Princes Risborough to Wendover walk
The Ridgeway, lovely views and the Chilterns.
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Princes Risborough to Wendover walk.
16.9 km (10.5 miles), 4 hours 30 minutes if detouring to the Swan pub in Smokey Row. If you by-pass Great Kimble, the walk length is 14.1 km (8.8 miles). You can reduce the walk length by a further 1 mile by taking the Ridgeway footpath route direct to Coombe Hill. For the whole outing, including trains, sights and meals, allow 8 hours.
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The Ridgeway, lovely views and the Chilterns. The Ridgeway Path through Chequers
Length 16.9 km (10.5 miles), 4 hours 30 minutes if detouring to the Swan pub in Smokey Row. If you by-pass Great Kimble, the walk length is 14.1 km (8.8 miles). You can reduce the walk length by a further 1 mile by taking the Ridgeway footpath route direct to Coombe Hill. For the whole outing, including trains, sights and meals, allow 8 hours.
Toughness 6 out of 10.
OS Maps
Explorer 181 or Landranger 165. Princes Risborough, map reference SP 799 027, is in Buckinghamshire, 11km south of Aylesbury.
Features
This walk is easy to follow, being mainly along the Ridgeway and is very much uphill and downhill, but not strenuously so. The way is predominantly through high beech woods and chalk downlands, including the Grangelands Nature Reserve and has views out from Coombe Hill over the Vale of Aylesbury and surrounding counties. The walk ends by descending into the pleasant old town of Wendover.
This walk is covered by our Club's insurance. Our Club is registered on The British Mountaineering Council (BMC)
© Club Hiking in London. Ltd (CASC) in collaboration with Saturday Walkers Club.
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This was a re-walk of a 10.5 mile walk filmed 10 years ago on the walker's mobile phone. This version, however, omits Great Kimble/Smoky Row to become a shorter walk of around 9 miles.
It was done in almost perfect walking conditions; a cold, sunny day. It follows the Ridgeway path, for the most part, and undulates through the typical Chiltern scenery of Beech woods and chalk downlands. There are great views across the Vale of Aylesbury/The Three Hundreds from Whiteleaf and Coombe Hills and some nice sections through nature reserves.
The Prime Minister's country retreat at Chequers is passed before a short lunch break is had at Dunsmore's village pond.
The afternoon section passes through the now threatened Wendover Woods; HS2, as indicated by several notices, will decimate this ancient woodland. This must not happen!
The walk concludes at dusk back in the village of Wendover.
A highly recommended walk, even with its many muddy paths towards the end. How much longer it lasts depends on Man's incessant encroachment of our Green and Pleasant land. Let's hope Boris looks out of his Chequer's windows and makes the right call on HS2!
This walk is easy to follow, being mainly along the Ridgeway and is very much uphill and downhill, but not strenuously so. The way is predominantly through high beech woods and chalk downlands, including the Grangelands Nature Reserve and has views out from Coombe Hill over the Vale of Aylesbury and surrounding counties. The walk ends by descending into the pleasant old town of Wendover.
Length 16.9 km (10.5 miles), 4 hours 30 minutes if detouring to the Swan pub in Smokey Row. If you by-pass Great Kimble, the walk length is 14.1 km (8.8 miles). You can reduce the walk length by a further 1 mile by taking the Ridgeway footpath route direct to Coombe Hill. For the whole outing, including trains, sights and meals, allow 8 hours.
Toughness 6 out of 10.
This walk is covered by our Club's insurance. Our Club is registered on The British Mountaineering Council (BMC)
© Club Hiking in London. Ltd (CASC) in collaboration with Saturday Walkers Club.
swcwalks book1 walk52 #HikingUK #HikinginLondon #Chilterns
A straightforward 10 mile walk, mainly along the Ridgeway. Undulating, through high beech woods and chalk downlands, prior to lunch in Great Kimble. The afternoon section passes close to the PM's country pad at Chequers, then up to Coombe Hill for some great views of Aylesbury Vale before descending down to Wendover.
(Mobile phone quality).