HMambleden & edmenham Circular A style-free walk of 5.5 miles encompassing the HambledenValley and the village of Medmenham near the River Thames Walk between Henley and Marlow
Directions ? From the bus stop on the A4155 at Mill End, go through the village to the lane on the right just passYewden Lodge. From Mill End car park, turn right and the lane is on the left. ? Turn onto the lane, then immediately left along the footpath to Hambleden. In Hambleden, walk past the Stag and Huntsman public house and out of the village along a tarmacked drive (signed Private Road).Turn right at the fork, along a rough track and walk back along the other side of the valley. ? Turn left at the next fork, then right and follow the path through woodland down to the Mill End road. Cross the road and after 50 metres turn right for the short cut back to Mill End or, for the main walk, continue straight on along the edge of the wood, then turn left between two fields. ? Follow the path through Binfields Wood down to the road near Westfield Farm, turn left at the road, right at the church and down into the village of Medmenham. Follow the road to the river’s edge, turn right and follow the towpath until some houses are reached.Turn right away from the river, then through the gate on the left into the lane. Follow the lane back into Mill End.
Features of Interest place of the Medmenham Club,, later referred to as the Hell Fire Club. 1 Hambleden is one of the prettiest villages in Buckinghamshire with 5 The small wet woodland, Rodbed Wood, is a Site of its cobbled pavements, a village Special Scientific Interest.The trees are mainly willow, pump and flint cottage. The alder and ash and under neath an interesting selection church dates back to the 14th of wet-loving plants grow including yellow flag, marsh century. Some fine oak panelling marigold and summer snowflake,known locally as the inside is reputed to be the Loddon Lily. bedhead which belonged to 6 Culham Court, on the south side CardinalWolsey. of the river, is a square Georgian 2 Many of the woods are mansion built in 1770 with dominated by beech trees, which terraced gardens down to the grow well in chalky or well- river.George III once stayed here. drained soils,and would have been planted to supply the Chiltern furniture industry, based at HighWycombe. Follow the Countryside Code: 3 At the eastern end of BinfieldsWood there is an old ? Be safe, plan ahead and follow any signs pit out of which chalk rock was quarried for about ? Leave gates and property as you find them ten years at the end of the 19th century.This was ? Protect plants and animals and take your litter home used as a building material for the nearby mansion, ? Keep dogs under close control Danesfield, and also for a few houses in ? Consider other people Medmenham. Further Information: 4 Very little remains of the original CistercianAbbey at Rights of Way & Access, County Hall, Aylesbury, HP20 1UY Medmenham. Out of the ruins an Elizabethan Telephone:01296 382171 mansion was built which was acquired by Sir Francis Email: [email protected] or visit our website at www.buckscc.gov.uk/rights_of_way Dashwood in 1755. He used the house as a meeting 477500 478400 479300 480200 481100
Rotten Row Riding Route 1 Footpath Promoted Route Hambleden North Cot Alternative Wood Ridge Wood Chilterns AONB 186200 Bus Stops 2 Damaskfield Wood
Dairy Lane Dairy Start 0 0.250.5 km
Greenlands Wildefield
P 185600 Roman Bockmer Lane Wood Villa River Thames
Mill End 185000
Roman Bockmer Lane Villa 3 Ferry Lane Henley Road Fort A4155 P Westfield Millbank Farm Wood
Remenham Lane 184400
Aston Medmenham
6 4 Culham Aston Lane
Court 183800 Hambleden Medmenham& CircularRoute 5 This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with thepermission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and maylead to prosecution or civil proceedings. © Copyright Buckinghamshire County Council Licence No. 100021529 2011
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