This is a list of walks I have done starting at Goring in the Chiltern Hills. The walks either start at the pay-and-display car park in the centre of the village or at the far end of Manor Road (where it becomes a rough track with room for maybe a dozen cars to park).
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 |
23/06/08 | Goring and Mapledurham (Walk 20 of the Chiltern Chain Walk, anti-clockwise) | 13.4 | 4h 30m | ** | Goring car park SU599807 | Y |
16/06/12 | Goring and Mapledurham (Walk 20 of the Chiltern Chain Walk, anti-clockwise) | 13.4 | 4h 55m | ** | Goring car park SU599807 | Y |
23/05/15 | Goring, Hartslock, Cray's Pond (anti-clockwise) | 8.3 | 3h 15m | Goring (end of Manor Road) SU801602 | Y | |
19/05/18 | Goring, Cray's Pond, Hartslock (clockwise) | 8.3 | 3h 5m | Goring (end of Manor Road) SU801602 | Y | |
14/05/22 | Goring and Hartslock | 5.1 | 2h 10m | Goring car park SU599807 | --- |