Chiltern Way
A 187-mile long-distance walk in the counties immediately northwest of London, making its way around the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TL 043 059
Distance: 187 miles (301 km)
Time: 80–100 hours
Duration: 12–20 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
171 Chiltern Hills West, Henley-on-Thames and Wallingford
172 Chiltern Hills East, High Wycombe, Maidenhead and Rickmansworth
181 Chiltern Hills North, Aylesbury, Berkhamsted and Chesham
182 St Albans, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead and Welwyn Garden City
192 Buckingham and Milton Keynes
193 Luton and Stevenage
Summary
The Chiltern Way is a circular walking route taking in some of the finest scenery in the area. Waymarked throughout, it provides a wandering, varied, and mostly rural route stretching around the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with optional extensions available. The Chiltern Way passes through or close to Hemel Hempstead, Chalfont St Giles, the edge of Marlow, Hambleden, Bix Bottom, Ewelme, the Ridgeway, Stokenchurch, Great Hampden, Aldbury, Dunstable Downs, Sharpenhoe Clappers, and Harpenden.