The Chilterns - Sunday 15th February 2026
Cost: Members £20 Non Members £22
Please note that all routes may be muddy, so gaiters are advised.
Walk Organiser – Anne Farmer
The Chilterns - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 324 square miles of countryside, forming a chalk escarpment across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire. The Chilterns is a walker’s delight, with a network of footpaths and some iconic National Trails offering varied walking over rolling hills, beech woodlands and chalk downs.
From the highest point on the walks Coombe Hill (260m) there is a monument to the Second Boer War. The view from here on a clear day takes in Chequers to the West, the country home of the Prime Minister.
There will also be a chance to marvel at the ongoing impressive engineering works of the construction of the Wendover Green Tunnel for HS2.
The walks will all end at The Shoulder of Mutton Pub in Wendover.
All walks are undulating and through mixed woodland and farmland.
The A Party: This a linear walk. The route starts on the B4009 at Halton Camp and heads south east through Wendover Woods, continuing around the edge of woodland towards Milesfield and through Hale Wood on the Ridgeway path. It continues south towards Kings Ash joining the Chiltern Link path with a short stretch on Kings Lane to avoid HS2 workings around Strawberry hill Farm. Then west along Bowood Lane to cross the A413 just south of Wendover Dean, continuing through Cockshoots Wood to join the Chiltern Way and then the South Bucks Way at Little Hampden. It continues west around Dirtywood Farm and through Sergeants Wood. From there along the edge of woodland around Whiteleaf Hill to the view point with a great where panorama of the area. From here it follows The Ridgeway through Lower Cadsden and the Grangeland and Pulpit Hill Nature Reserve and climbs Pulpit Hill where the remains of a hill fort are a point of interest, descending before a short sharp climb and descent to take in the view on Beacon Hill. It skirts Ellesborough on the Aylesbury Outer ring and then ascends Coombe Hill with the view of Chequers at the monument. The route then continues along the Ridgeway over Bacombe Hill and the Wendover Green Tunnel workings on the way back to the finish at the pub..
Leaders: Tom Somerville and Carol Gosling
Distance: 25.2Km Height Gain: 630m Descent: 638m
The B Party This is is a circular anti-clockwise route . It starts at the Shoulder of Mutton pub and initially crosses the workings of the Wendover Green Tunnel along the diversion of the Ridgeway path. Then heading along the Outer Aylesbury Ring, over Bacombe Hill towards Coombe Hill and the view of Chequers at the monument, from here it is steeply down Coombe Hill on the Outer Aylesbury Ring west towards Ellesborough .There is then an optional short sharp climb and descent to the top of Beacon Hill, to savour the view, before continuing up to Pulpit Hill with the hill fort a point of interest, descending to go through Grangeland and Pulpit Hill Nature Reserve along The Ridgeway to Whiteleaf Hill where there is a viewpoint with a panoramic view of the area. It then continues along the edge of pretty woodland with a short stretch of country road through Green Hailey, through woods and farmland towards Great Hampden turning north and crossing Grim’s Ditch. It continues north through Dunsmore and Coxgrove Wood to return to Wendover and the pub via the Ridgeway diversion.
Please note there are several short steep descents on this orientation of the walk which may be slippery.
Leaders: Bob Price and Steve Fellows
Distance: 22.7Km Height Gain: 483m Descent: 483m
The B2 Walk is the same as the B1 but clockwise with more steep slopes being up hill in this direction.
Leaders: Anne Farmer and Heidi Horton
Distance: 22.7Km Height Gain: 483m Descent: 483m
The C Party This is is a circular clockwise route undulating through mixed woodland and farmland. The route starts at the Shoulder of Mutton pub and initially crosses the workings of the Wendover Green Tunnel along the diversion of the Ridgeway path. The route heads south over farmland and through Coxgrove Wood towards Dunsmore and Little Hampden and skirting Dirtywood Farm and through Sergeants Wood. From there along the edge of pretty woodland around Whiteleaf Hill to the view point where a panorama of the area can be seen. The route continues along The Ridgeway through Lower Cadsden and the Grangelands and Pulpit Hill Nature Reserve and skirts the bottom of Pulpit Hill descending before an optional short sharp climb and descent is considered to take in the view on Beacon Hill. The route continues on the Outer Aylesbury Ring touching Ellesborough before the short steep ascent of Coombe Hill and the view of Chequers at the monument. The route then continues along the Ridgeway over Bacombe Hill and the Wendover Green Tunnel workings on the way back to the finish at the pub.
Leaders: Wendy Price and Neville Village
Distance: 16.8Km Height Gain: 431m Descent: 431m
Maps: Explorer OL171 Chilterns Hills West and OL181 Chilterns Hills North
