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Chess Valley Route, Chilterns
Association / Club / Walk leader
5.95 mi
+328 ft
-348 ft
3h 00
Moderate
Departure from Little Chalfont (Buckinghamshire)
This stile-free walk explores the picturesque Chess Valley and the pretty village of Chenies with its Tudor manor house, 15th century church and village green. It climbs to Church End, Sarratt, passing through the churchyard of the 12th century church. There are fine views of the valley and the River Chess.
Metro-Land, Chilterns
6.14 mi
+177 ft
-161 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Batchworth (Hertfordshire)
This walk visits Rickmansworth and Croxley Green, whose current size and character owe much to the arrival of the Metropolitan Railway. The varied route includes woodland, fields, a moor designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a village green, rivers and a canal.
Walks near River Chess
Across the Chilterns: Chesham to Wendover
10.44 mi
+764 ft
-699 ft
5h 30
Moderate
Departure from Chesham (Buckinghamshire)
A linear walk from Chesham to Wendover climbing to the top of the Chiltern escarpment with spectacular views over the Oxford plains from the top of Coombe Hill. The Chiltern Hills are the main point of interest - you walk up one side, to the shoulder, then back down to civilisation. The physical nature of the geography and geology makes this walk feel bigger than it is.
Old Amersham to Chipperfield
Visorando Member8.09 mi
+489 ft
-358 ft
4h 10
Easy
Departure from Amersham (Buckinghamshire)
A tough walk through the rolling Chiltern Hills taking in Chess Valley Walk, Chilterns Way and Hertfordshire Way. Starts in Old Amersham, near St Mary's Church. Big climb up to pass Martyrs Memorial on the hill above Amersham, then through Chiltern Forest, Latimer, Flaunden and Chipperfield Common to finish at the Two Brewers Inn, Chipperfield.
Chalfont and Latimer to Chorleywood via Flaunden
11.76 mi
+712 ft
-833 ft
6h 00
Moderate
Departure from Little Chalfont (Buckinghamshire)
This Chilterns walk takes in parts of the Chess Valley walk at the start and end of the route and a section of the Chiltern Way in between. There is a variety of scenery with undulating landscapes, pastoral scenes of grazing animals, fields of wild flowers in summer, a cricket pitch, a golf course, a quarry, two churches and the shallow chalk stream of the River Chess.
Sarratt Bottom and Chenies from Little Chalfont
6.69 mi
+236 ft
-226 ft
3h 15
Easy
Departure from Little Chalfont (Buckinghamshire)
This walk along the River Chess starts from Little Chalfont in Buckinghamshire and walks east through pleasant surroundings before turning west to Chenies and a return to the start.
Berkhamsted to Rickmansworth
14.36 mi
+30 ft
-184 ft
6h 40
Difficult
Departure from Berkhamsted (Hertfordshire)
This is the fourth stage of the multi-day route "Railways and Waterways, between Oxford and London".
Following the River Bulbourne, then the River Gade along the valley, there is plenty to see on this walk, from the narrowboats, historic locks and bridges and the oldest mechanised paper mill in the world, to nature reserves and the popular Cassiobury Park.
Chipperfield to St Albans Abbey Station
9.00 mi
+404 ft
-574 ft
4h 30
Easy
Departure from Chipperfield (Hertfordshire)
Starts at Two Brewers Inn, Chipperfield. Passes thru' Kings Langley where we join the Grand Union Canal for a short distance. Then thru' Bedmond & Potters Crouch before descending past the Roman wall into Verulamium Park and past St Albans Cathedral to finish at St Albans Abbey Station.
From Hemel Hempstead station
6.36 mi
+256 ft
-282 ft
3h 10
Moderate
Departure from Dacorum (Hertfordshire)
Starting from Hemel Hempstead Station this is a walk which can be enjoyed without a car. The station is right on the edge of the town so virtually all the route is through the open country, much of it through Boxmoor Trust land, on the plateau of the Chilterns and along the Grand Union Canal. There are lots of reminders of the history of the area from 1594 through WWII. If you are lucky you may see a couple of rare farm breeds kept on Trust land and some interesting birds along the canal.
Wendover to The Plough at Cadsden
5.28 mi
+568 ft
-479 ft
2h 55
Easy
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
This section of the walk takes you from Wendover down to Buckmoor End (where there is a pit stop and possibly a bacon sarnie!) across in front of Chequers through the nature reserve and over to The Plough at Cadsden.
Wendover to Watlington, The Ridgeway the Other Way
17.69 mi
+1,260 ft
-1,306 ft
9h 15
Difficult
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
The Ridgeway the other way. The National Trail from NE to SW. This Stage 2 is the most undulating with several climbs in and out of valleys and is, therefore, the most strenuous part of The Ridgeway. The route climbs Coombe Hill, passes by Pulpit Hill fort and over Lodge Hill. Goes around Bledlow Great Wood near Chinnor to go along a disused railway and go underneath the M40. It goes along the bottom edge of the Chilterns scarp and passes Watlington Hill.
The Chiltern Link
8.41 mi
+472 ft
-548 ft
4h 15
Easy
Departure from Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
Follow an ancient trade route from Wendover to Chesham through open fields, lovely beech woodland and the peace and quiet of classic Chilterns countryside. Thanks to the Chiltern Society’s Donate-a-Gate scheme you can enjoy your walk without the need to clamber over stiles.