There are two websites you can visit that will provide you with a huge choice of countryside walks. The official AONB website which covers many 'types' of walks including family walks, walks without styles, walks from railway stations, short, medium and long walks and walks suitable for pushchairs and wheelchair users and The Chilterns Society website, which details the route of The Chiltern Way, a circular walking route of around 200 km (125 miles) and there are now three optional extensions taking the total route to a maximum of 278 km (172 miles). It is a wandering, varied and mostly rural way stretching around the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of The Chiltern Way and to celebrate The Chiltern Society are organising The Chiltern Way 2010 Walking Festival which will offer a wide range of walks to suit all abilities, and aims to encourage more people to walk the Chiltern Way. It's open to everyone and it's FREE! Click HERE for more information about the programme of walks which will take place between May and September 2010.
The Chiltern Hills are a beautiful, unspoilt corner of England. They lie only a few miles to the north-west of London and yet have a very rural character. The Chilterns begin in Oxfordshire in the Thames Valley and stretch north-east through Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to Hitchin in Hertfordshire. There are also some well-established countryside sites with plenty of space for walks and picnics as well as toilet and information facilities. Dunstable Downs and the Chilterns Gateway Centre in Bedfordshire, the National Trust Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire, Wendover Woods in Buckinghamshire and the Warburg Wildlife Reserve in Oxfordshire are all attractive and popular sites. Click here to go to the Chilterns walking guide. Click here to go to the Chilterns Society walking pages and The Chiltern Way 2010 Walking Festival page.
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