HG - A hilly walk from Stokenchurch

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Overview

Meet outside the fish and chip shop. We walk south to Ibstone and Turville Heath, then up to Christmas Common before going down the escarpment, and back via Lower Vickers Farm. Please bring a picnic lunch. 1900 ft of ascent. HG Walk Leader NS 07764 757906

Thursday, 28 August 2025

Start time:: 9:30 am
Estimated finish time:: 3:30 pm

Difficulty:: Strenuous
Distance:: 20.9km / 13.0mi
Ascent:: 579.1m / 1900ft
Type:: circular

Website:: https://www.google.com/maps/place/51.661236,-0.903567

Unless email is specifically requested in the walk description, please use the Walk Leader's telephone number(s) for any queries or bookings.

Starting point

Grid reference:: SU 75935 96398
Nearest postcode:: HP14 3FW
what3words:: richest.sidelined.pumpkin

Start time:: 9:30 am

Stokenchurch, park around village green

Upcoming walks with Henley & Goring Group

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Ashley Hill from the Royal Oak, Knowl Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 3.5 miles

HG - Circular walk from Ewelme

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Hambleden Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.8 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Greys Court National Trust

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.7 miles

HG - Henley circular via Hambleden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

HG - Hills around Cadmore End

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Bovingdon Green, Evening pub walk with orchids

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

HG - Saturday walk from Peppard Common

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.8 miles

HG - Assendon circular through Henley on Thames

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.5 miles

HG - The Watlington Wanderer

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

HG - Leisurely walk from Warren Row

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Cookley Green

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.3 miles

HG - A strenuous walk from Streatley

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

HG - Evening Walk from Woodcote

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

HG - Thames Path Diversion walk from Shiplake to Henley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

HG - Woodcote circular to Kidmore end and return

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Streatley Postbox car park, Ridgeway, Aldworth

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.3 miles

HG - Stiles and Gates from Stoke Row

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.8 miles

HG - Sonning Common, Bird in Hand

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 3.7 miles

HG - Loops around the Warburg

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.5 miles

HG - Hailey, Evening pub walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.3 miles

HG - Oxfordshire Area picnic

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 0.1 miles

HG - The Benson Ascension

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

HG - Bus walk from Henley to Greenlands and back

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Bus walk from Waterfront Cafe Benson to Dorchester

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

HG - Stokenchurch with lots of Bottoms and Ends!

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.5 miles

HG - A walk around Ruscombe and Waltham St Lawrence

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 4.5 miles

HG - From Nettlebed to the North

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Bourne End and around Marlow

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

HG - Leisurely walk from Exlade Street

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - Henley Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

HG - Familiar (and less so) from Nuffield

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Short evening walk followed by fish & chips

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.7 miles

HG - Peppard Common to Nippers Grove and back

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.2 miles

HG - Witheridge & Wyfold

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

HG - The Cowleaze Stampede

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

HG - Sonning Common

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.6 miles

HG - Woodcote via Checkendon walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

HG - A hilly walk from Hambleden

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

HG - North Stoke, evening pub walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

HG - Early bird walk. 7 peaks from Turville Heath

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

HG - A scenic walk from Nuffield

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

HG - Crazies Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.6 miles

HG - Leisurely from Hurley

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - Nettlebed, Ups and Downs with lovely views

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.6 miles

HG - Nettlebed to Ibstone - a hilly hike

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

HG - Kidmore End, evening pub walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.9 miles

HG - Scenic Walk From Hambleden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.5 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Southend and the Turville

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Watlington

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

HG - AFTERNOON WALK from Dorchester

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 2.9 miles

HG - Witheridge Hill circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - A hilly walk from Lane End

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

HG - Kingwood Common evening walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.7 miles

HG - Cookley Green, A hilly walk to both Ends

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

HG - Nuffield Wander

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Bus Walk. Stubbings’s Garden Centre to Wargrave

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

HG - Nuffield Church

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.4 miles

HG - Loop from Middle Assendon to Hambleden via the river and Stonor

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

HG - A walk through woods from Knowle Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - From Nuffield to a deep well

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Henley to Assendon and Bix

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

HG - Nature walk from Spade Oak, Bourne End

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - Christmas Common via Northend walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Cowleaze - views and more

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.7 miles

HG - Warborough, evening pub walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

HG - Early Bird walk, from Cowleaze to the North

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.0 miles

HG - Maidensgrove Meander

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Stoke Row

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.2 miles

HG - Sonning Common

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 2.5 miles

HG - Rotherfield Peppard

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Sonning Common Bird in Hand to Flowercroft Wood circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.2 miles

HG - A hilly walk from Maidensgrove

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.0 miles

HG - Sonning Common - Pub walk from the Butchers Arms

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

HG - Ewelme walks with views

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

HG - BBQ Walk from Dunsden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

HG - BBQ Walk from Dunsden

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

HG - BBQ Walk from Dunsden

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.0 miles

HG - BBQ Walk from Dunsden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

HG - BOOKING REQUIRED - Cookley Green, Swyncombe, Ridgeway and Russell's Water

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

HG - A Nuffield Loop

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.8 miles

HG - Scenic Walk from Nuffield

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles