Pete's Walks - Old Amersham and Beaconsfield (page 2 of 4)
The path led on to the church at Penn Street, where I turned right, following the edge of the car park and then going straight on along a short track that brought me out onto the large village green or common, close to a pond on my left. I turned left and crossed the road, taking a path down a gravel track between cottages. From the end of the track the path soon continued across a large field of young green corn to reach Priestlands Wood.
The path through Penn Wood, heading to Penn Street church
Penn Street church
Pond on the common at Penn Street
Penn Street
The path from Penn Street, southwest to Priestlands Wood
The path continued through the wood and then the adjoining Tragoe's plantation (where I spotted a Nuthatch). After crossing another green arable field, the path ran between hedges next to allotments to reach the village of Winchmore Hill. I crossed a road and walked straight on, soon joining another road as it passed the village football pitch. At a road junction I carried on ahead, and soon left the village as I followed Fagnall Lane for some distance gently downhill to eventually reach a valley bottom.
Priestlands Wood
Tragoe's Plantation
Fagnall Lane
The lane now turned right, but I continued ahead along the drive to Seagrave's Farm, which gradually climbed the opposite hillside. Beyond the farm the path continued along a nice farm track with pleasant views, soon dropping into a shallow valley. Here the track turned left around the corner of a wood, but the footpath went straight on across another green field. It went through a hedge on the far side (beyond a small wood on the right), then turned right and followed the edge of the next green field.
The drive to Seagrave's Farm
The path from Seagrave's Farm to Knotty Green
The path from Seagrave's Farm to Knotty Green
The path from Seagrave's Farm to Knotty Green
In the corner of this field I joined a path going left between the hedgerow of the field and some garden fences on my right - I was now on the edge of Knotty Green (a 'suburb' of Beaconsfield). The path led on into the interestingly named Netherlands Wood.
Path going northeast along the edge of Knotty Green
The path continuing through Netherlands Wood
The path continuing through Netherlands Wood