Walking in Buckinghamshire

For me, walking is a means of escape from the modern world. I live on the western edge of London, just a few minutes drive from the M40, my escape route to Bucks, Berks and Wiltshire. I have been a regular weekend and holiday walker for over 20 years and have covered Bucks and Berks for Country Walking magazine's 'Down Your Way' section since 1990. On holidays further afield, I have been walking on Skye, the Torridon Hills, Austria, Italy (the Dolomites and the Abruzzo), France, Andorra and the Alpujarras. What I love about walking in these areas is the variety of scenery, the Chiltern beechwoods in Autumn, pretty villages with traditional pubs serving real ale, the tranquil Kennett & Avon canal and the downlands of West Berkshire and Wiltshire. In the summer, walking on the Downs has dream like qualities with wide blue skies and little fluffy clouds, while on a dull winters day with light rain brings out a more sinister character. Wiltshire is the county of myths and legends, the mystical west! with white horses on the downs overlooking the villages, Avebury and other prehistoric monuments.

Map: location of walks Introduction Walk 1 - Olney: Olney - Emberton - Sherington - Emberton - Olney Walk 2 - Whaddon Chase: Whaddon - Little Horwood - Whaddon Walk 3 - Stowe Landscape Gardens Walk 4 - Wing: Wing - Aston Abbotts - Wingrave - Wing Walk 5 - The Claydons: East Claydon - Romer Wood - Middle Claydon - East Claydon Walk 6 - Quainton: East Claydon - Hogshaw Farm - Quainton - East Claydon Walk 7 - Waddesdon: Waddesdon - Upper Winchendon - Westcott - Waddesdon Walk 8 - Brill: Brill - Rushbeds Wood Nature Reserve - Brill Walk 9 - Thame Valley: Nether Winchendon - Cuddington - Dinton - Nether Winchendon Walk 10 - Bledlow: Longwick - Horsenden - Bledlow - The Ford - Longwick Walk 11 - Great Kimble: Great Kimble - Askett - Meadle - Kimble Wick - Great Kimble Walk 12 - Coombe and Whiteleaf Hills: Coombe Hill - Ellesborough - Whiteleaf Hill - Buckmoorend - Coombe Hill Walk 13 - Wendover Woods: Wendover Woods - Buckland Wood - Ridgeway - Wendover Woods Walk 14 - Chesham Ridges: Chesham - Chartridge - Asheridge - Bellingdon - Hawridge - Chesham Walk 15 - Chess Valley: Chesham - Ley Hill - Latimer - Chesham Walk 16 - Chalfont and Seer Green: Chalfont St. Giles - Chalfont St. Peter - Seer Green - Hodgemoor Woods - Chalfont St. Giles Walk 17 - Little Missenden: Amersham (Shardelodes) - Mop End - Holmer Green - Little Missenden - Amersham Walk 18 - The Hampden Country: Little Hampden - Hampden Bottom - Lodge Wood - Great Hampden - Little Hampden Walk 19 - ughenden: Hughenden - Downley - Naphill - Speen - Piggott's Wood - Cryers Hill - Hughenden Walk 20 - West Wycombe and Bradenham: West Wycombe - Saunderton - Bradenham - West Wycombe Walk 21 - Stokenchurch: Stokenchurch - Radnage - 'The City' - Stokenchurch Walk 22 - West Wycombe to Fingest: West Wycombe - Wheeler End - Fingest - Piddington - West Wycombe Walk 23 - Fingest, Ibstone and Turville: Fingest - Ibstone - Turville Heath - Turville - Fingest Walk 24 - Hambleden to Skirmett: Hambleden - Fawley - Skirmett - Hambleden Walk 25 - Hambleden to Marlow: Hambleden - Homefield Wood - Marlow - Medmenham - Hambleden Walk 26 - Lane End to Marlow: Lane End - Moor Wood -Bovingdon Green - Chisbridge Cross - Lane End Walk 27 - Wooburn: Wooburn - Littleworth Common - Wooburn Walk 28 - Cliveden: Cliveden Gardens Walk 29 - Boveney and Dorney: Boveney - Dorney - River Thames - Boveney Walk 30 - Black Park and Langley Park: Black Park - Langley Park - Black Park Walk 31 - Iver: Iver - Grand Union Canal (Slough Branch) - Huntsmoor Park - Iver Walk 32 - Denham and the Grand Union Canal: Denham Country Park - Denham - Grand Union Canal - Denham Country Park Further Reading