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This is an archive of walks done by the Saturday Walker's Club. You should only need to use this page if the SWC website is down.

Saturday, 21 February 2026

Saturday Walk - Beaconsfield Circular


Length: 12.1 miles / 19.5 km

Exertion: 4 out of 10

A walk through gently rolling wooded hills in Buckinghamshire, it passes the cottage of the poet John Milton in Chalfont St Giles, as well as Jordans, a hamlet with Quaker links. Apparently a stile free walk.

Trains : 09.52 direct train from London Marylebone; 10.02 Wembley Stadium; 10.08 Northolt; 10.15 Sth Ruislip; 10.19 West Ruislip arriving Beaconsfield at 10.37.   Return trains at xx:04, xx:42, plus a slow service at xx:10.

Full directions for walk, GPX, map and options for shortening the walk can be found here https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/beaconsfield-circular/

Lunch : There are a couple of pubs in Chalfont St Giles - Merlins Cave and The Feathers, or you can get a sandwich at The Deli.

Tea: For tea in Beaconsfield, the choices are:

  • La Cape just before the railway bridge, open until 5pm, Monday to Saturday. Serves tea and sweet stuff
  • Costa Coffee in Station Road.

 

L=1.10


1 comment:

branchline said...

12 of us met on the platform of Beaconsfield station, and 1 joined us later in the walk so #13 in all. Three walkers soon peeled off and I assume did a variation of the walk. The weather was #cloudy-and-warm and there was quite a bit of tarmac in the section after lunch so not too muddy. It was a very nice walk in the morning through woods and fields. Four of us had lunch in Chalfont St Giles in Merlins Cave joined by 3 others who had drinks. We became a bit dispersed after lunch, and met 4 other walkers en route who were catching the train at Jordans Seer Green station. The section through the Quaker village was interesting. Two of us had tea in Costa and 4 in Gails, in Beaconsfield and then met up to walk to the station and caught the 5.04 train. An incident on the train (non fare payers) delayed us a bit, but there was much jollity and chatter in our carriage despite this.