The Chiltern Way is a waymarked
long-distance footpath in the
Chiltern Hills
The Chiltern Hills is a chalk escarpment in England.
The area, northwest of London, covers stretching from Goring-on-Thames in the southwest to Hitchin in the northeast - across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire. ...
of southern England. It was created by the Chiltern Society as a
Millennium project.
Route
The Chiltern Way runs for around .
[Chiltern Way]
Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
The Chilterns AONB. Retrieved 2021-05-30. There are three extensions - the North Chiltern Trail, the Southern Extension and the Berkshire Loop - adding a further between them.
[The Chiltern Way]
Chiltern Society. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
The route is circular and runs through the Chiltern Hills region, passing through parts of the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
and Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
. The route includes the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and many of the town and villages situated in the Chilterns such as Chalfont St Giles, Marlow, Radnage, and Stokenchurch
Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and west of High Wycombe. Stokenchurch is a commuter village, served by junction 5 of ...
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See also
* Chiltern Cycleway
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The Chilterns Cycleway consists of a circular 170 mile (274 km) on-road route in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Chilterns AONB.
The route runs through the counties of Bedfordshire, Bucki ...
Sources
External links
Chiltern Society - The Chiltern Way
*Route of th
Chiltern Way on ViewRanger
Long-distance footpaths in England
Footpaths in Hertfordshire
Chiltern Hills
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