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Pubs serve food lunchtimes (12-2) and evenings (after 6). 'blue arrow' Bridleways (horseriders, cyclists and walkers) Garden Centre, Studley Green (01494 485965). Red Kite Walks ‘red arrow' Byways (open to all traffic) Coffee shop open seven days 10.30am – 4pm. ‘purple arrow’ Restricted Byway (horseriders, cyclists, Three Horseshoes Pub, Radnage (01494 483273). Open lunchtimes & eves. walkers and non-mechanically propelled vehicles). Please be considerate in the countryside The Crown, Radnage (01494 482301). Keep to public rights of way, and leave farm gates as you Dashwood Arms, Piddington (01494 881330). find them. Open lunchtimes & eves. Please keep your dogs under control. For details of places to stay, visitor attractions or other To download this and other Chilterns walks and rides leaflets Chiltern walks and rides contact Wycombe Tourist Information Centre 01494 421892 or visit www.chilternsaonb/accivities.asp or call 01844 355504 www.visitbuckinghamshire.org or buy Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 171 and make your own walk www.ordsvy.gov.uk How to get to the start The Chiltern Hills were designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1965. This is in recognition that the Chilterns countryside is amongst the finest in England and You can start the walks from the garden centre on the A40 Wales. The Chilterns Conservation Board is the body charged in Studley Green, between West Wycombe and with protecting the AONB. www.chilternsaonb.org. Stokenchurch, Bucks. You can also start the walks from the pubs in Radnage or Piddington. The Chiltern Society is a charity working to protect and promote the chilterns. To join or for details of guided walks or By bus: There is a regular 7-day service between High to obtain footpath maps call 01494 771250 or Wycombe and Stokenchurch which calls at Studley Green. www.chilternsociety.org.uk. Call Traveline 0871 200 22 33 or www.buckscc.gov.uk for times. This leaflet has been produced by © Chilterns Conservation Board, 2010, with the support of: By cycle: There is cycle parking at the Three Horseshoes pub in Radnage. Medium Walks: 4½ or 5½ miles Parking: You can park at the garden centre, but note the CONSERVATION BOARD car park is closed after 5pm. If the garden centre car park is www.chilternsaonb.org www.chilternsociety.org.uk full or closed you can use the car park at the community Long Walk: centre across the road in Studley Green. You can also park 9½ miles at one of the pubs if you buy food or drink, but please check with staff before leaving your car. www.buckscc.gov.uk www.wycome.gov.uk Start: Photographs kindly provided by ©Chilterns Conservation Board, Gerry Whitlow, John Morris, Studley Green, Bucks Mike Fox, Tina Stallard/Natural England and Jim Asher/Butterfly Conservation. Piddington Walk Follow the bridleway past Fillingdon Farm and continue Turn left here onto the oddly named City along the bridleway, past a junction with other paths by a Road and after 80m turn right onto a footpath Distance: 4½ miles, allow 2½ to 3 hours small wood, and along the right hand side of a hedge towards by a war memorial. (For refreshments at The the corner of the next wood. Crown continue along the road a short distance Access Information: No stiles, kissing gates or steps. Paths and the pub is on the right. Follow this path for muddy in places after wet weather. Mainly gentle slopes At the edge of the wood follow the bridleway left along 500m initially gently downhill and later more steeply with one steeper uphill slope for 50m. In dry weather it is the edge of a field with a hedge on your left. Continue to downhill as the path bears left through a wood. Near suitable for all terrain pushchairs. follow the bridleway through a wood, using the white arrows the end of the wood at a junction with a bridleway on the trees to guide you. from the left continue ahead more gently downhill.