There are also contact details for the nearest vets and recommended dog friendly pubs and cafes. Clear numbered route directions and a corresponding map for each route keep walkers on the right track and there are plenty of opportunities for dogs to roam safely off lead.
The routes vary in length from 2½ to 5½ miles and provide a great introduction for dogs and their owners to the stunning Chilterns countryside. There are walks through beech woods, including at Great and Little Missenden; waterside walks by reservoirs near Tring, chalk streams, and the Wendover Arm; and bracing routes along the tops of hills at Ivinghoe, Dunstable Downs and West Wycombe. Many of the routes explore National Trust beauty spots; through ancient woodland and downland in the Ashridge Estate; in the rolling parkland of Hughenden; and high up on chalk and grassland at Whipsnade and Totternhoe.
Walk
1 Following the Thames Path at Whitchurch (5½ miles)
2 Nettlebed and the Chilterns Way (3 miles)
3 Lewknor up to Beacon Hill (3½ miles)
4 Bledlow and Chinnor Hill (4 miles)
5 Following the Ridgeway at Pulpit Wood (2¼ miles)
6 Bradenham Beeches and Park Wood (4 miles)
7 Beech Woods in the Hughenden Estate (4½ miles)
8 Exploring West Wycombe’s Hills and Woods (3 miles)
9 Roald Dahl’s Great Missenden and the Surrounding Woods (2½ miles)
10 Water and Woods at Little Missenden (4½ miles)
11 Coleshill Village on top of the Chiltern Hills (2½ miles)
12 Cholesbury Iron Age Camp and Common (2½ miles)
13 Waterside Walking by the Wendover Arm (4 miles)
14 Coombe Hill and Wonderful Wendover (3¼ miles)
15 Tring Reservoirs and Towpaths (4¾ miles)
16 Aldbury and the Ashridge Estate (2½miles)
17 Berkhamsted, Castle Ruins and a Canal (5 miles)
18 To the top of Ivinghoe Beacon (3½ miles)
19 Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Tree Cathedral (2½ miles)
20 Walking above Totternhoe (3 miles)
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