When: March 16th 2025
Where: Danesfield, Buckinghamshire
Organiser: Onerace Events
Distance: 10 km
Elevation: +/- 188m
Course: Single hilly loop around Pullingshill Wood, Rogues Plantation and Rotten Row with a short out-and back section at the start and end from Danesfield School.
Other routes touched: Shakespeares’s Way, Chiltern Way
Finish time: 1 hour, 8 minutes, 58 seconds
View to the Chess from the Latimer Estate
The Chiltern Heritage Trail is a 83 km (52 mile) circular long-distance footpath in Buckinghamshire. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. Along the way it passes through Chesham, Latimer, Chorleywood, the Chalfonts, Amersham, Penn, the Missendens and Chartridge. We completed the trail in a series of shorter circular walks.
Recommended start points:
- Chesham Underground Station (51°42'19"N 0°36'40"W)
- Chalfont St Giles High Street (51°37'56"N 0°34'13"W)
- Chalfont St Peter High Street (51°36'26"N 0°33'24"W)
- Seer Green Railway Station (51°36'35"N 0°36'28"W)
- Old Amersham High Street (51°39'59"N 0°36'60"W)
- Great Missenden Railway Station (51°42'13"N 0°42'33"W)
Distance: 82.9 km (51.9 miles)
Elevation change: +/-933m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Maps:
- Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
- Chiltern Hills East Map | High Wycombe, Maidenshead & Rickmansworth | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 172
Links: Chiltern Heritage Trail (LDWA), See individual section posts linked below for other links.
If you’re not up for an 83 km walk in one go, you can take in the Chiltern Heritage Trail in 17 circular walks of between 7.5 and 13 km each. We chose this option, completing all 17 sections over a few years from 2020 to 2025. The advantage of this option is exploring more of the villages and side paths close to the route
Each number refers to a circular walk below. Base map: Esri Topo via RideWithGPS
Route 1: Ashley Green and Whelpley Hill
Distance: 10.5 km (6.5 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 113m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Chesham Vale to Orchard Leigh: 6.5 km
Route 2: Orchard Leigh and Botley
Distance: 6.9 km (4.3 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 58m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Orchard Leigh to Tyler’s Hill: 3.4 km
Route 3: Chesham & Tylers Hill
Distance: 9.3 km (5.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 84m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Tylers Hill to Lower Bois: 4.49 km
Route 4: Chesham & Bois and Wychfield Spring
Distance: 7.8 km (4.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 166m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: River Chess at Lower Bois to Blackwell Hall Lane: 4.4 km
Route 5: Latimer and Codmore Wood
Distance: 7.7 km (4.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 120m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Blackwell Hall Lane to Stoney Lane: 3.2 km
Route 6: Little Chalfont and Latimer
Distance: 7.5 km (4.7 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 91m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Latimer to Carpenters Wood: 3.3 km
Route 7: Phillipshill Wood and Hanging Wood
Distance: 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 101m
Chilterns Heritage Trail Section Covered: Carpenters Wood to Newland Gorse: 3.5 km
Route 8: Chalfont St Giles and Newlands Park
Distance: 8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 75m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Newland Gorse to Chalfont Common: 4.6 km
Route 9: Chalfont St Peter, Seer Green and Chalfont St Giles
Distance: 13.1 km (8.1 miles)
Elevation change: + / - 124 m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Chalfont St Giles to Hodgemoor Wood: 10.3 km
Route 10: Amersham and Coleshill
Distance: 11.5 km (7.1 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 118m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Bottrells Lane to Amersham: 5.2 km
Route 11: Amersham, Winchmore Hill and Penn
Distance: 12.5 km (7.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 119m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Coleshill to Toby’s Lane: 8.1 km
Route 12: Little Kingshill and Little Missenden
Distance: 9.9 km (6.1 miles)
Elevation change: + / - 104m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Beamond End Lane to Little Kingshill Recreation Park: 6.2 km
Route 13: Great Missenden and Little Kingshill
Distance: 9.2 km (5.7 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 114m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Little Kingshill Recreation Ground to Buryfield Car Park: 4.4 km
Route 14: Great Missenden and Ballinger
Distance: 9.8 km (6 miles)
Elevation Change: +/- 113m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Buryfield Car Park to Ballinger Common: 3 km
Route 15: Lee Common and Ballinger
Distance: 7.5 km (4.6 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 65m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Ballinger Common to Chartridge: 5.2 km
Route 16: Chartridge, Asheridge and Buckland Common
Distance: 9.5 km (5.9 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 97m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Hightree Wood to Buckland Common: 5.1 km
Route 17: Cholesbury and Asheridge
Distance: 11 km (6.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 103m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Blue Ball Braziers Lane to Ramscote Lane: 7.8 km
If you have completed the Chiltern Heritage Trail walking routes there’s also 3 cycling routes in the area. Each route is a circuit so can be started at any point, however Amersham New Town is an obvious base. Amersham has a direct rail and Underground connection to London and good parking options.
The 3 routes are:
Milton Route, named after John Milton who was an English Poet and Civil Servant.
Distance: 42km / 26 miles. Elevation Change: +/- 391m
Hampden Route, named after John Hampden, who was an early parliamentarian.
Distance: 41km / 25.5 miles. Elevation Change: +/- 352m
Harding Route, named after Thomas Harding who was burnt at the stake in 1532 for possessing a Bible when this was still forbidden.
Distance: 40 km / 24.8 miles. Elevation Change: +/- 385m
Click here for more information on the Chiltern Heritage Trail cycle routes.
When: March 9th 2025
Where: Hardwick Village, Buckinghamshire
Organiser: Bearbrook Running Club
Distance: 9.5 km
Elevation: +/- 100m
Course: Undulating, muddy single lap route through farmland near Hardwick village. 4 crossings of the stream, 2 ditch crossings and 2 stiles.
Other routes touched: None
Finish time: 1 hour, 2 minutes, 17 seconds
View to Tenerife from Roque de Los Muchachos
English Translation: “Rock of the Boys”
Significance: Highest point on the Island of La Palma, Canaries, Spain
Elevation: 2,428m
Date “climbed”: February 23rd 2025
Coordinates: 28° 45' 15'' N, 17° 53' 5'' W
Start / Finish: Small parking area at Mirador de Roque de los Muchachos, Ctra. al Roque de los Muchachos, 38788, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Distance: 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Elevation Change: +/- 84m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): GR 131 El Baston
Cafe / pub on route: None, nearest refreshments are vending machines at the Observatory Visitors Centre
Map: La Palma Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map (David Brown)
Guidebook: La Palma and El Hierro Walking Guide (Sunflower Guides)
Links: Wikipedia (La Palma, Roque de los Muchachos), Peakbagger,
At the end of February we always escape the UK winter to go somewhere warm for Timea’s birthday. The Canary Islands have been a good choice for us for winter sun and we’ve been working our way through them one per year. As well as a bit of relaxation we always attempt to tick off each island’s highest point. Unfortunately, often due to weather, we’ve missed out on a few of the summits. That’s why I was excited to see that you can drive to La Palma’s highest point. I wasn’t completely sure that we would reach it though. My friend Joel had visited the island 6 weeks before and the the access road was closed. The weather was on our side with no issues getting to the top.
While you’re there, it’s well worth visiting the space observatories located near the high point. We booked a 90 minute tour with Ad Astra which included a tour of the Gran Telescopio Canarias, the largest optical-infrared telescope in the world. The high point is a 10 minute drive from the Observatory visitor centre.
The main thing to know about the car at the high point is that it’s very small and gets very busy, especially right after the Observatory tours. We made a point of leaving the Observatory Visitor Centre straight after the tour had finished to get ahead of everyone else. The car park was full when we got there but we only had to wait a few minutes to get a space. Those that came after us had to wait on the tricky hair-pin bends for spaces to become available. We found the guy at the top in the hut to be especially unhelpful at managing the traffic so Timea had to get out to be an unofficial car park supervisor. Without that nobody would have got in or out for ages.
Once parked you’ll find the Trig Pillar at the northern edge of the lot with great views across to the observatories. From here you can take a 1.3 km out-and-back walk down to the Mirador del Espigón del Roque. We were especially lucky as it was a clear day and we had views across to Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro.
In the woods near Tylers Hill
Start & Finish: The Crown Pub, Blackwell Hall Lane, Ley Hill, Chesham, HP5 1UY
Distance: 6.9 km (4.3 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 58m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Orchard Leigh to Tyler’s Hill: 3.4 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Harding Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Crown at the start and finish, Hen & Chickens (1.7 km in)
Map: Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
Links: Botley, Ley Hill
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 17 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked opposite the Crown Pub in Ley Hill. From the pub walk north along Blackwell Hall Lane for 100m, then find the footpath to the right-hand side of the Ley Hill Methodist Church. Follow this path in a westerly direction for ~1km to Tylers Hill Road. Cross the road and continue on the path diagonally through the field to the south-western corner. In the next field take a sharp right to follow the field-edge path to Bottom Lane. Follow Tyler’s Hill Road to Botley Road and take a right at the Hen & Chickens junction.
Shortly up Botley Road take a left into a farm entrance and follow the footpath north to Lye Green Road. Take a right onto Lye Green Road then a right onto the first footpath. Follow this path as it curves up in a north-easterly direction, crossing over Rushmere Lane and into another field. Approximately 0.5 km after Rushmere Lane you’ll reach a path junction where you’ll take a right onto a farm heading in a south-easterly direction. Follow this path for ~1 km, reconnecting with the Chiltern Heritage Trail half-way. Take a right onto Chesham Road then a left on a path at the road bend, keeping on the Heritage Trail. Follow the Chiltern Heritage Trail all the way back to the Crown pub at Ley Hill.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Chesham & Tylers Hill
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Ashley Green and Whelpley Hill
Footpath north of Ashley Green
Start & Finish: King Charles pub, Chesham Road, Chesham, HP5 3PF
Distance: 10.5 km (6.5 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 113m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: Chesham Vale to Orchard Leigh: 6.5 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Harding Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: The King Charles at start and end, The Golden Eagle, just off route at 4 km in
Map: Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
Links: Ashley Green, Whelpley Hill
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 17 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked at the King Charles pub on the A416 and walked in a northerly direction up the small unnamed road that’s on the southern end of the pub car park. Take a left into the private road (with public right of way) leading to Pressmore Farm. Follow the footpath through the farm to Vale Road. Cross over the road to continue to follow the path in a north-westerly direction. You’re now on the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Continue for ~600m then, before the Chiltern Heritage Trail takes a left up the hill, take the footpath on the right to climb the hill on the northern side, then take a right to follow the path back to Vale Road.
Take a left onto Vale Road, then take the first lane on the right opposite the Black Horse Inn. Continue on the Chiltern Heritage Trail as it snakes through farmland to Hog Lane in Ashley Green. Take a right onto Hog Lane, cross over the A416 and pick up the Heritage Trail again heading in an easterly direction. Approximately half a mile from Ashely Green there’s a fork in the path where you need to take the right hand path heading south-east.
When you reach Whelpley Hill cross through the small estate and onto Whelpley Hill Road. Take a right onto a footpath heading in a south-westerly direction, leading to Grove Lane. After 1km you’ll reach a path junction where you’ll leave the Heritage Trail and take the path that leads in a north-westerly direction to Grove Lane. Cross over Grove Lane and take the path to Two Dells Lane. Take a left then the first footpath on the right to cross through fields back to the A416 and the King Charles pub.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Orchard Leigh and Botley
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Cholesbury and Asheridge
The Vale
Start & Finish: The Blue Ball, Braziers End, Asheridge, Chesham, HP5 2UX
Distance: 11 km (6.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 103m
Chilterns Heritage Trail Section Covered: Blue Ball Braziers Lane to Ramscote Lane: 7.8 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Harding Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Blue Ball at start and end, The Full Moon (4.1 km in)
Map: Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
Links: Asheridge, Cholesbury, Hawridge, Bellingdon
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 19 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked at the Blue Ball pub on Braziers End Road. From here walk along Braziers End in a north-westerly direction, crossing over Oak Lane, until reaching a path junction just south of Cholesbury Lane. Take a right to continue along the Heritage Trail into Cholesbury village via Cholesbury Lane. Take a right onto Ray’s Hill (road) before the Full Moon Pub and keep an eye out for the old windmill on your left.
Before Ray’s Hill (road) curves to the left, take the left-hand footpath to keep on the Heritage Trail heading in a south-easterly direction. Continue for 3.5 km through The Vale until you a junction of Ramscote Lane. Leave the Heritage Trail here to take a right, ascending up the hill. Take the first path on the right to path through Ramscoat Wood in a northerly direction until reaching Ramscote Lane again. Take a left onto Ramscoat Lane and follow it to a path that runs between The Old Brickworks and Bloomfield Copse. Take a left onto this path to Chesham Road. Take a right onto Chesham Road then take the path on the left between 2 houses. Follow the paths in a south-westerly direction to return to the start at the Blue Ball.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Ashley Green and Whelpley Hill
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Chartridge, Asheridge and Buckland Common
Ascending from Chartridge to Asheridge
Start & Finish: Chartridge Village Hall, Chartridge, Chesham, HP5 2TN
Distance: 9.5 km (5.9 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 97m
Chilterns Heritage Trail Section Covered: Hightree Wood to Buckland Common: 5.1 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail, Chiltern Way
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Harding and Hampden Routes
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Blue Ball (1.4 km in)
Map: Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
Links: Chartridge, Asheridge, Buckland Common
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 17 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked outside Chartridge Village Hall and walked along The Bungalow (road) in a south-easterly direction. Take the path on the left before the Chartridge Mission Church and follow the Heritage Trail in a north-easterly direction until you reach Braziers End (road). Take a left to follow Braziers End (road) until it starts to curve to the right at Ashotts Lane. Leave the road at follow the footpath heading to the north-west. Keep on the Heritage Trail, crossing over Oak Lane until you get to a path junction in a corner of a field south of Cholesbury Lane.
At the path junction leave the Heritage Trail by taking the left hand path heading in a westerly direction. Take a right onto Oak Lane then take the first footpath on the left to follow the Chiltern Way in a south-westerly direction. Approximately 1 km from Oak Lane you’ll reach a path junction at the south-western edge of some woodland. Take a left to follow the inner edge of the woodland. The path will take a sharp turn to the left to meet another path along a field edge. Take a right to follow the path heading south to Arrewig Lane. Take a right onto Arrewig Lane, following it south to Chartridge Lane. Take a left onto Chartridge Lane then the first footpath on the right to cut across fields and rejoin the Heritage Trail. Stay on the Heritage Trail to return to Chartridge Village Hall.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Cholesbury and Asheridge
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Lee Common and Ballinger
My stats for the year:
TOTAL DISTANCE IN 2024
Run (outdoor): 233 miles / 372 km
Cycle (Outdoor): 828 miles / 1,325 km
Cycle (Zwift): 1,079 miles / 1,726 km
Walk/Hike: 739 miles / 1,183 km
Total = 2,879 miles / 4,606 km (target was > 5,000 km)
Walk / Hike = recorded hiking & walking events, not general steps.
Total includes “other” activities such as SUP.
KEY EVENTS IN 2024
1 x Ultra Marathon: Hangers Way 50
3 x 10k running events: London Easter 10k at Regent’s Park, Wargrave 10k, Leighton Buzzard 10k
48 parkruns, including 12 new locations
9 parkrun volunteering occasions
2 new Country High Points: Dingli Cliffs (Malta), Fansipan (Vietnam)
2 new Historic County Tops: Glas Maol (Angus), Mount Battock (Kincardineshire)
6 new Present-Day County Tops
- England: Turner’s Hill (Sandwell), Cawney Hill (Dudley), Sedgley Beacon (Wolverhampton), Barr Beacon (Walsall), The Wrekin (Telford & The Wrekin)
- Scotland: Gallow Hill (Dundee), Brimmond Hill (Aberdeen)
2 National Landscape High Points: Castle Ring (Cannock Chase), Chichester Harbour
4 Sussex Rapes High Points: Glatting Beacon (Arundel), Chanctonbury Hill (Bramber), Crowborough Beacon (Pevensey), Brightling Down (Hastings)
31 new OS Trig Pillars bagged
23 new London Coal Posts bagged
Cycle trips: RideLondon, Basingstoke Canal, Viking Way & NCN 1 in Kent, Thames Estuary,
The start of the South Bucks Way at the Coombe Hill Monument
The South Bucks Way is a 37 km (23-mile) trail that promises a delightful escape for walkers and hikers. This scenic route, often overshadowed by its more famous counterparts, offers a tranquil journey through charming villages, lush countryside, and the gentle murmur of the River Misbourne. This post is part of a series of circular walks featuring the South Bucks Way. The full trail stretches from Coombe Hill near Wendover to the Grand Union Canal at Denham. Our walks take in short sections of the South Bucks Way and loop back to the start on other paths. The South Bucks Way is well sign-posted however you’ll need a map or GPX route to keep on track for the return sections of the loops. The guidance below will help but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.
Start: Coombe Hill Monument via Coombe Hill Car Park, Coombe Hill, Lodge Hill, Aylesbury, HP17 0UR
Finish: Grans Union Canal via Denham Country Park, Denham Court Drive, Denham, Uxbridge UB9 5PG
Distance: 37 km (23 miles)
Elevation change: + 251m / - 461m. Net -210m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Pubs / Cafes on route: See individual section posts linked below.
Maps:
- Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
- Chiltern Hills East Map | High Wycombe, Maidenshead & Rickmansworth | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 172
Links: South Bucks Way (LDWA), See individual section posts linked below for other links.
If you’re not up for an 37km walk in one go, you can take in the South Bucks Way in 10 circular walks of between 6 and 13 km each. We chose this option, completing all 10 sections over a few years from 2020 to 2024. The advantage of this option is exploring more of the villages and side paths close to the route
Each number refers to a circular walk below. Base map: Esri Topo via RideWithGPS
Part 1: Coombe Hill and Little Hampden
Distance: 8.6 km (5.3 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 139m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Coombe Hill to Little Hampden: 3.71 km
Part 2: Little Hampden and Great Missenden
Distance: 11.2 km (7.0 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 200m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Little Hampden to Great Missenden: 5.19 km
Part 3: Great Missenden and Little Kingshill
Distance: 9.2 km (5.7 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 114m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Great Missenden to Little Kingshill: 3.3 km
Part 4: Little Kingshill and Little Missenden
Distance: 9.9 km (6.1 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 104m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Little Kingshill to Little Missenden: 3.47 km
Part 5: Little Missenden and Shardeloes
Distance: 8.1 km (5.0 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 74m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Little Missenden to Shardeloes: 2.84 km
Part 6: Amersham, Winchmore Hill and Penn
Distance: 12.5 km (7.8 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 119m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Shardeloes to Amersham Market Square: 1.2 km
Part 7: Amersham and Coleshill
Distance: 11.5 km (7.1 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 118m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Amersham Market Square to Rushcroft Wood: 4.0 km
Part 8: Chalfont St. Peter, Seer Green and Chalfont St. Giles
Distance: 13.1 km (8.1 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 124 m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Rushcroft Wood to Chalfont St. Peter: 4.3 km
Part 9: Gerrards Cross to Denham
Distance: 10.4 km (6.4 miles).
Elevation change: +81 / -116. Net -35m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Chalfont St Peter to Denham Station: 7.6 km
Part 10: Denham Village and The Grand Union Canal
Distance: 6.2 km (3.9 miles).
Elevation change: +/- 29m
South Bucks Way Section Covered: Denham Station to the Grand Union Canal: 2.3 km
Between Chartridge and Ballinger Bottom
Start & Finish: The Cock and Rabbit Inn, The Lee, Great Missenden, HP16 9LZ
Distance: 7.5 km (4.6 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 65m
Chilterns Heritage Trail Section Covered: Ballinger Common to Chartridge: 5.2 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail, The Chiltern Link
Other routes touched (cycle): None
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Cock and Rabbit Inn at start and finish
Map: Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
Links: xx
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 17 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked near the Cock and Rabbit Inn and followed Lee Clump Road in a north-easterly direction. After 700m take a right onto Oxford Street and follow it all the way to Ballinger Road. Take a left onto Ballinger Road then take the first footpath on the right to follow the Heritage Trail in an easterly direction to the village of Chartridge. Take a right on to Cogdells Lane and follow it for 400m to a path junction. Here you have a choice of continuing down into the valley or taking a right to follow the top of the valley. Either route re-connects at the Chiltern Link Path at Ballinger Bottom.
Take a left onto Ballinger Road and follow it in a southerly direction to Ballinger Common. Take a right onto Blackthorne Lane where you’ll be back on the Hertiage Trail, following it all the way back to the start at the Cock and Rabbit.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Chartridge, Asheridge and Buckland Common
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Great Missenden and Ballinger
Start & Finish: On-street parking around junction of Bois Lane, Green Lane, Woodside Avenue, HP6 5LN
Distance: 7.8 km (4.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 166m
Chiltern Heritage Trail Section Covered: River Chess at Lower Bois to Blackwell Hall Lane: 4.4 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail, Chess Valley Walk
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Hampden Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: None. Small convenience store on Bois Lane near start and end
Map: Chiltern Hills North Map | Aylesbury, Berkhamsted & Chesham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 181
Links: Chesham Bois, River Chess
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 17 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked on Bois Lane and walked along it in an north-easterly direction. Take a right onto Holloway Lane, next right onto St Leonards Road then right onto the footpath that descends through Blackwell Shrubs to pass under the rail line. Continue to Latimer Road and cross over to follow Blackwell Hall Lane, crossing over the River Chess. At Blackwell Farm Cottages continue along Blackwell Hall Lane, leaving the Chiltern Heritage Trail.
When Blackwell Hall Lane takes a sharp right you can either continue along it or take the footpath on the left to take a short-cut across the fields. Either way you’ll end up on Burns Lane, leading to Green Lane. Follow Green Lane in a westerly direction for ~1.7 km then take a left onto Pump Lane heading south.
When you reach Latimer Road again, cross over and take a right onto the Chess Valley Walk. Take the first footpath on the left to cross the River Chess and pick up the Chiltern Heritage Trail again, heading south. Take a right onto Bois Moor road, then a left to cross under the rail line. Continue in a south-westerly direction ascending through Bois Wood to North Road. Take a left onto the road to follow it to Bois Lane then take a left to return to the start.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Latimer and Codmore Wood
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Chesham & Tylers Hill
Highland Cows at Lodge Farm
Start & Finish: Junction of Chalfont Lane and Shire Lane, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, WD3 5NT
Distance: 8.4 km (5.2 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 87m
Chilterns Heritage Trail Section Covered: Carpenters Wood to Newland Gorse: 3.5 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Milton Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: None
Map: Chiltern Hills East Map | High Wycombe, Maidenhead & Rickmansworth | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 172
Links: Chorleywood, Phillipshill Wood, Hanging Wood
This is part of a series of short circular walks in the Chilterns. It’s a part of a series of 17 walks that, between them, cover the 83 km of the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Created as a Millennium project, this trail links the towns and parishes within the district, offering stunning scenery, charming villages, and points of historical interest. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
For this walk we parked at the side of the road near the junction of Chalfont Lane and Shire Lane. Start by walking in a southerly direction down Shire Lane until you get to a T junction in the path after 1.5 km. Take a right then follow the Heritage Trail as it curves up to the north-west. Don’t take the left hand path following the Heritage Trail, instead continue north to a path junction where you can take a left to follow the path through the woods to Nightingale Lane.
Take a right onto Nightingale Lane, then right into Roughwood Lane. Be careful on the short walk along Roughwood Lane as it’s a fast road without a pavement. There’s a wide verge to walk along though. Follow Roughwood Lane to the junction with Burtons Lane, then cross over to follow Lodge Lane to the entrance of Lodge Farm Estate. Take a right into the estate, following the path to the railway line. After the tunnel under the rail line, take a right to follow the path through Old Hanging Wood to reconnect with the Chiltern Heritage Trail. Take a right to cross back under the railway line and follow the Heritage Trail back to the start.
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section clockwise: Chalfont St Giles and Newlands Park
Chiltern Heritage Trail next section anti-clockwise: Little Chalfont and Latimer
Reflections in the Wey
Start & Finish: Newark Lane Car Park, Ripley, Woking, GU23 7ES
Distance: 9.7 km (6 miles)
Elevation Change: +/- 39m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): Wey Navigation Footpath, The Fox Way
Other Routes Touched (cycle): Surrey Cycleway
Cafe / pubs on route: The New Inn, Send (3.1 km in) and The Seven Stars (9.3 km in)
Map: Guildford & Farnham Map | Godalming & Farnborough | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 145
Links: Wey Navigation, River Wey, River Wey and Godalming Navigations (National Trust), Send
This is the fifth of a series of short circular walks along the River Wey and the Wey Navigation canal in Surrey. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
This section starts at Newark Lane Car Park where there’s enough (free) parking for around 10 cars. It was very rutted with large water-filled holes when we were there so be careful if you have a car with low clearance. This route is a narrow circular taking in more of the Wey Navigation than other sections. The actual River Wey and the Broadmead Cut, another channel, split off on the northern bank at ~750m into the route and rejoin at 3.5 km in.
At 3.1 km into the route you’ll cross over Send Road to the south eastern side of the navigation. Here’s a good place to stop for a rest at The New Inn, the only pub on the route until you reach The Seven Stars near the end point. After the new Inn continue south along the navigation to a bridge at 4.7 km. Here you’ll leave The Fox Way as it crosses the bridge heading west. Instead, hop over the style and follow a path across marshland to another bridge. It was extremely wet and boggy when we were there so be sure to wear waterproof boots if it has recently rained. Cross over the bridge and follow the northern bank of The Wey to St Mary The Virgin Church.
From the church follow Church Lane as it curves to the north, cross over Potter Lane and continue north up Send Hill. Shortly after the junction with Winds Ridge road take a footpath on the left to follow it onto Farm Lane. Take a right onto Sandy Lane, cross over Send Road and follow Tannery Lane onto Peppercourt Lane until the junction with Newark Lane. Take a left onto Newark Lane to follow it back to the car park.
Previous section (north): Walking the River Wey Part 5: Canons and Cornmills
Next section (south): Walking the River Wey Part 7: Worpleston to Guildford (blog post coming in Spring 2025)
Crossing under the M25 near Denham
Start & Finish: Gerrards Cross Station, SL9 8PP, United Kingdom
Distance: 10.4 km (6.4 miles)
Elevation change: +81 / -116. Net -35m
South Bucks Way section covered: Chalfont St Peter to Denham Station: 7.6 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): South Bucks Way, Chiltern Heritage Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Milton Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: Several in Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter and Denham village centres.
Map: Chiltern Hills East Map | High Wycombe, Maidenshead & Rickmansworth | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 172
Links: South Bucks Way (LDWA), Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter, Northmoor Hill Nature Reserve, Denham
The South Bucks Way is a 37 km (23-mile) trail that promises a delightful escape for walkers and hikers. This scenic route, often overshadowed by its more famous counterparts, offers a tranquil journey through charming villages, lush countryside, and the gentle murmur of the River Misbourne. This post is part of a series of circular walks featuring the South Bucks Way. The full trail stretches from Coombe Hill near Wendover to the Grand Union Canal at Denham. Our walks take in short sections of the South Bucks Way and loop back to the start on other paths. The South Bucks Way is well sign-posted however you’ll need a map or GPX route to keep on track for the return sections of the loops. The guidance below will help but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.
For this section there weren’t any great options for circular walks so we did a point-to-point from Gerrards Cross to Denham stations and got the train back instead. From Gerrards Cross Station follow the footpath that runs to the north parallel to the railway line to Bull Lane. Take a right onto Bull Lane to the junction with Maltmans Lane and pick up the footpath heading north. Continue north on the footpath then onto Austenwood Close then a left onto Austenwood Lane and a right onto Gold Hill East. Follow Gold Hill East as it curves round to the north-east and descents down Market Place to the centre of Chalfont St. Peter. At the mini-roundabout take a right onto High Street and you’ll now be back on the South Bucks Way.
Follow the South-Bucks Way as it takes a left up Chiltern Hill through a very nice estate then a right into fields, through a Scout Campsite and Gerrards Cross Golf Club. When exiting the golf club take a right onto Denham Lane then a left on to a footpath that heads north and runs parallel to the M25. Cross under the M25 through a foot-tunnel and follow the path as it snakes around the boundary of the HS2 site through to Tilehouse Lane. Take a right onto Tilehurst Lane and follow it in a southerly direction past Denham Aerodrome and take a left onto Denham Green Lane. Follow Denham Green Lane in a south-easterly direction to the A412 North Orbital Road. Cross over the A412 and follow Link Way, cross over Moorfield Road and down Savoy Lane. Take a right onto a footpath called The Phygtle which leads you to Denham Station. There’s regular trains on the Chiltern Main Line back to the start at Gerrards Cross Station.
Previous section (north): Chalfont St Peter, Seer Green and Chalfont St Giles
Next section (south): Denham Village and The Grand Union Canal
Between Felden and Bovingdon shortly after sunrise
Start: Chaulden Adventure Playground, 106 Long Chaulden, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2HX
Finish: The Village Green, Chalfont Saint Giles, HP8 4QF
Distance: 22.7 km (14.1 Miles)
Elevation change: +250m / -303m. Net -53m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): Chiltern Way, Red Walk, Hertfordshire Way, Chiltern Heritage Trail, South Bucks Way
Other Routes Touched (cycle): Grand Union Canal Towpath, Chiltern Heritage Trail Milton Route,
Pubs / Cafes on route: Bell Inn Bovingdon (5.9 km in), Green Dragon or Bricklayer’s Flaunden (8.9 km in), Cock In Sarratt (13 km in). Red Lion Chenies (15.1 km in), Cafe at Van Hage Garden Centre (15.5 km in), Merlins Cave (at the finish)
Maps:
- St Albans & Hatfield Map | Hemel Hempstead & Welwyn Garden City | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 182
Links: Chiltern Way (Chiltern Society), Hemel Hempstead, Boxmoor, Bovingdon, Flaunden, Sarratt, Chenies, Chorleywood, Chalfont St Giles
This is the sixth of a series of point to point walks on the Chiltern Way. The full trail is a 134 mile (215 km) long distance path around the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). My friend Brian and I have been doing a section a year on or around the Winter Solstice since 2019. At the current rate we plan to be finished in December 2027. The Chiltern Way is well sign-posted however you should take a map or GPX route to keep on track and be prepared for all weathers. This post isn’t intended as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.
Brian and I tend to see a lot of each other over the summer months then there’s a gap of a few months when I get distracted by longer holidays and peak busyness at work. The Winter Solstice hike is always a good opportunity to catch up on what we’ve missed in each others’ lives. This year’s Solstice hike was at the midway point between our 50th birthdays. As well as our normal check-in we spent the drive to the start to compare notes on which parts of our bodies were slowing down or wearing out. Fortunately there was nothing too dramatic this year apart from a few aches and twinges.
Picking up from Part 5 at Shrub Hill we headed south through the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead. Our first stop was the obligatory sunrise selfie, albeit not in the most scenic part of this year’s walk.
After 1.6 km we crossed over the Grand Union Canal, last seen at Cow Roast at the start of section 2. After the canal the route ascends up to Boxmoor, also following a section of the Hertfordshire Way until Flaunden. I had marked pub stops on the map at both Flaunden and Sarratt in the optimistic hope that one of them might be open for morning coffee. As per all other Soltrice Walks we were way too early. The first rest and food stop came right at lunchtime at the cafe in the Van Hage Garden Centre off the A404.
For the afternoon section we were in very familiar territory, close to our homes and on very familiar paths. After the A404 the route joins the Chiltern Heritage Trail, heading sound through Chorleywood, along Old Shire Lane and before curving round towards the west to Chalfont St Giles. The Merlin’s Cave pub, with an excellent fish and chips, was our end point for this section.
Previous section: Walking The Chiltern Way Part 5: Peter’s Green to Shrub Hill Common
Next section: Walking The Chiltern Way Part 7: Chalfont St. Giles to Marlow Bottom. Blog post coming in December 2025
parkrun Completion names are unofficial titles for having completed all of the parkrun events in a county. “LonDone” is one of the most popular and there’s frequent discussions on others in the various parkun social media groups. Below are the ones that I’ve noted over the years. For most I’ve forgotten or don’t know the original source so please comment below to claim credit. Also comment below if you have any other county completion names to fill the gaps. I’ll donate £1 to parkrun Forever for and name added to the main list.
County names in bold link to a completion page showing the parkrun events for that county. I do one of these pages once I’ve completed at least 3 events in that county. If you would like to speed up the process, Buy Me a Coffee and I’ll create a new page for your chosen county and dedicate it to you.
Shows both Historic and Ceremonial Counties. Ceremonial counties with a distinct name to the Historic County are indicated with a *. Where a county has been sub-divided (e.g. Sussex into East and West), I’ve shown the combined name.
Bedfordshire: Made the Beds
Berkshire: Complete Berk
Bristol*: Brist-all
Buckinghamshire: Buck'ed Up
Cambridgeshire: Camb-which
Cheshire: The Cheshire Set
Cornwall: CornwAll
Cumberland:
Cumbria*: Done-bria
Derbyshire:
Devon:
Dorset: The Dor Set
Durham:
Essex: PIED. Parkruns in Essex Done
Gloucestershire: Glos’d Over
Greater London*: LonDone
Greater Manchester*: Greater Ran-Chester
Hampshire: Champshire
Herefordshire:
Hertfordshire: King/Queen of Herts
Huntingdonshire:
Kent: Total Kent, Gar-Done of England
Lancashire: Rankashire
Leicestershire: Flaw-Leics
Lincolnshire: No Missing Lincs
Merseyside*: Mersey-Beat
Norfolk: That’s All Folks (for both Norfolk and Suffolk)
Northamptonshire: Northamp-done-shire
Northumberland: North-done-berland
Nottinghamshire: Get Nott’ed, Notting-done
Rutland: Rutland-ed
Shropshire:
Somerset: The Somer-Set
Staffordshire: Fully Staffed
Suffolk: PISD: Parkruns in Suffolk Done. That’s All Folks (for both Norfolk and Suffolk)
Surrey: SurreyALList
Sussex: Sussexful
Tyne and Wear*: Full Tyne
Warwickshire:
West Midlands*: West Didlands
Westmorland:
Wiltshire: Complete Bustard
Worcestershire:
Yorkshire: Yorkshire Pud-done
All-inside-the- M25: LonDone+ or Orbit-All
East Anglia: East Ranglia
Antrim
Armagh
Down
Fermanagh
Londonderry
Tyrone
All of Northern Ireland: Northern Entireland
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Bute
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
FifeInverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Moray
Nairnshire
Orkney
Peeblesshire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross and Cromarty
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
West Lothian
Wigtownshire
Zetland (Shetland)
All of Scotland: Allba
Monmouthshire
Glamorganshire
Carmarthenshire
Pembrokeshire
Cardiganshire
Brecknockshire
Radnorshire
Montgomeryshire
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Merionethshire
Caernarfonshire
Anglesey
Gwent: Gwent there and done it
South Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan
West Glamorgan
Dyfed
Powys
Gwynedd
Clwyd
All of Wales: Plugged the Leek
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The ruins of Newark Priory
Start & Finish: Ripley High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AN
Distance: 8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Elevation Change: +/- 50m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): Wey Navigation Footpath, The Fox Way
Other Routes Touched (cycle): Surrey Cycleway
Cafe / pubs on route: Several in Ripley High Street at the start and end. We like Nest Home and Cafe. Also, The Anchor (5.7 km in)
Map: Guildford & Farnham Map | Godalming & Farnborough | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 145
Links: Wey Navigation, River Wey, River Wey and Godalming Navigations (National Trust), Pyrford, Ripley, Newark Priory
This is the fourth of a series of short circular walks along the River Wey and the Wey Navigation canal in Surrey. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
As with the Weybridge Locks and Levels Walk, this was an already established route rather than one that I created myself. The PDF is a great guide to the walk so I won’t repeat any of it here. The only thing to note is that the route does miss a short section of the Wey Navigation near Pyrford Lakes in order to include Ripley and Ockham Mill. If you prefer a shorter walk that misses Ripley and Ockham Mill but covers the full length of the Wey then the Newark Lane Car Park is a good alternative place to start and end the walk.
Previous section (north): Walking the River Wey Part 4: Byfleet and Wisley
Next section (south): Walking the River Wey Part 6: Newark Lane and Send (Blog post coming soon)
Also known as: Phan Xi Păng (Vietnamese), Fan Si Pan
Significance: Highest Point in Vietnam, Lào Cai province and the Indochina peninsula
Nearest Higher Neighbour: Maotou Shan, China
Elevation: 3,147m
Date “climbed”: November 1st 2024
Coordinates: 24° 29' 6'' N, 100° 40' 17'' E
Links: Wikipedia (Vietnam, Lào Cai province, Fansipan), Peakbagger
Our trip to Fansipan was a part of a 2-week escorted tour of Vietnam. We had a very long list of things that we wanted to see in the country but only 2 weeks to do it in. Fortunately we have an ex-colleague who is also a travel organiser so asked him to plan the ultimate Grand Tour of Vietnam. The first version of the itinerary had a few days of rest in Phú Quốc island but missed out the country high point. As my main travel principle is that you can rest when you’re dead, we swapped out the island for the high point. I’m so happy that we made the swap as our 2 days around Fansipan were a highlight of the whole Vietnam trip. We had a guide and a driver so all of the arrangements were taken care of. If you’re travelling solo, check out other blogs for better info on how to get to Fansipan from Hanoi.
The main way to access Fansipan is from the centre of Sapa. This is a large town in the far north of the country, approximately 6 hours drive from Hanoi. From the town centre you can take a funicular railway, then a cable car from Hoang Lien Station. The station was opened in 2018, built in French-colonial style, and is an impressive building in its own right. When you enter the station you leave the noisy, busy streets and enter into a clean, modern Disney-style complex to start the ascent.
The first part is a 6 minute funicular railway ride to Muong Hoa Station where you change to the cable car. It’s a big complex with some gardens but we arrived mid-afternoon and didn’t have a lot of time to look around so we continued straight onto the cable car.
The Sapa Cable Car isn't just a scenic ride; it's a record-breaker! It holds two Guinness World Records:
Longest Non-Stop Three-Rope Cable Car: Stretching an impressive 6,292 meters (nearly 4 miles), it's the longest continuous three-rope cable car system in the world.
Highest Elevation Difference: With a staggering 1,410-metre (4,626 feet) vertical ascent, it has the greatest elevation difference for any non-stop three-rope cable car worldwide
The summit complex is impressively huge and well organised for something built on top of a mountain at 3000m. From the cable-car top station at you have the choice of taking another funicular or 600 steps to the high point. Wanting to do both options we took the funicular up and the steps down.
The summit is very well organised with several “false summits” with triangular makers for photo opportunities. This removes the normal queues of people waiting to have their photos taken at the same spot. We were there late in the afternoon on a weekday and it was quieter than normal.
On the way back down to the cable car station the 600 steps take you past gardens and pagodas and the largest Buddha statue in the country. It’s a better option to take the funicular up and the steps down as you get great views as you descend. Our only wish is that we had started the trip earlier so that we were not so rushed on the way down.
“LonDone” is the name for completing the full set of 65 parkrun events in Greater London. There’s 2 other terms: “LonDone +” and “LonDone ++” that have been widely debated in the various parkrun social media forums.
LonDone + is generally seen as being all parkrun events within the M25. There are currently 15 parkrun events that are within the M25 but outside of Greater London or a total of 80 events within the M25.
Up to now I’ve ignored LonDone ++ as a lot of the definitions have felt a bit arbitrary. However, one definition that I like is that it includes events that are outside of the M25 but have a Voronoi area that crosses inside the M25. This includes a further 9 parkrun events making a total of 88 events that have part of their Voronoi area within the M25. Note that different parkrun apps have slightly different calculations for their Voronoi apps. For this page I’ve used the Voronoi map from the Running Challenges Chrome Extension.
LonDone+ and/or LonDone++ are also referred to as “Orbit-All”
See the main LonDone page for details of all parkrun events within Greater London.
Aldenham (Hertfordshire, East of England)
Cassiobury (Hertfordshire, East of England)
Egham Orbit (Surrey, South East England)
Leavesden Country (Hertfordshire, East of England)
Rickmansworth (Hertfordshire, East of England)
Roding Valley (Essex, East of England)
South Oxhey (Hertfordshire, East of England)
Note that the Egham Orbit course crosses under the motorway with a short section outside of the M25. I've included it in LonDone+ as the start, finish and majority of the course are within the M25.
Oaklands College (Hertfordshire, East of England)
St Albans (Hertfordshire, East of England)
Notes on recent changes
Thurrock’s Voronoi area extended across the M25 before the start of Ingrebourne Hill.
Jersey Farm’s Voronoi area extended across the M25 before the start of Oaklands College.
The images below show the Voronoi area for each of the LonDon ++ parkrun events in blue with the M25 as a red line.
parkruns are free, weekly, community 5k events all around the world. I started in December 2012 and have been obsessive about it ever since. See my parkrun Collection page for details.
Featured and popular parkrun posts:
