The Lane End Loop, 8 miles, moderate

Calendar

When:

August 28, 2022 @ 11:00 am

2022-08-28T11:00:00+01:00

2022-08-28T11:15:00+01:00

Where:

Finings Road Car Park
Lane End
High Wycombe HP14 3ER
UK

Cost:

Free

Contact:

Jonathan

Walk

Booking Required car required Circular medium pace moderate Walk

An 8 mile circular walk from Lane End exploring the countryside and villages of Buckinghamshire and the Chiltern Hills.

This walk has been rescheduled from 31st July.

Booking is required for this walk, via the form here.

Pace: medium. Ascent: 351m.

Walk details

We depart the village of Lane End, heading in a north westerly direction towards Bolter End. Here we leave the village behind heading across open farmland viewing a variety of crops and farm animals, eventually reaching Fingest and the unique St Bartholomew’s Norman church.

Soon after leaving the village we tackle our first climb of the day through Mill Hanging Wood ending up at Cobstone Mill. This windmill was built in 1816 on Turville Hill and originally ground cereal grains, but is most famous for featuring in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. We will stop for lunch on the hill and admire the sweeping views and red kites (taking care to ensure they don’t steal our sandwiches!)

After lunch, it’s down the hill and into the village of Turville itself – again famous for a number of TV and film appearances including Killing Eve, Midsomer Murders, Lewis, Foyles War, Little Britain, Jonathan Creek and the Vicar of Dibley with the village’s St Mary the Virgin Church doubling as Dibley’s St Barnabus. There will hopefully be the opportunity for a well deserved pub stop in the Bull & Butcher at this point.

Refreshed, we continue our journey, encountering several more climbs, skirting round Great Wood and through Mousells Wood with the lighthouse visible in the distance. We will likely encounter wildlife including several deer if lucky. The final leg is back through farmland, returning to the car park at Lane End.

[Credit to the Chiltern Young Walkers for allowing me “borrow” this route from their recent walks programme.]

Travel details

By public transport

Unfortunately public transport is not a feasible option from Reading. Please feel free to use either our Facebook group (members only) or the comments section on the Meetup event page to arrange car sharing.

By car

Free council car park (and toilets) on Finings Road. The car park can be found by turning right after the traffic lights on Lane End High Street coming from Marlow direction. (Left before the lights if travelling from Stokenchurch direction.)

Notes

If you or someone else from your household has COVID-19 symptoms, please do not attend.
Please bring a packed lunch and a drink.
Please feel free to contact the leader with queries about the walk, or if you are delayed on the day.

Booking onto a walk

Most walks do not require advance booking, and you can just turn up on the day. We encourage those comfortable with Meetup to indicate there that you plan to come though, so that others can see there will be plenty of people there – this really helps to encourage new members to come along.
For the few which still have limited numbers, this is handled via Meetup. Follow the link to a walk’s Meetup page (or press 🎟 Register / 🎟 Tickets / 🎟), and mark yourself as attending.
Social and other events may have their own booking system – please see the event description.

Pace Guide

Gentle: led at a gentle pace with regular short breaks for water or rest. Should be suitable for anyone capable of the distance. (Expect 2–2.5 mph.)
Medium: led at an intermediate pace with fewer breaks but still suitable for most walkers. (Expect 2.5–3 mph.)
Fast: led at a quick pace with minimal breaks. May be a challenge for those with less fitness. (Expect 3 mph+.)

Speeds quoted are only a rough guide, including time spent on short water/rest stops and negotiating stiles/gates/roads etc. but not that spent on longer lunch or pub stops.