Pete's Walks- Cadmore End and Turville (page 1 of 4)
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 5.1 mile walk on Saturday, 9th April 2022. The route was basically a shortened version of a Cadmore End and Little Frieth route that I remember walking on a foggy day in 2015.
I parked along the start of Church Road in Cadmore End, near the school, and started walking just before 11.30am. I followed the road as far as the village church, and then took a bridleway that went down a farm track starting on the right. This was a good start to the walk, as there was a nice view to the left and as I quickly spotted several wildflowers (including Bluebells, Greater Stitchwort, and Lesser Celandine). After a while the track turned left and descended a short distance to reach Hanger Wood.
The start of the walk, along Church Road, Cadmore End
Near the start of the track from Cadmore End to Hanger Wood
View left from near Cadmore End
Further along the track, with Hanger Wood ahead - there were many Primroses here
On entering the wood I immediately forked right onto a footpath, following it southwards through the wood for about half a mile. The path then dropped quite steeply downhill, between a fence and a high hedge on my right. At the bottom of the hill the path continued between fences to reach Fingest.
The path junction at the entrance to Hanger Wood, where I forked right
Hanger Wood
Sign in Hanger Wood giving its history since 1942 - a few trees have signs in front of them saying what species they are
Hanger Wood
Hanger Wood
Hanger Wood
The path descending from Hanger Wood to Fingest
Approaching Fingest
I turned left, along Chequers Lane, with the impressive church on my right. At a T-junction opposite the Chequers pub, I turned right (still with the churchyard on my right), then when the road turned left I went straight on along a footpath. This ran alongside a garden wall then fences on my left. On reaching a path junction I turned left and soon came to a lane, where I saw my first Wood Anemones of the day.
Fingest church
Near the start of the path out of Fingest
The path path out of Fingest, after I went left at a junction
