Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Visitor Guide

Historic Buildings Interesting Walks Good Food & Drink

www.chalfontstgiles.org.uk Chiltern Open Air Museum...... page 28 Churches...... page 20-21 Community Library...... page 4 Cook Monument...... page 27 Food & Drink...... page 38-39 Contents Garage & Taxi Services...... page 35 Health & Beauty...... page 30-33 Historic Facts & Dates...... page 5 Jordans Village...... page 22-23 Milton’s Cottage...... page 26-27 Notable Events...... page 8-9 Parish Church...... page 24 Places to Stay...... page 36-37 Services & Shops...... page 10-19 Sport & Leisure...... page 29 Stonewells Farm...... page 25 The Vache...... page 25 Village Centre...... page 6-7 Village Map...... page 20-21 Village Walk...... page 34

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank:

The Chalfont St Giles Information Centre, which is run by volunteers (like many of the local organisations), and which is indebted to many people for the production of this brochure, in particular the advertising sales team: Jane, Pam, Sarah and Sue.

The local businesses which have supported this publication through their advertising; and the many people who have given their time freely.

Cover photographs and brochure artwork: Sue Dorman Bluebells in Hodgemoor Woods (facing page): Andy Davies Village pond photograph (pages 8-9): Kathleen Martin

If you require more copies of this brochure, they are available in the Chalfont St Giles Community Library or from [email protected]. 2 Enjoy Your Visit The Parish of Chalfont St Giles is in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. It has much to offer the visitor including sightseeing, refreshments and shopping. It also encompasses the smaller village of Jordans – famous as the last resting place of William Penn and his family – and the hamlet of Three Households which lies between the two villages and was renowned for its cherry and apple orchards. Until 2007, the Parish also included Little Chalfont, important for the development of the area through the coming of the railway in 1889. Currently, the population of Chalfont St Giles and Jordans stands at about 7,300. Enjoy your visit and come again with more friends and family!

The Revitalisation Steering Group acts as a forum for the consideration and delivery of Revitalisation initiatives proposed for the social, economic and/or environmental benefit of the Parish of Chalfont St Giles and Jordans. Revitalisation set up the Visitor Information Centre and the Literary Festival; it is also responsible for updating the Market Town Health Check which records in an Action Plan the community’s wishes for future developments.

3 Community Library

Chalfont St Giles Community Library and Information Centre Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am-5pm and on Saturday from 9.30am-4pm

The Chalfont St Giles Community Library is a community led public library, run and staffed entirely by volunteers from the village, working in partnership with the Bucks County Library Service. As well as offering a great choice of books, two public internet computers and free Wi-Fi, the library provides a wide range of local visitor information eg. places to visit, walks, pubs, accommodation and local events. In addition, visitor information is available in the Parish Church every day, seven days a week from 11am-1pm and from 2pm–4pm from the beginning of April to the end of September. The library is located right opposite the village pond. The village car park (pay and display – first hour free) is immediately behind the library.

Address: High Street, Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4QA Telephone: 01494 874732 Website: http://www.chalfontstgiles.org.uk/shops/ CommunityLibrary.htm 4 Historic Facts Historic facts and dates

1086 The name of Chalfont St Giles shown in the Domesday Book as Celfunte

1185 The first Rector is listed as Robert de Burnham

Early 14thC Date of the wall paintings in the Parish Church

1504 The Vache purchased by Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Treasurer of The Mint 1563 Records show 45 families living in Chalfont St Giles

1649 Col George Fleetwood one of the signatories of Charles I’s death warrant

1665 John Milton and his wife come to Chalfont St Giles to escape the Great Plague

1777 Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser buys The Vache from the Rev Robert Hare (see page 25)

1889 Chalfont Road Metropolitan Railway station opened (renamed Chalfont & Latimer in 1915)

1887 The Milton’s Cottage Trust formed(see p26-27) 1897 Jubilee Homes built to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1903-1909 Pollards Wood area developed, including Harewood Downs Golf Club 1919 Jordans Village development started (see p22-23)

1971 Dad’s Army filmed in the village 1976 Chiltern Open Air Museum founded (see p28) 1979 Chalfont St Giles twinned with Graft de Rijp 1987 Queen Elizabeth II visits Milton’s Cottage 2006 First Literary Festival (www.chalfontstgilesliteraryfestival.org.uk)

2007 Chalfont St Giles Community Library opens, the first Community Library in the County

2008 400th Anniversary of the birth of John Milton

5 = Many historic buildings including Milton’s Cottage and the Parish Church = Excellent range of local shops including a Post Office with ATM = Public toilets = Car park with one hour’s free parking = Four pubs and several restaurants including Malaysian/Chinese and Indian Village Centre Village = A deli/cafe and a coffee shop, both open seven days a week = Local supermarket with ATM, open until 10pm every day A walk through the village Chalfont St Giles is full of historic interest, as well as being the centre of a lively community with a wide choice of amenities. Leaving your car in Blizzards Yard car park, cross the road towards Merlin’s (the original pub featured in BBC television’s version of Chaucer’s The Miller’s Tale). To the left of the pub is the village duck pond and the sarsen stones and to the right of the pub is Peterson House which used to be three cottages known asDame Clayton’s Almshouses. Continuing along the High Street, you come to the archway leading to the Parish Church (see page 24). This is also on the route of several popular long distance footpaths including the Chiltern Way and South Bucks Way. Through the arch is the Lychgate (pictured) which originally stood alongside the 16th century Lychgate Cottage. Across the road, Dad’s Army enthusiasts will recognise Captain Mainwaring’s bank, the door to which is now a window in Costa Coffee. A little further on is The Stone Place restaurant, the building purporting to have been built ‘c.1580’; next door is the Reading Room which dates from the 17th century. It was the first school in the village and children paid a penny a week to attend. Passing the butcher, greengrocer and baker (the first two both having featured in Dad’s Army), cross Bowstridge Lane to Stonewells Farm (see page 25). Dating back to the 15th century, this is reputedly the oldest house in the village. Across Deanway is the Old Rectory, a late 17th century Grade II listed property. 6 Village Centre Continuing up Deanway, past a row of 18th century cottages and the Old Manse, you will arrive at Milton’s Cottage (see page 26-27) and Milton’s Field. Return down the Deanway past Bond House, formerlyThomas Valentine House, named after the Rector from 1624 to 1661 who was sacked for his nonconformist views after the Civil War. A non-conformist Chapel stood here, hence the Old Manse and burial ground. Continue past Rectory Cottage and turn left up School Lane. The first building is known as the Palliser School Room and is now part of the Infant and Nursery School. Sir Hugh Palliser was Patron to Captain Cook, Governor of Newfoundland and a Lord of the Admiralty. He lived in Chalfont St Giles at The Vache (see page 25) which was his country seat. In 1789 he endowed a day school for twenty poor boys and twenty poor girls and made provision for their clothing. Next you come to the Memorial Hall, constructed in 1923 in commemoration of the servicemen lost in the Great War. Opposite, on the right, are the Jubilee Almshouses, opened in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Until the late 1940s, just one outside tap served the four cottages! Turning right at the end of the lane you are on Up Corner with the Fox & Hounds pub, dating back to the 17th century and further down, the Forge Garage, formerly occupied by the village blacksmith. Turning left onto the main road, go past Stratton Chase Drive which leads to a series of pleasant country walks and the only remaining mill on the Misbourne. The ancient thatched Town Farm which stood here was demolished around 1895 to make way for the Drive to Stratton Chase Manor. Then pass Sandfords, a Queen Anne building and another location in The Miller’s Tale and Bright Hair. Stacey’s Bakehouse (now a private dwelling but where, on a Sunday, villagers would leave their meat to be roasted while they went to church) and several listed buildings bring you back to where you started.

Other walks around the village are available from the Community Library and in the Parish Church. One is shown on page 34.

7 Chalfont St Giles Village Market: third Saturday of every month from 10am-3pm. Showcasing the best local artists, crafters, food producers and ethical businesses. Locally made arts & crafts, gifts, vintage, homewares and clothing

Shrove Tuesday: Pancake cafe in the Reading Room (01494 870113) Fridays in Lent: Lunches in the Reading Room: bread and soup with all proceeds going to charity Notable Events (01494 870113) Good Friday: Churches Together Walk of Witness starting in the White Hart pub car park and ending with a service on The Green (01494 870113) Details of all church events available on their website: www.chalfontstgilesparishchurch.com

1st May (noon): St Giles Maypole Dancers (one of the few remaining adult dance teams) and children from the Infant & Nursery School (01494 872683)

Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival: biennially in May in even numbered years at locations throughout the village. Full details at: www.chalfontstgilesliteraryfestival.org.uk

Chalfont St Giles Show: First Saturday in September in Stone Meadow (www.csgshow.org)

First Sunday in September: Churches Together Service on The Green (01494 870113)

Friday before Halloween: Ghost Walk and Saturday event (01494 872683)

8 Notable Events Saturday nearest to 5th November: Bonfire/fireworks display on Stone Meadow (Chris Harding, Assistant Group Scout Leader, email: [email protected])

Remembrance Sunday: Service/Parade/laying of wreaths by the High Street War Memorial

Last Saturday in November: Switching on of the Christmas lights, Service on The Green, Santa, stalls, refreshments and carols on The Green (01494 870704)

The Friends of the Library Literary Group hold regular literary events throughout the year with a variety of speakers

Village website: www.chalfontstgiles.org.uk

Jordans Second Saturday in May: Jordans Horticultural Society Plant Sale on Village Green

Second Saturday in June: The Village Fair

Second Sunday in July: Family Music Picnic on Village Green

Third Sunday in September: Jordans Horticultural Society Village Show at the School or Village Hall

See www.seergreenandjordans.org.uk or ring the Estate Office on 01494 875177 or the Village Store on 01494 873279

9 10 Amersham Services ais Insurance Services Ltd

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Contact: 01494 871555 www.amershaminsurance.co.uk [email protected] Church Farm Courtyard, High Street, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4QU

11 Services

12 Services & Shops CHALFONT PETS Stockists of High Quality Dog & Cat Food

Hill’s Science Plan, Eukanuba, Burns, Naturediet, Natures:menu, Natural Menu.

Also a wide range of raw meats and Holistic mixers.

01494 872530 The Green, Chalfont St Giles

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LARGE GRASS RUNS OPEN ALL YEAR ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS

MR & MRS D.A. HORROCKS LONDON ROAD, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKS HP8 4NB TELEPHONE: 01494 872320 EMAIL: [email protected]

All Dressed Up Fancy Dress & Accessories Hire -- Balloon Art -- Themed Parties -- Tel: 01494 872683 -- Wedding Favours & Bombonieres -- www.harlequin-fireworks.co.uk 4 The Green, Chalfont St Giles Your local company for professional Bucks HP8 4QF displays and DIY packs for every 01494 874364 occasion, large or small. www.all-dressed-up.co.uk

13 LAWSON & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 18 The Lagger, Chalfont St Giles Tel: 01494 873545

Self assessment tax returns l PAYE and VAT returns Self- employed & limited company accounts Tax advice – capital gains, rental properties etc

Chalfont St Giles Post Office Everything you need – when you need! ATM l Euro & Dollar Currency l Moneygram E top ups l Full range of postal services Open Monday–Friday 8am-6pm Saturday 8am-2pm

Chalfont St Giles pond on a misty morning Photo: Judy Thompson 14 Services & Shops

15 Services & Shops

Well hung 21-day aged steak from Surrey Farm ~~~ Devon Lamb ~~~ Local Free-Range Pork from Ridge Farm ~~~ Free-Range Norfolk Chicken ~~~ In-house made Sausages and Burgers ~~~ Large range of ready-made meals made in house by our own chef

warnermeats.com tel: 01494 872016

Probably the best kitchens available www.chilternkitchens. co.uk 16 Services & Shops W. H. Carden Ltd Est 1929

Your Village Door & Timber Merchants

Tel: 01494 872056 www.whcarden.co.uk For Service and Quality

17 18 Services & Shops

07891 086162 [email protected] www.thestylehall.co.uk

Do you….have a full wardrobe and nothing to wear? Feel stuck in a rut with your clothes and don’t know what suits you? Need help dressing for a special event? Would you simply like some help with which colours and styles suit you?

Contact Niki at The Style Hall Image Consultancy. Based in Chalfont St Giles, I can help you with: Colour, Make Up & Style analysis Wardrobe decluttering l Personal Shopping I work with men and women and offer help to companies with Personal Branding, helping individuals create the right look in line with company policy

BUCKS HOUSE LTD INTERNATIONAL FASHIONS

Two floors of exciting designer collections available in sizes 8-18. Shoes, accessories and jewellery to complement.

Bucks House, High Street, Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4QF Tel: 01494 875711 www.buckshouse.co.uk

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Churches Chalfont St Giles Parish Church 2 The Deanway: 01494 870113 www.chalfontstgileschurch.com

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Deanway United Church: 01494 872503 www.deanway.freeuk.com

Quaker Friends: 01494 675280

Jordans Quaker Meeting House: 01494 876594

21 Jordans village took its name from Old Jordans, the farmstead where Quaker farmers lived in the 17th century. The development of the village took place under the guidance of various committees and groups with the aim ‘to create a village based on Christian principles in a manner serviceable to the national wellbeing by promoting suitable industries (Jordans Village Industries) and to establish and carry on religious, social, recreative Jordans Village and educational work and institutions’. Building began in 1919 using locally produced materials. By 1923 the terraced cottages around the village were occupied and subsequently a few detached and semi-detached houses on the edge of the village were completed and rented out on monthly tenancies. The Puers Field flats were built a few years after the Second World War and a further four flats at Cherry Tree Corner (specifically for the elderly) were completed in the late 1950s. Jordans Village Ltd retains certain powers of management over any property (even those privately owned), in line with the original intention of keeping village land under village control. (Abridged with permission from ‘Jordans Village’ by Ken Morgan) Buildings of particular interest in Jordans include: Old Jordans Farm, now in private ownership, originally the home of a yeoman in the days of Charles II and where early Friends used to meet for worship, illegally at the time of the Stuart persecutions, in the farmhouse kitchen which dates from 1624. Part of the farmstead, and also privately owned, is the Mayflower Barn, set on bricks and with timbers some of which are reputed to have come from the Mayflowership that took the Pilgrim Fathers to America in 1620. Further down the hill is the Friends Meeting House built in 1688, an early Quaker meeting house. In the old burial ground immediately in front of this are some simple headstones recording the names of a few Friends buried there, including William Penn (born 1644), founder of the state of Pennsylvania, USA, some of his family and other early Quakers.

Friends Meeting House 22 Jordans Village The meeting house itself is essentially unaltered from 1688, with the addition in 1733 of panelling and a raised ministers’ stand at the northern end. The unvarnished benches of the meeting room, dating from different periods, face the centre of the room. The Jordans Village Estate Office (Manager Chris Jenkins, tel: 01494 875177/email: [email protected]/website:www. jordansvillage.co.uk) is open from Monday to Friday and contains a small display of architectural drawings of properties in the village, plus historic photographs. Visitors are welcome by appointment. The Quaker Meeting House has an excellent display detailing the history of Jordans, together with mobile- phone based visual visitor guides. Contact the manager, Nina Liebenberg, at [email protected] for opening times. Across the lane at the bottom of the hill is the 16th Century Dean Farm House, and on the other side of Welders Lane from the Meeting House is Stone Dean House, dating from 1690. Other more modern buildings include the Village Hall built by the village workers in their spare time; Jordans Youth Hostel built in 1931 and given to the YHA by Friends in the village; and Jordans Village Store. This is an independent community shop, owned, operated and controlled by the Village and serving as a natural meeting place. It is run by a Management Committee with a combination of part-time staff and volunteers from the local community. The store started in a very small way in the front room of one of the early workers’ cottages by the Village Green. In 1921, a brick building (now used as the Estate Office) was erected and a proper store was opened. This lasted until 1930 when the shop committee felt justified in building a larger store on the current site. This offers a wide range of goods and services including a sub post office and a café with a picnic table on the Green.

Jordans Village Store, Green West Road, Jordans HP9 2SY. Tel: 01494 873279. www.jordansvillage store.co.uk 23 The Parish Church Places of Interest Places

The original church dates back to the 12th century. It is one of seven churches in Buckinghamshire dedicated to St Giles who is generally regarded as the patron saint of cripples, beggars and travellers, and the protector of animals. The parish of Chalfont St Giles was in the diocese of Lincoln until 1845 when it was transferred to the diocese of Oxford. Of particular importance in the church are the 14th century wall paintings, and the decorated chancel arch (pictured below). The present tower was built in the 15th century, replacing an earlier Norman one. The list of Rectors dates back to 1185, the first being Robert de Burnham. Sir Thomas Fleetwood’s tomb stands beside the altar: a special feature is the fine brass which shows him, his two wives and his eighteen children. When the church was extensively repaired in 1861, some small iron cannon balls were found embedded in the stone surround of the East window. These are believed to have been fired from Stone Meadow by Cromwell’s troops after the battle of Aylesbury. Three of the cannon balls can be seen on display in Milton’s Cottage. ln the sanctuary there is a wall tablet in memory of Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser. He was the friend and patron of Captain Cook, who, on his voyages of discovery, named Cape Palliser and Palliser Bay on North lsland, New Zealand, in his honour. Sir Hugh Palliser erected a monument in memory of Captain Cook in the grounds of The Vache, where it still stands.

24 Places of Interest The Vache At the time of the conquest in 1066, Chalfont St Giles Manor was under one Lord but soon became broken into a number of separate estates. The de la Vache family acquired parts of the Manor early on and by 1363 owned the majority. From that time to the present day it has been known as the Vache Manor although the Vache family disposed of the estate in 1411. It was acquired in 1560 by Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Treasurer of the Mint. Chalfont St Giles was strongly parliamentarian during the civil war and George Fleetwood, who had inherited the Vache, was a very active supporter of Cromwell and one of those who signed Charles I’s death warrant. Upon the restoration of Charles II Fleetwood was sent into exile and the Vache estate was confiscated by the Crown. Subsequent owners include The Right Rev Dr Francis Hare, Lord Bishop of Chichester and Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral. The communion rails in the parish church were the gift of Bishop Hare and are said to have been brought from St Paul’s Cathedral. Bishop Hare’s son Robert sold the Vache to Sir Hugh Palliser in 1777. The Manor house we see today has an Elizabethan core but everything that is visible is of the 18th and 19th centuries. Stonewells Farm Stonewells Farm, on the corner of Bowstridge Lane and Deanway, is believed to be the oldest house in the village, dating back to the 15th century. It is a timber framed house developed around a mediaeval central hall. Its ownership can be traced with certainty back to 1623 and, apart from the modern period, was always a farmhouse.

25 Milton’s Cottage Places of interest Places

ln July 1665, John Milton (1608-1674) and his third wife came to Chalfont St Giles from Bunhill Fields in the City of London to escape the plague then raging in the city. One of England’s greatest poets and political thinkers, Milton was rescued by his Latin pupil and Quaker friend, Thomas Ellwood who found him ‘a pretty box in Giles Chalfont’ to rent. ln this 16th century cottage, now a Grade I listed building, Milton completed Paradise Lost and commenced writing its sequel, Paradise Regained. The cottage is the only surviving building John Milton as a in which Milton is known to have young man lived. Four ground floor museum rooms contain important first editions of John Milton’s works. The cottage is administered by the Milton’s Cottage Trust to which Queen Victoria subscribed £20 towards the original purchase in 1887. The 400th anniversary of Milton’s birth was widely celebrated in 2008, with that year’s Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival placing special emphasis on this important date.

26 Places of interest Milton’s Cottage is open April to October, Wednesday to Saturday, plus Bank Holidays and the 4th Sunday of every calendar month, from 2.00pm to 5.00pm (last entries 4.30pm). For up to date information about opening times, special events and exhibitions see: www. miltonscottage.org.

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The Cook Monument The monument is about one mile from the centre of the village on the left side of the B4442 (Vache Lane) in the direction of Little Chalfont. lt is on private land but open to the public and entrance is free via a permissive footpath. (Vache Estates do not allow parking on the Estate.) Walk up the drive and on the left, by a gate there is a stile and footpath. It is then about 500 yards to a second stile leading to the monument. Inside is an obelisk with details of Cook’s many achievements, written in quaint old English. It is well worth climbing the steps for the magnificent view but mind your footing – and your head! – if you do.

27 Chiltern Open Air Museum Places of Interest Places

Chiltern Open Air Museum at Newlands Park is signposted off the A413 between Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter. The Museum was founded in 1976, with the aim of rescuing threatened buildings which are unique examples of the heritage of the Chilterns. Set in 45 acres of beautiful parkland and woods are over 30 rescued historic buildings, furnished as homes and places of work or worship. There is also a Victorian Farm with shire horses, goats, and sheep, and a fully furnished 1940’s prefab. Wood End Café serves light refreshments, and a wide range of unusual gifts can be purchased at the Museum shop. Special events, demonstrations and hands-on activities take place during the season. The Museum is open from early April to the end of October, 10am until 5pm daily (last admission 3.30pm). For further information telephone 01494 871117. Website: www. coam.org.uk.

28 Sport & Leisure

29 Health & Beauty

30 Health & Beauty THE BARBERS SHOP Chalfont St Giles

BY APPOINTMENT OPEN 6 DAYS TILL LATE 07742 11 12 13

31 Health & Beauty

CHALFONT BARBER LOUNGE Hair cuts l Shaves l Beard trims l Head and face massages l Chalfont Barber Lounge, High Street, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4QH 01494 257760 [email protected]

32 33 Chalfont St Giles to Jordans, Seer Green and back The following notes describe a four miles circular walk with the chance to visit Jordans Quaker Meeting House and the last resting place of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, and of his wife, Hannah, and their children. You may wish to park in Chalfont St Giles car park, situated behind the Information Centre.

Village Walk Village The return takes you past Jordans Village Green and then close by Seer Green where there are occasional buses and two pubs. 1. The walk starts near the zebra crossing on Deanway, immediately next to the field which is adjacent to Milton’s Cottage. 2. Take the asphalt footpath up the hill, past the school and on through the playing fields. 3. Continue, passing the cable ride on your right and going straight ahead to exit the playing fields by the Bowling Club. 4. Continue along the path, keeping left in the field, through the gate and across a dirt bridleway, walking between fence and hedges until you reach the main road (Narcot Lane). 5. Carefully cross the lane, through the Chiltern Society ‘Donate a Gate’ and follow the path through the woods (ignore a path to the right after about 150 metres beyond the road) but gradually bear right with the main path. 6. At the edge of the wood is a T junction where you turn left at a barbed wire strand, just before a farm track. 7. Continue on the main path (not over the stile into the field), then through a kissing gate, past a barn/stables. 8. Just before the next stile, turn left where the paths cross (almost under the pylon wires). Keep on with hedge on right. 9. Go through further kissing gates by a riding arena and, where the path goes diagonally left by stables, cross a field. 10. At the next kissing gate, turn right along the farm drive for 100 metres, then go through a gate on your right and, keeping to the right, follow the hedge to the field corner. 11. Go over next stile by a nursery copse and follow the path by the fence then hedge, continuing right as it proceeds between fence and hedge. 12. Continue to exit onto the road with care. 13. Opposite the automatic gates is Seer Green Lane which you follow past the village green where the Village Store sells soft drinks, coffee, ices etc and has seating. The Store is open Monday to Saturday 8.30 am to 5.30 pm and Sunday 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. 14. Continue across Copse Lane to go downhill, across a bridleway, then uphill between two hedges. 15. This track leads to Manor Farm house where you can either go left to the village of Seer Green and shops or return to Chalfont St Giles. 16. The path to the right leads back to the start. 17. Passing houses on the left and fields on the right, continue along the edge of the playing field with the hedge on your right and in the corner, go through a kissing gate. 18. Continue between the fence and hedge to the next field where the paths cross and go straight on to reach the road at Butlers Cross, passing through a kissing gate where a sign points to Chalfont St Giles. 19.Follow the pavement through Three Households and back down Deanway to where the walk began. Here you can enjoy refreshments at the many pubs, the deli or coffee shop en route back to your car. 34 Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Giles 01494 87 55 22 Online bookings: www.chalfonttaxis.co.uk

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35 The Ivy House Fresh seasonal home cooked food High quality relaxing rooms Free wifi Places to Stay Places

London Road, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4RS Tel: 01494 872184 Email: [email protected]

YHA Jordans Welders Lane, Jordans, HP9 2SN www.yha.org.uk [email protected] Tel 01494 873135 or 0345 371 9523 Free parking, fully equipped self-catering kitchen and wifi.

The White Hart

Room Reservations: The White Hart 0845 6086040 Three Households, Restaurant & Chalfont St Giles, Events: Bucks HP8 4LP 01494 872441

A purpose-built hotel with modern bedrooms. The bar and conservatory restaurant serve mouthwatering dishes from the seasonal menu, accompanied by a great range of cask ales, premium lagers and fine wines. Food served 11am – 10pm every day Also: reception room for up to 50 people and a meeting room for up to 24 people. Free parking and free wi-fi. Email: [email protected]

36 Places to Stay Laurel Dene B&B Contact: Alison Barnetson Burtons Lane, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4BB Phone: 01494 765234 / 07957 810362 Email: [email protected] Prices*: Doubles and twins from £40 to £65 per room

Coppermill B&B* Contact: Chris Layzell 16 Kings Road, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4HS Phone: 01494 581046 / 07887 557542 Email: [email protected] Website: www.chalfontbedbreakfast.co.uk Prices*: Single rooms from £45 / Double rooms from £65 * bed only: breakfast extra

Old Stocks B&B Contact: Warren & Louise Blyth Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4HQ Phone: 01494 872159 Email: [email protected] Prices*: £45 en suite pp/pn

The White Hart (Pub with accommodation) Three Households, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4LP Phone: 01494 872441 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.oldenglishinns.co.uk/our-locations/the- white-hart-chalfont-st-giles Prices*: Double rooms from £85 / Single rooms from £80 Cheaper rates at weekends

The Ivy House (Pub with accommodation) London Road, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4RS Phone: 01494 872184 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ivyhousechalfontstgiles.co.uk Prices*: Single rooms from £80 / Double rooms from £90 inc full English breakfast

Highclere Farm (Camping & Caravan Site) Newbarn Lane, Seer Green HP9 2QZ Phone: 01494 874505 Email: [email protected] Website: www.highclerefarmpark.co.uk Prices*: Caravan/motorhome from £25 pn / Tents from £15 pn Tent electricity £3 pn

Jordans Youth Hostel Welders Lane, Jordans HP9 2SN Phone: 01494 873135 / 0345 371 9523 Email: [email protected] Website: www.yha.org.uk Prices*: Dormitory bed from £17 / Family rooms from £59 / Bell Tents from £59.

* Prices correct at time of going to press 37 Fox and Hounds Silver Hill, Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire, HP8 4PS Tel: 01494 872151 Lunchtime and evening meals Food & Drink MILTONS Indian Restaurant 01494 872172 / 01494 875005 Bring this advertisement for 10% discount off take-away meals (valid for one year from the publication date of this brochure - see back cover)

Open 7 days a week for your foodie pleasures Snacks, home made sweet & savoury dishes Breakfasts, drinks and main meals, Pizzas, potatoes and soup, Bread baked in store 7 days /week Full take away service & function catering All you’d expect in the way of groceries: Pasta, oils, cheeses & cooked meats, Plus lots that you wouldn’t expect too!

Open: Mon–Thu 07.30–17.00, Fri 07.30-22.00, Sat 08.30–17.00, Sun 09.00–16.00 Find us on the village green or call 01494 871099

38 The home of premium drinking and dining in the heart of Chalfont St Giles. Located opposite the village green and with a garden that nestles between the River Misbourne and the Parish church, you will be hard-pushed to find a better location to relax, unwind with friends or colleagues during the week, or a weekend treat with those close to you. With an all-fresh-food restaurant and a uniquely- designed bar (serving hand-crafted beers and Mission wines from New Zealand), we are always here for you. We don’t really know why Merlin’s Cave is our name. It might be that John Milton once drank in this 17th century beer house and named us after a local landmark, or that there is magic and mystery in this old building and its open fires, chalk, candle wax, oak and ochre. Either way, we look forward to welcoming you to our very own “Paradise Found”!

Drinks & coffee: from 11:00am Food served: Mon - Sat 12:00 - 21:30, Sun 12:00 - 21:00 Open everyday from 11:00am until 11.30pm Last orders taken at 10:00pm

The Village Green, High Street, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP8 4QF Tel: 01494 871072 Email: [email protected]

39 How to find Chalfont St Giles & Jordans villages

By road Chalfont St Giles is situated on the A413 between Denham and Amersham. The village is just one hour’s drive from central London or half an hour from West London, Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Watford. Take Junction 16 or 18 off the M25 or Junction 1 or 2 off the M40. Using satellite navigation, the centre of the village is found at postcode HP8 4QQ.

By public transport The Chiltern Line from Marylebone to Banbury/ Birmingham stops at Gerrards Cross and occasionally at Seer Green & Jordans. Both stations are close to the 580 bus route which runs, infrequently, to Chalfont St Giles. The 730 bus also connects Chalfont St Giles with Gerrards Cross Station. The 353 bus, which runs between Slough and Amersham, stops at Chalfont St Giles. The Chiltern Line from Marylebone to Aylesbury links with the Metropolitan (underground) Line, and stops at Chalfont & Latimer station as well as Amersham and Chesham. To plan your journey use: www.chiltern railways.co.uk or www.buckscc.gov.uk/travelinfo or call 03457 48 49 50 (national rail enquiries) or 0871 200 22 33 (bus travel line).

On foot or by bicycle Chalfont St Giles is well served by public footpaths and cycle routes and has good connections with the extensive path network of the Chiltern Hills including the South Bucks Way.

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