Ascent/Descent:
360 m; Net Walking Time: ca. 5 hours
Toughness:
6 out of 10
or
Length: 16.4 km (10.2 mi)
Ascent/Descent:
290 m; Net Walking Time: ca. 4 hours
Toughness:
4 out of 10
Take the 09.27 train from Marylebone to Aylesbury (Harrow-on-the-Hill
09.39, Rickmansworth 09.49 etc.),
arrives Wendover 10.15, for the full walk.
Or
the 09.57 Aylesbury Vale Parkway service, if walking the
short version.
Return
trains:
xx.02 and xx.32 hours (48 minutes journey
time). Buy a Wendover return ticket.
This
fairly energetic walk combines some of the finest elements of the Chiltern
Hills, while having very little overlap with other walks in the area. After
leaving Wendover in a south easterly direction on the Ridgeway the walk rises
into woods. It then passes along fields to get to the picturesque green in The
Lee, a conservation area village. From there it continues through woodland and
the beautiful Lee Common to a 16th century lunch pub at Swan Bottom.
The afternoon offers constantly changing scenery. It completely avoids
settlements and roads, mostly following grassy fields, while still passing
through a variety of varied and characterful woods. Several beautiful valleys
are crossed in between and the finish is a scenic descent into Great Missenden.
Lunch: Cock and Rabbit Inn with its
reassuringly (or frighteningly, depending on your perspective) traditional Graziemille
Restaurant (7.3 km/4.6 mi) or The Old Swan
in Swan Bottom (10.0 km/6.2 mi, food to 14.30). It is advisable to book
ahead for the latter.
For
walk directions, map, height profile, photos and gpx/kml
files click here.
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3 comments:
Hi Guys aiming to do the full walkof 13.4 miles and hope to see some of you. Shall board train at Harrow on Hill at 09.39.
Monica
n=8 on the early train on a w=sunny day. One left at the first short cut and part of the group missed a turning, but we met up again near the Cock & Rabbit. Remarkably for a Saturday walk, just two of us ate in The Swan. Not crowded with speedy & friendly service & great food. As we left the Swan, we met n=4 who were doing the later train option (but apparently not the short cut).
Very muddy in the first woods with forest operation churning up the track. The seven of us all met up again at the station for the return train to London. A great day out.
N=12 by the sound of it. (Note to those doing walk report: only one “n=“ allowed per walk report: the system does not do maths.)
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