16.3 km 10.1 miles Difficulty 5/10
A Chilterns walk including a large beech wood, four interesting churches and the village of Little Missenden. After tea in Old Amersham, you reach the station via another wood.
Trains:
Get the 09:57 Aylesbury Vale Parkway train from Marylebone arriving at Great Missenden at 10:40.
A rail return to Great Missenden will suffice. This limits you to Chiltern trains back from Amersham at xx:11 and xx:41
A Tfl zones 1-9 travelcard (or Freedom Pass) plus a rail single from Amersham to Great Missenden on the way out (see notes) would allow you to return by either tube or train. Tubes leave for Baker Street at xx:22 and xx:52
Lunch
The recommended pub is The Squirrel in Penn Street 01494 711291
The nearby Hit or Miss is also suitable 01494 713109
There are earlier - possibly too earlier - pubs in Little Missenden, The Red Lion 01494 862876 and The Crown 01494 862571
Tea:
Seasons Cafe Deli in Old Amersham - recommended but limited seating.
Old Amersham also has pubs. The Crown Inn and the Kings Arms are two.
Were you to delve deeper into ‘new’ Amersham (up past the station), you would find a Mad Squirrel micropub on Sycamore Road.
Directions: here
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1 comment:
N=5 on a w=hot-sunny day
By the time Gt Missenden church was reached, Mr Tiger was trailing slightly. Just enough to spot the advance party racing up the wrong hill (an easy temptation om this walk). Gesticulation and shouting had to be deployed to steer them back on course. (Oh for a sheepdog!) For a while, Mr Tiger was in front, but that heady, smug moment wasn’t to last, and he was soon behind again. ‘Sigh’.
It’s a long way to lunch if you’re aiming for Penn Street. 3 patronised the Hit or Miss and 2 picnicked and went ahead. They were selling Nettle Ale. “Can’t taste the nettles” grumbled Mr Tiger, but what would he know? The two who ate there enjoyed their massive meals.
No tea stop in Amersham, just straight on to the station.
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