Chiltern Heritage Trail Section 5 - Great Missenden to Chesham - Ramblers

West London Group

We are the West London Ramblers, mainly covering Ealing and Hounslow, but open to all. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Get in touch about this walk

Roger W.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month

Register for an account for FREE

Overview

The walk goes North over the HS2 railway works, then via Lee Common, Chartridge to Asheridge for a picnic lunch & pub drinks at the Blue Ball pub. Then almost to Buckland Common, turning East to Cholesbury (refreshment break) and Chesham Vale, to turn South to Chesham station.

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Start time:: 10:45 am
Estimated finish time:: 5:30 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 21.7km / 13.5mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: linear

Hilly walk, paths will be muddy

Train: 9.56 Chiltern train, departing from Marylebone, Harrow on Hill 10.09 and arrive at Great Missenden 10.40

Features

Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
Toilets available
Accessible by public transport

Starting point

Grid reference:: SP 89289 01305
Nearest postcode:: HP16 9AY
what3words:: mass.remarried.personal

Start time:: 10:45 am

Great Missenden railway station

Finishing point

Grid reference:: SP 96066 01589
Nearest postcode:: HP5 1ED
what3words:: haven.rotate.tennis

Estimated finish time:: 5:30 pm

Chesham tube station

Upcoming walks with West London Group

Chiltern Heritage Trail Section 4 - Amersham to Great Missenden

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 12.0 miles

View of the Thames at Wallingford

Thames Path: Shillingford to Goring

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

Placeholder image

Gospel Oak - heights over London. Highgate, Kenwood, and around.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

Notting Hill - a social history walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Placeholder image

London to Brighton Stage 7: Hassocks to Brighton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.2 miles

Placeholder image

Freize Sculpture Park – Chalk Farm to Paddington

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Rose ans Crown Pub

Evening Stroll through Gunnersbury Park with Meal

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 3.5 miles

Placeholder image

Marlow to Maidenhead

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Placeholder image

Chiltern Heritage Trail Section 5 - Great Missenden to Chesham

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.5 miles

Placeholder image

Ealing Broadway Circular via Ealing Common and Four Ealing Parks

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Goring on Thames

Thames Path: Goring-on -Thames to Reading

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Placeholder image

Great Missenden to Great Hampden Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Hollingbourne to Charing (Kent)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Placeholder image

Finsbury Park - a park or two, riverside walk, old reservoirs full of natural interest.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.1 miles

Placeholder image

Leatherhead Circular via Polesdon Lacey

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.4 miles

Statue of Copper Horse in Windsor Great Park

Windsor Great Park Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Placeholder image

Benfleet Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.4 miles

Placeholder image

Thames Path: Reading to Henley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Placeholder image

Ingatestone, Mountnessing and Buttsbury

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.2 miles

Placeholder image

Wendover to Wendover Woods Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Placeholder image

Barnes Bridge - by way of Barnes Common and Mortlake

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.9 miles

Chiltern Heritage Trail Section 6 - Chesham Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.5 miles

Placeholder image

Paddington to Regents Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Placeholder image

Medieval London

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy Access

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Placeholder image

Earlsfield - all the way to Streatham Common.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.9 miles

Placeholder image

Chiswick Loop

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Placeholder image

Southall to Northolt

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month

Register for an account for FREE