This is a list of walks I have done starting at Cowleaze Wood car park in the Chiltern Hills. It is quite a large car park and I've never seen it full. Parking is free.
The distances are usually those given by Google Maps, and are only a rough guide. The 'My Rating' column indicates my own feelings about the walk, in comparison to the other walks here - I have enjoyed all these walks, but those that were particularly good I have given 1-3 *s, with *** indicating my most favourite walks. The 'Opposite included in list' column merely indicates whether I've included the walk twice, both clockwise and anti-clockwise (it's really for my own benefit so I can easily see which routes I've yet to walk in both directions).
WARNING: When I originally started writing up these walks, I didn't really intend them to be used as 'route descriptions' for other people to follow. However I am aware that a few people are using them that way, and I now try to make sure my descriptions give enough route details so that they can be followed. Unfortunately I have a dreadful tendency to get 'left' and 'right' confused. So if you want to try any of these walks yourself, I very strongly recommend that you try to follow the route description on a map first. If you do find (or think you find) any mistakes please let me know by email and I will make any corrections as soon as I can (usually I check emails every day). However, I think the walks on this page have adequate route descriptions to be followed (but walks that they have links to may not!).
Date (first walked) | Walk title | Length (in miles) | Time | My Rating | Starting point (with Grid Reference) | Opposite included in list |
27/02/16 | Cowleaze Wood, Chinnor, Ibstone (clockwise) | 16.5 | 6h 15m | * | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | Y |
22/10/16 | Cowleaze Wood, Ibstone, Chinnor (anti-clockwise) | 16.5 | 5h 55m | * | Cowleaze Wood SU726956 | Y |
5/05/19 | Cowleaze Wood, Crowell, Stokenchurch | 13.0 | 5h 15m | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | --- | |
9/12/09 | Cowleaze Wood and Radnage (clockwise) | 12.5 | 4h 50m | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | --- | |
2/04/17 | Cowleaze Wood and Radnage (anti-clockwise) | 12.5 | 4h 45m | * | Cowleaze Wood SU726956 | Y |
5/6/08 | Cowleaze Wood and Ibstone (Walk 16 of the Chiltern Chain Walk, anti-clockwise) | 11.9 | 4h 35m | *** | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | Y |
2/02/13 | Cowleaze Wood and Ibstone (Walk 16 of the Chiltern Chain Walk, clockwise) | 11.9 | 4h 20m | *** | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | Y |
2/03/09 | Cowleaze Wood and Turville Heath | 11.0 | 4h 30m | *** | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | --- |
24/01/15 | Cowleaze Wood, Studdridge Farm, Christmas Common | 9.4 | 3h 55m | *** | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | Y |
25/09/16 | Cowleaze Wood, Christmas Common, Studdridge Farm (anti-clockwise) | 9.4 | 3h 25m | *** | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | Y |
23/07/22 | Cowleaze Wood, Stokenchurch, Shirburn Hill (anti-clockwise) | 8.7 | 4h | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | --- | |
12/11/22 | Cowleaze Wood, Aston Rowant, Stokenchurch (clockwise) | 5.4 | 2h 40m | Cowleaze Wood car park SU726956 | --- |