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Views of the Vale Walks Public Toilets Are Located in the High Street Car Park Coombe Hill Walk Distance: 3` miles, allow 1` to 2 hours. Difficulty: Paths may be muddy after rain. Uphill for about 1 mile. Access Information: This walk has 3 stiles, 3 kissing gates and narrow paths. It also involves a steady uphill climb. Description of route: ➔ Leave Wendover railway station and walk up to the main road. Turn right and then cross the road and over the bridge. Just after the end of the bridge take the footpath on the left. Over two stiles and then follow the path across the field to another stile. ➔ Turn right uphill along the lane. After about 80 metres turn left following the bridleway between gardens and across the field. Do not go over the stile but turn right Wendover Woods Walk through the metal gate. Follow this path uphill for about 1km. Distance: 7 miles, allow 3` to 4 hours ➔ Leave The Ridgeway by turning left, downhill and after 30 metres follow a footpath to the right and then join a Difficulty: Uphill for about 2 miles. marked horse track. Turn right and follow this track Access Information: There are no stiles on this route, but which takes you through the Woods to the main car park. 1 kissing gate (not wheelchair accessible, at the Hale into ➔ Follow the tarmac road to the left, then turn left and Wendover Woods). From Wendover along The Ridgeway to follow the wide track for ` mile, which passes picnic the Hale the paths are wide and firm (with some loose areas with barbecues to a final parking area. Keep stones) but there is a considerable uphill slope. There is an straight on following the Boddington Bank Walk. After All Ability Trail suitable for wheelchairs near Wendover 300 metres there is a piece of fitness equipment (part of Woods main car park. the fitness trail): do not turn left here – go straight on and follow the track downhill. You will eventually meet Description of route: ➔ At the top of the hill turn right onto a well-surfaced another track, turn right and join this track, continuing bridleway. When you reach the driveway with cattle grid ➔ Leave Wendover railway station by the road and turn downhill. Then carry straight on until you reach the road veer to the left slightly for a few metres and then turn left past the Shoulder of Mutton pub. Continue along at the bottom. left following the bridleway path. Follow this path Wendover High Street past the shops. Cross the road at ➔ Turn right and follow the road back to Wendover (please ignoring any smaller paths. You will eventually come out the pedestrian crossing and continue down the High take care if walking on the road). At the junction turn onto a country lane. Follow this road to the right, which Street. right and after 50m take the path will bring you to Coombe Hill car park. ➔ Just after the last shop turn between houses on your left. This brings ➔ Near the entrance to the car park on the left is a wooden right onto a footpath you back to the park at the start of gate. Go through the gate and take the middle path. (signposted “Ridgeway”), When you reach the second open area, find a gap in the which passes through gorse bushes on your left and walk through for a view a park alongside a over Chequers. Turn right and walk along the hilltop to stream – continue to the Monument. follow “Ridgeway” signs. ➔ From the Monument continue along the hilltop to the ➔ Go straight on, following The right, following The Ridgeway National Trail, passing a Ridgeway National Trail signs (which are waymarked with the walk. Follow the black Ridgeway waymark post (visible from the an acorn symbol) past the lake and church and along the stream and then on to monument) and through the kissing gates across the road. At the crossroads go straight across, up Hogtrough the Heron Path to come bridleway. Lane. out on the High Street by the Clock Tower. Turn ➔ ➔ Keep straight ahead downhill, eventually through a Continue to follow The Ridgeway, which takes the left left and walk back up kissing gate to the road. Take care crossing the road. path after Boswell’s Farm into woodland. Follow this the High Street to Turn right and follow the road downhill back to forest trail for over 1 mile gently uphill. You will the rail station. Wendover Station. eventually cross Hale Road and enter Wendover Woods. Key E Wendover Woods Walk 7 miles U Allow 3` to 4 hours Wendover Coombe Hill Walk P 3` miles Allow 1` to 2 hours. Wendover Woods { O Public House I Toilets Y Coombe Hill T Railway Station T Parking Q W R E This is also the highest point in the in point highest the also is This . bluebells of carpet spectacular a is there May early During 3. Europe, which nests in the Norway spruce. Norway the in nests which Europe, of the rare Firecrest, the smallest bird in bird smallest the Firecrest, rare the of 16th century. 16th – This is the habitat the is This – Woods Wendover 7. nation by Lord Lee of Fareham in 1917. The house is is house The 1917. in Fareham of Lee Lord by nation esidence of the Prime Minister it was presented to the to presented was it Minister Prime the of esidence r butterflies can thrive. can butterflies valley to the left of the hill. Best known as the country the as known Best hill. the of left the to valley chalk grassland flowers and and flowers grassland chalk is clearly visible in the in visible clearly is Estate and House Chequers 2. and scrub are cleared so that rare rare that so cleared are scrub and managed as a nature reserve. Trees Trees reserve. nature a as managed owns the hill. the owns Buckinghamshire County Council and Council County Buckinghamshire lightning on several occasions. The National Trust Trust National The occasions. several on lightning - Owned by Owned - Hill Bacombe 6. It was erected in 1904 and has been damaged by damaged been has and 1904 in erected was It men of Buckinghamshire who fell in the Boer War. Boer the in fell who Buckinghamshire of men Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. in Beacon Ivinghoe Memorial to the the to Memorial Monument. Hill Coombe 1. runs 85 miles from Avebury in Wiltshire to to Wiltshire in Avebury from miles 85 runs Bell’ in Holborn, London. Holborn, in Bell’ – this long distance path distance long this – Trail National Ridgeway The 5. (see numbers on map) on numbers (see A coach left here each day in Victorian times for the ‘Old the for times Victorian in day each here left coach A Features of interest: interest: of Features quite different to other beech forests. beech other to different quite Robert Louis Stevenson and Rupert Brook have stayed here. stayed have Brook Rupert and Stevenson Louis Robert place and as a result the wood is very dark and mysterious, and dark very is wood the result a as and place – built about 1620. Oliver Cromwell, Oliver 1620. about built – Pub Lion Red . 11 for firewood for centuries. This practice no longer takes longer no practice This centuries. for firewood for dowry to Henry VIII. VIII. Henry to dowry fascinating atmosphere. The beech trees here were coppiced were here trees beech The atmosphere. fascinating – were part of Anne Boleyn’s Anne of part were – cottages Coldharbour . 10 This area of woodland is special and has a has and special is woodland of area This Scrubs. Low 4. pottery and a flint scraper. flint a and pottery grazing animals. Finds have included a bronze dagger, bronze a included have Finds animals. grazing Age inhabitants. In the past the hill was cleared of trees for trees of cleared was hill the past the In inhabitants. Age excellent vantage point and defensive position for its Iron its for position defensive and point vantage excellent Situated on top of the hill, the fort would have provided an provided have would fort the hill, the of top on Situated was occupied during 1st century BC, but probably earlier. probably but BC, century 1st during occupied was . This important archaelogical site archaelogical important This . hillfort Boddington 9. oad considerately with cyclists, horse-riders and walkers. and horse-riders cyclists, with considerately oad r in the area where drivers are being encouraged to share the share to encouraged being are drivers where area the in . This country lane is one of many of one is lane country This . Lane Quiet Hale The 8. alking gets you fit and keeps you healthy!! you keeps and fit you gets alking W that are not public rights of way. of rights public not are that cup of tea. of cup Enterprise who have kindly granted access to those trails those to access granted kindly have who Enterprise ou can finish your walk with a tasty meal, pint of beer or or beer of pint meal, tasty a with walk your finish can ou Y Chilterns (265m). The Woods are managed by Forest by managed are Woods The (265m). Chilterns as red kites and firecrests and the tiny muntjac deer. muntjac tiny the and firecrests and kites red as Prime Minister’s country home. You might also see rare birds such birds rare see also might You home. country Minister’s Prime are amazing views of the Vale of Aylesbury and Chequers, the Chequers, and Aylesbury of Vale the of views amazing are ancient beech woods, carpets of bluebells and wild flowers.
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