-Ford and Upton
- Downley
- Drayton Beauchamp
- Eaton Bray
- Edlesborough
- Ellesborough
- Fleet Marston
- Great and Little Hampden
- Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh
- Great Billington
- Great Missenden
- Halton
- Hardwick
- Hazlemere
- Hughenden
- Hulcott
- Ibstone
- Ivinghoe
- Kingsbrook
- Lacey Green
- Lane End
- Latimer and Ley Hill
- Little Chalfont
- Little Missenden
- Longwick-cum-Ilmer
- Marsworth
- Mentmore
- North Marston
- Northchurch
- Oving
- Penn
- Piddington and Wheeler End
- Pitchcott
- Pitstone
- Princes Risborough
- Radnage
- Seer Green
- Slapton
- Stoke Mandeville
- Stokenchurch
- Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell
- The Lee
- Totternhoe
- Tring
- Tring Rural
- Waddesdon
- Watermead
- Weedon
- West Wycombe
- Weston Turville
- Whitchurch
- Wigginton
- Wing
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