Pete's Walks - Chinnor Hill and Stokenchurch (page 2 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.

Google map of the walk

The bridleway followed a hedgerow on my left, and after a hundred yards or so there was another hedge to my right. The bridleway then ran just inside a wood, all the while very gradually gaining height as it approached Aston Hill. At some point the wood became Aston Wood and soon after the wood was on both sides. After very gradually going up the slopes of Aston Hill (the Aston in the names of the wood and hill refer to the nearby village of Aston Rowant) for a while, there was a short steeper section, then the bridleway turned left and the incline became very gradual again. After another several hundred yards the bridleway reached the A40 at the top of Aston Hill.

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The start of the bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

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The bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

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The bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

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The bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

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The bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

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The bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

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The bridleway that goes up Aston Hill

I turned left along the A40, and soon came to a junction where I turned left. I followed this road for two or three hundred yards to where it turned left, where I went straight on along a bridleway. This followed a drive a short way before forking left (just before a house). It then ran just inside Kingston Wood, with fields to my right. After about half a mile, I turned right onto a footpath. This went uphill, between a tall hedge to my left and the wooden fence of a large paddock. At the top of the slope, the path passed to the right of Gurdon's Farm and continued as a farm track with wooden fences either side - there was nice view to the left here. The track dropped quite steeply downhill for a short distance, then turned left to reach Hawing Wood.

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The A40 on Aston Hill, heading to Stokenchurch

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The road after I turned left from the A40

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Near the start of the bridleway after I turned right from the road

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Further along the bridleway

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Further along the bridleway

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Further along the bridleway

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The path after I turned right, heading to Gurdon's Farm

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Further along the same path, after passing Gurdon's Farm