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Through the Chilterns

This drive begins just 40 km (25 miles) – but a whole
world away – from the turmoil of central London, in the
pretty village of Chalfont St Giles. It takes a route through
the Chiltern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty. Through necessity, some stretches run
along main roads, but there are also lovely country lanes
with no significant traffic. The proposed stops along the
way are varied – grand, quaint and beautiful – while
the destination town of Henley offers Above Cobstone windmill, Turville, see p86
plenty to absorb the visitor for a day.
GREAT
MISSENDEN Chesham
0 kilometres 5 Prestwood
Speen Flaunden
0 miles 5 Little Chesham
Kingshill
North Bois Chenies
Radnage Dean Little
Missenden
Green
Stokenchurch Deanfield Naphill HUGHENDEN Holmer Penn AMERSHAM
MANOR
Chorleywood
WEST Street
WYCOMBE Hughenden Coleshill Rickmansworth
Piddington CHILTERN OPEN
Ibstone Penn
High Wycombe CHALFONT AIR MUSEUM
Bolter ST GILES
North End End Dilham Colne
Turville Seer Jordans
Lane End Green
Fingest Loudwater Chalfont West
Frieth Beaconsfield St Peter Hyde
Pishill Skirmett B UCKINGHAMSHIRE
Little Gerrards
Stonor Cross
Marlow Wooburn
Nettlebed Marlow Hedgerley
Fawley Hambleden Thames Cookham Hedsor
Bix Dean Farnham
Medmenham Royal
Highmoor Remenham Cookham
Cross
Dilham
HENLEY-
ON-THAMES KEY
Warren Row Drive route
Harpsden
Knowl Hill
Wargrave
PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Chalfont St Giles to Henley-on-Thames.
Number of days: 2 days.
Distances: 56 km (35 miles).
Road conditions: Very good; some lanes can be
narrow; good signage with brown tourist signs.
When to go: From late May through to autumn.
Main market days: Amersham: Amersham Country
Market, Fri am; Henley-on-Thames: Market Day, Thu;
Farmers’ Market, 2nd Sat and 4th Thu of month.
Major Festivals: Amersham: Charter Fair (and market),
Sep 19–20; Henley-on-Thames: Henley Royal Regatta,
beginning of Jul; Henley Festival of Music and Arts, Jul. Above The Red Lion Hotel, Henley-on-Thames, dating back to the 14th century, see p87

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