Pete's Walks - Bledlow Ridge, Stokenchurch, Sprig's Alley (page 1 of 5)
If you are considering walking this route yourself, please see my disclaimer. You may also like to see these notes about the maps and GPX files.
I did this circular walk of about 8.9 miles on Wednesday, 26th March 2025. It was a repeat of a walk I did in February 2024.
I parked in a side street in Bledlow Ridge (Grid Reference SU 796978) and started walking about 10.20 am. I followed the road through the village southeastwards, passing the village church on my left. After about a third of a mile, immediately after a road junction where a road went left (towards Princes Risborough), I took a bridleway on the right. This was soon dropping downhill into a valley. I went straight on when a footpath went right, but a little further along the bridleway I then took a second footpath on the right. This footpath dropped steeply downhill beside a wire fence on my right - there was a nice view along the valley here.
Bledlow Ridge
Bledlow Ridge church
The bridleway from Bledlow Ridge
The bridleway from Bledlow Ridge
View right along the valley southwest of Bledlow Ridge
The footpath after I turned right from the bridleway
At the end of the path I turned right along a lane (Bottom Road) and then took a path on the left. This ran gently uphill to reach a tree belt (or narrow wood), where it turned right through the middle of the tees. There was a lot of Holly here. After a while the path turned slightly left and rose a bit more steeply through the trees until it reached a lane. I turned left and followed the lane (more like a road) uphill towards The City, the oddly-named main settlement in Radnage (the parish has various other hamlets or 'Ends'). At a junction where another lane went straight on I turned right, the lane now becoming City Road and soon levelling out. I followed the road for almost three-quarters of a mile (it didn't seem that far) - just after passing the village school I ignored a footpath on the right and further on ignored a bridleway going right. I then took a second bridleway on the right, that started down a drive
The start of the path up the other side of the valley
The path up the other side of the valley
The path up the other side of the valley
The lane into The City, Radnage
The road through The City, Radnage
The road through The City, Radnage
The bridleway where I turned right (I forked left from it just before the drive goes out of shot)