Common Wood Walk Walks likely to be suitable for people with impaired mobility and users of wheelchairs, mobility scooters and pushchairs

Common Wood is a semi-natural ancient woodland. It is largely beechwood but there are also strands of oak, aspen, an avenue of Douglas firs and Scots pine. The woods attract many different species of flora and fauna and in the spring there are carpets of bluebells. How to get there i Path Information 0 1 2 3 4 5Miles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Km

There are firm paths forming a circular route about 2 Great Missenden miles (3km) through the woods. However, only users with good mobility on sloping paths should attempt a A413 complete circuit. If you are unsure of your mobility, A404 High you are advised to follow the path in a clockwise Wycombe Penn Street Tylers Common

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direction starting with the difficult section. For an 3 Entrance A easier ‘out and back’ route follow Penn Bottom Path A40 B474 Beaconsfield

to the east. M40

i Visitor Information At Potters Cross follow Common Wood Lane. The car Please note that there are only 3 car park spaces park is ¼ mile on your left hand at the car park, therefore it is best to avoid times likely side. It is not signposted. There to be busy. is space for up to 3 cars. Open from dawn until dusk. Nearest public/disabled toilets and refreshments are in Hazlemere. The site is managed by Penn and Tylers Green Residents Society. For more information about the wood visit www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk or www.commonwoodpenn.co.uk There is another path suitable for people with impaired mobility 1.5 miles away in Penn Wood. Further details available below.

This leaflet is one of a series of walks in the Chilterns area suitable for people who are less mobile. www.chilternsaonb.org/accesswalks/ to download other walks or call 01844 355504. CONSERVATION BOARD an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty G RA VE LL Penn Wood Y W AY (Woodland Trust)

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1:10 10m 5 C H A L K T R A C K 1:25 7 4 12 3 O 1:13 H Common Wood A Z BOUNDARY 1:20 L 8 20m E RIDE M 2 E PENN R 11 BOTTOM E 9 1

R PATH O A 10 D 1:18 1:6 ! 40m 1:10 100m 1:12 1:12 200m Potters 100m P LANE Cross COMMON WOOD Pugh’s Wood N 0 500m Tylers Green Key to symbols

direction of slope 1:10 max gradient of slope P Car parking (3 spaces) 5m length of slope ! Take care (steep) To Penn slope across the path 1:10 max gradient of slope 12 Waymarking Posts Path surfaces

Hard path, bumpy in places with Difficult section: long steep slopes some loose stones up to 30 mm with drainage humps

March 2007