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View from Chiltern Escarpment
View from Chiltern Escarpment

May-04 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Wendover Circular

The Chilterns: gentle wooded hills and ridges.

Branches, view
Branches, view

Saunderton to Bledlow

Feb-12 • moontiger • On flickr

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Saunderton via Bledlow Circular

The Chilterns: the Ridgeway Path over an open ridge, returning by peaceful and secluded valleys.

Book 2, Walk 3, Saunderton Circular via West Wycombe
Book 2, Walk 3, Saunderton Circular via West Wycombe

Dashwood Mausoleum, Church of St Lawrence, 28 Oct 2005

Oct-05 • MEW2005 • On flickr

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Saunderton via West Wycombe Circular

The Chilterns: wooded forests (very muddy in winter), Hughenden Manor (NT), West Wycombe Caves (of Hellfire club fame), finishing with a short ridge walk

The Lee lunchtime stop
The Lee lunchtime stop

Feb-05 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Chesham to Great Missenden

Undulating Chilterns walk close to London with lunch in The Lee, a charming village, and the woods of Frith Hill to finish.

Flat Isley, Ashridge Estate
Flat Isley, Ashridge Estate

May-17 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Tring Circular

The Chilterns: An open ridge walk to Ivinghoe Beacon, gentle forests, and a classic village pub for tea.

Woods near Bix winter
Woods near Bix winter

Henley via Stonor walk

Jan-06 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Henley via Stonor Circular

Long walk through the Chilterns over gentle rolling grassy hills. Historic riverside Henley for tea.

Henley bridge
Henley bridge

Henley via Hambleden walk

Oct-10 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Henley via Hambleden Circular

The Thames path in the morning. Gentle woodland after lunch in an NT Village, Historic riverside Henley for tea.

Not quite still life in Marlow
Not quite still life in Marlow

Thames

Oct-15 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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Marlow Circular

The Thames path in the morning, a classic pub for lunch, gentle hill afterwards.

The North Wessex Downs, England
The North Wessex Downs, England

Kintbury to Great Bedwyn walk, The North Wessex Downs, The Test way, Berkshire, England, Europe, swcwalks, book2 walk9, Time Out Country Walks Volume 2, Walk 9, tocw:2:9, Canon 5D, 24-70 lens, _MG_7867_800px

Feb-09 • Jim Shannon • On flickr

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Kintbury to Great Bedwyn

Quiet fields before lunch, the Test Way (a long, open, ridge walk, potentially muddy), and a pretty forest walk to return to pretty, canalside Bedwyn.

Chawton House (from the permissive path)
Chawton House (from the permissive path)

Alton Circular walk

Oct-25 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Alton Circular

Long but gentle walk visiting Selborne and Chawton, which inspired Jane Austen (writer) and Gilbert White (naturalist)

View towards Hawkley
View towards Hawkley

Oct-04 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Petersfield to Liss

Shoulder of Mutton Hill (steep, fine view) and a very walker friendly pub

Farm near Guildford
Farm near Guildford

Oct-04 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Guildford to Farnham

A river valley, gentle pastures, Watts Gallery, woods, remote heathlands and heather covered moors.

Old Simm's Copse, near Gomshall, Surrey
Old Simm's Copse, near Gomshall, Surrey

Apr-17 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Guildford to Gomshall

Historic Guildford, The North Downs Way and St Martha-on-the-Hill Church, picturesque Shere. Option to continue along the NDW to Dorking

Denbies Wine Estate
Denbies Wine Estate

Effingham to Westhumble walk

Mar-16 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Effingham Junction to Westhumble

Polesden Lacy (dramatic NT country house) for lunch, steep woods opening out onto the North Downs Ridge, and an English vineyard for tea

Book 2, Walk 15b, Riddlesdown to Coulsdon South
Book 2, Walk 15b, Riddlesdown to Coulsdon South

The Route. Opposite where the recently demolished Rose & Crown stood. D.Allen Vivitar 5199mp

Jan-06 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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Riddlesdown to Coulsdon South

Happy Valley and Farthing Down, close to London (Zone 6)

A view north to Ide Hill
A view north to Ide Hill

Sep-08 • stuleeds • On flickr

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Hurst Green to Chiddingstone Causeway

Long. The Greensand Way through remote wooded hills, passing Chartwell (Churchill, NT), Toys and Ide Hills. Gentle fields to finish.

View during morning
View during morning

May-05 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Snodland to Sole Street

The North Downs, hilly with views after lunch, and tranquil Luddesdown for tea.

In the woods 2
In the woods 2

Wadhurst Circular

Jun-11 • moontiger • On flickr

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Wadhurst Circular

The High Weald, quiet countryside - woods and rolling hills, the Sussex Border Path, and historic Mayfield for lunch.

View into the valley
View into the valley

Nearing Burwash Stonegate to Robertsbridge

Feb-10 • moontiger • On flickr

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Stonegate Circular

Remote, rolling Hills, Burwash for Lunch and Batemans (NT, Rudyard Kipling's home)

Book 2, Walk 20, Robertsbridge Circular
Book 2, Walk 20, Robertsbridge Circular

Mark R guarding the battlements of Bodiam Castle, 19 March 2005.

Mar-05 • MEW2005 • On flickr

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Robertsbridge Circular

Quiet, rolling hills, Bodiam Castle (NT), with a gentler finish.

Scarecrow
Scarecrow

Nov-06 • msganching • On flickr

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Pluckley Circular

Gentle walk through quiet Kent Orchards with ancient pubs - Darling Buds of May territory. Hilly afternoon options.

Scene through trees
Scene through trees

Amberley to Arundel

Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr

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Amberley to Arundel

South Downs in the morning, then follows the river Arun to Historic Arundel (Castle, Cathedral)

Start of the Valley Ending
Start of the Valley Ending

Hassocks to Upper Beeding walk

Aug-16 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Hassocks to Upper Beeding

3 steep hills with fine views before lunch at Devil's Dyke. A gentle ridge walk in the afternoon to Upper Beeding (short bus ride to Shoreham station)

First view of the downs
First view of the downs

Lewes to Saltdean walk

Sep-18 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Lewes to Saltdean

South Downs Way along a chalk ridge in the morning, remote Rodmell for lunch, then back up and over the downs to the coast. Undercliff path, or bus to Brighton

The trig point on the downs near Southease
The trig point on the downs near Southease

Jan-05 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Lewes via West Firle Circular

Long. A steep hill (views) to Glynde. Lunch in quiet West Firle, then the South Downs Way (chalk ridge), with a flat valley walk back to historic Lewes

Horses, fields
Horses, fields

Lewes to Seaford (composite route)

Jul-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Southease to Seaford

A loop to Rodmell for lunch, then up and across the South Downs. Finishes by the sea.

Long man of Wilmington
Long man of Wilmington

Berwick to Eastbourne

Jun-08 • moontiger • On flickr

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Berwick to Eastbourne

A reservoir, then the South Downs Way past pretty villages (Jevington and Wilmington) and a ridge walk.

Book 2, Walk 28, Seaford to Eastbourne
Book 2, Walk 28, Seaford to Eastbourne

The Seven Sisters from Birling Gap, 23 Sept 2006

Sep-06 • MEW2005 • On flickr

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Seaford to Eastbourne

The best walk in the Southeast! A dramatic cliff walk passing Cuckemere Haven, the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head as the South Downs meets the sea. Ends with Eastbourne's promenade and pier.

Hastings Old Town
Hastings Old Town

Aug-04 • Peter Conway • On flickr

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Hastings to Rye

Seaside Hastings, a hilly cliff walk with 4 steep climbs and a remote naturist beach. Gentle afternoon to historic Winchelsea and Rye via a noted viewpoint.

Looking back to St Margarets
Looking back to St Margarets

Jun-12 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr

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Dover to Deal

Easy cliff walk following the Saxon Shore Way along the 'White Cliffs of Dover' to historic Deal