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LOCAL WALKING ROUTES Aylesbury Walks LOCAL WALKING ROUTES Aylesbury Walks Outer Aylesbury Ring - For a long challenge that can be done in sections there is this walk which is a fully signed route. Some sections can also be walked individually as circular walks and each section has a guide. See here: https://sites.google.com/view/outeraylesburyring/home Aylesbury Ring - A shorter signed route, but still more than most people could do in a day. It could be done in sections, and as it crosses the main radial roads, public transport could be used to get to starting places and from end points. See here: https://www.aylesbury-ramblers.org.uk/the- aylesbury-ring Round Aylesbury Walk - The oldest and shortest of the walks devised by Aylesbury Ramblers. Buckinghamshire Walks: • Weston Turville Reservoir is managed as a nature reserve by Bucks, Berks and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) who also have guides to Wild Walks on their reserves. • The Waddesdon Greenway is a flat traffic-free walk from Aylesbury Vale Parkway station to Waddesdon Manor and Waddesdon village. It is about 4km (2.5 miles) each way. • Wendover Woods is a lovely place to walk and has signed walking trails. • The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal starting from Aylesbury Canal Basin in the town centre makes a good flat walk to Buckland, Marsworth, Bulbourne or even Tring and Berkhamsted. From Bulbourne there is the option to follow the Wendover Arm of the canal, to Buckland Wharf near Aston Clinton, then Halton and ultimately Wendover. The canal network is managed by the Canal & River Trust which has more information. • Coombe Hill is a great place for a walk with spectacular views across the Vale of Aylesbury from the monument. You can park at the library in Wendover and walk up Bacombe Hill to Coombe Hill monument then continue on a circular walk from there or start from the car park on top of the hill at Low Scrubs. • Tring Park and Hastoe is a good walk with rewarding views starting near the Natural History Museum in Tring. Tring Park is managed by the Woodland Trust. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please note that some paths are affected by works for HS2, East West Rail, housing developments and other works, but you may think this is too off putting. It is necessarily rather detailed! Thank you to Peter Robinson for supporting us to create this very handy document. [Type here] [Type here] [Type here] .
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