The Northern Chilterns

From Wendover to Chequers, via Coombe Hill

Saturday, 4 November 2006


Let's go to Buckinghamshire!


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Details of the trip


=> Meeting
- Saturday, 4 November,
- 9.00am,
- London Marylebone (Railway Station) - sttation is on Bakerloo line
- Meeting point: next to ticket office; loook for a person with a poster Light2Lift


=> Walk

From Wendover to Chequers, via Coombe Hill

This fine circular walk begins and ends at Wendower, a small medieval market town that nestles in a gap in the Chilterns.
Chilterns Hills are part of an extensive range of chalk uplands that run from Wiltshire in the west all the way to Yorkshire in the north. The Chilterns are the most dramatic part of these uplands within easy reach of London.
From Wendower, the walk joins the Ridgeway Long-Distance Footpath, a 136-kilometre hilltop track. The way climbs up onto Coombe Hill, the highest viewpoint in the Chilterns, before looping around the Chequers Estate.
It has been the country retreat of British prime ministers since the early twentieth century. Winston Churchill often retreated here during the air raids of World War II, and delivered some of his famous broadcasts from the house.
Beyond Chequers, the route heads into the village of Great Kimble, where the splendid Bernard Arms makes for a good break.
The return route follows public footpaths through the rich agricultural land of the Vale of Aylesbury.


=> Map: www.chilternsaonb.org/map2.html


=> Difficulty of the walk
- Moderate
- 15 km


=> What should I take with me?
- Tracking shoes,
- Waterproof clothes,
- Something for lunch


=> Transport
- We will take the train at 9.27am from Looondon to Wendover. Journey takes approximately 45 minutes.
- Return to London: We should take the traaain from Wendover at about 5pm. We will be in London before 6pm.


=> Costs (approximately)
- Train from London to Wendover: return tiiicket £12.50


Let's go with us!
What should I do to join the trip?


Just write us by 2 November on [email protected] and register for the trip (please write "Registration for The Northern Chilterns Trip" into the subject field)
Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us on the mentioned email.


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