Saunderton via Wheeler End Circular
Length: 16km/9.9 miles
The early part of this walk follows the short walk variation of book 2, walk 3, Saunderton via West Wycombe. It then strikes out to the south, taking in completely new Chiltern’s territory, to a lunch pub near the M40. The afternoon returns across rolling countryside to Saunderton station. Instructions can be found in a pdf link at the top of the main page for book 2, walk 3 or click here.
Chesham Circular
Length: 11.8km/7.3 miles
A circular walk in this gentle part of the Chilterns that uses book 2, walk 4, Chesham to Great Missenden as its starting point. Instructions can be found in a pdf link at the top of the main page for book 2, walk 4 or click here.
Great Missenden Circular
Length: 16km/10 miles
You need the instructions for both book 1, walk 5, Great Missenden to Amersham, and book 2, walk 4, Chesham to Great Missenden to do this Chilterns walk: a pdf link at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 4 gives you instructions on how to link the two walks, or click here.
Cambridge Circular
Length: 15km/9.4 miles
This is a circular version of book 1, walk 26 which takes in the Cambridge Colleges, Granchester and its tea gardens, and then loops back into the city. Directions can be found in the revised directions for this walk (a pdf at the top of the main web page for book 1, walk 26), or click here.
Kintbury Circular
Length: 23km/14.3 miles
After following the morning of book 2, walk 9, Kintbury to Great Bedwyn, this route loops back to the starting station, exploring new reaches of the Berkshire countryside. See the link to the pdf document at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 9, or click here.
Riddlesdown to Kingswood
Length: 15km/9.3 miles
This walk combines the alternative Riddlesdown start to book 2, walk 15 Coulsdon South Circular with an new ending to Kingswood, exploring a beautiful area of the North Downs just to the south of London. For directions see the link at the top of main web page for book 2, walk 15, or click here.
These directions can also be used to do a Coulsdon South to Kingswood walk of 12.4km (7.7 miles), using the walk 15 directions as far as the lunch pub, and the Riddlesdown to Kingswood directions thereafter.
Sole Street Circular
Length: 13.5km/8.4 miles
A completely new start to book 2, walk 17, Snodland to Sole Street, which has the virtue of turning it into a circular walk, and highlighting new delights of this unknown corner of the North Downs. For directions, see the New Walk Options or Download links at the top of the main web page for this walk, or click here.
Wadhurst to Robertsbridge
Length: 34km/21 miles
Listed as the Wadhurst Long Walk, this variation on book 2, walk 18 is a long and energetic ramble through the hilly Weald. Starting it by using Extra Walk 5, Wadhurst via Bewl Water as far as the reservoir cuts out two or three miles in the morning. For directions see the Download link at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 18, or click here.
Stonegate to Robertsbridge
Length: from 12.5km/7.75 miles to 29km/18 miles
Various options are outlined in the Stonegate Variations document, which can be found by clicking on the Stonegate Variations link at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 19, Stonegate Circular, or click here. This is classic Weald territory - woods and pasture and plenty of hills.
Robertsbridge to Battle
Length: 17.2km/10.7 miles
Only the very start of this walk uses book 2 instructions – from the short walk of book 2, walk 20, Robertsbridge Circular. There is a fairly long morning through woodland that is alive with wood anemones and bluebells in April, before lunch in a picturesque village. The shorter afternoon offers an intriguingly direct approach into the heart of the historic Battle. The directions can be found at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 20, or click here:
Dunbridge to Romsey
Length: 12km/7.4 miles
A walk that figured in the original version of book one and was later dropped. It passes National Trust-owned Mottisfont Abbey in a quiet corner of Hampshire, and takes in part of the Test Way before ending in the abbey town of Romsey. Available as a link under Book 1, walk 3, or click here:
Arundel Circular
Length: 14.5km/9 miles
This walk combines the start of book 1, walk 32, Arundel to Amberley, with the end of book 2, walk 22, Amberley to Arundel. The morning part of the walk takes you across the grounds of Arundel Castle: in the afternoon you see the castle itself, rising dramatically above the water meadows of the river Arun. Tips on how to do this can be found by clicking on the link on the main web page for book 1, walk 32, or click here.
Lewes to Saltdean
Length: 15.5km/9.6 miles.
After taking the book 2, walk 24 route to lunch in Rodmell, this walk continues south over the South Downs to the sea at Saltdean, on the outskirts of Brighton. For details see the pdf link at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 24, or click here:
It is also possible to use this ending for the Lewes via West Firle walk, which gives a total, walk of 23.7km/14.7 miles
Lewes to Brighton via Rottingdean
Length: 18.7km/11.7 miles
This uses part of the morning of the Lewes via Rodmell walk, and the diverts down across the heart of the South Downs to lunch in the village of Rottingdean, ending with a walk along the seafront into Brighton. For details see the pdf link at the top of the main web page for book 2, walk 24, or click here.
Lewes to Berwick
Length: 17.5km/11 miles
Branching off the Lewes via West Firle route, this walk travels along the foot of the downs to Charleston Farmhouse and Berwick Church, both associated with the Bloomsbury Group. For details see the pdf at the top of the main web page for book two, walk 25, or click here.
Rye Circular
Length: 18km/11.5 miles
This interesting exploration of the hills, ancient towns and marshlands around Rye starts with the new walk directions from Rye to Winchelsea, which are available as a link on the main web page for book 1, walk 25 (or click here). You can either use these to link into the main book 1, walk 25 directions from Winchelsea station, or follow the route in the alternative directions to lunch at Icklesham, and then pick up the book 1, walk 25 directions there. Once you get to the road at Pett Level, you turn left on it switch to book 2, walk 29 at point [4] for a return to Rye via Winchelsea
