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Slow Ways linking Beaconsfield and Amersham, Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Marlow, Slough
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Beaconsfield—Amersham
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Beaame one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 149m | Descent 202m | ||
Beaconsfield—Gerrards Cross
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Beager one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 96m | Descent 83m | |
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Beaconsfield—Gerrards Cross
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Beager two |
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U U |
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Enjoy me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 84m | Descent 96m | ||
Beaconsfield—Slough
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Beaslo one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 82m | Descent 150m | |
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Beaconsfield—Slough
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Beaslo two |
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4 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
High Wycombe—Beaconsfield
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Higbea one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 176m | Descent 160m | ||
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Maidenhead—Beaconsfield
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Maibea one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 15km/10mi | Ascent 303m | Descent 231m | |
Maidenhead—Beaconsfield
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Maibea two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 15km/10mi | Ascent 162m | Descent 91m | ||
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Marlow—Beaconsfield
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Marbea one |
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4 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 14km/8mi | Ascent 60m | Descent 127m |
Collective progress
72% of Beaconsfield’s six route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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14 people have contributed to Beaconsfield’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
4 people have surveyed a route in Beaconsfield
113km out of 113km have been walked and reviewed
313km of reviews have been shared in Beaconsfield
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On one of the hottest days so far this year, the wooded and shady sections were very welcome and the more open sections provided a nice breeze....
lwatson
But it presents a nice range of landscape: urban alleys, forest, farmland, and on the run-in to High Wycombe, quite a long section beside water along the Wye valley. The previous reviewer is correct that the lower part of Hammersley Lane doesn't have a footpath, though I should add that it's a pretty short section....
Martin McGovern
Then along a road to a golf course, there are woods here but also walking alongside greens with balls coming at you head on, take care. Beautiful countryside to be seen along narrow paths made quite muddy by recent rain....
Strider
The path for the next 5km is flat and quite muddy in places (its a flood plain!) with several very muddy kissing gates along the way. Not for wheels, very narrow in places, lots of stiles, some quite rickety....
Strider
I was surprised to see several baseball diamonds, until I discovered that Farnham Park is the national baseball and softball centre....
Martin McGovern
As the previous reviewer said, the Slough section is rather mundane running along the back lanes, but at least it’s away from the main road. The walk to and from Beaconsfield is roughly 1.5 hours and predominantly off road with the exception of a short element at the top of Burnham Beeches, which needs to be handled with a little care during the school run or rush hour....
Phil Dolphin
Sumaria added Maibea two, a new walk from Maidenhead to Beaconsfield
Walk this routeThe route goes through Jordans and touches on Seer Green, and then crosses a golf course....
Ianschagen
At Bourne End you can detour across the river on the railway bridge to reach the Bounty pub, a very pleasant place for refreshments (though rather dog-infested)....
Ianschagen
Derick Rethans added Beaslo two, a new walk from Beaconsfield to Slough
Walk this routeFor most of the walk along this road, there is a footpath separated from the road by (many) trees. After crossing Beaconsfield road, there is a little bit more lane walking before you need to find a footpath that gets you out onto Farnham Park....
Derick Rethans
The first is when you turn off Harehatch Lane and are meant to turn right, but that gate is locked with no way through, and appears to be private....
Ianschagen
There is a tiny stretch of road walking, followed by a neat straight line walk up a hill through fields with a windmill over the trees. At some point just after leaving Amersham there is a switch back in the route to go up the hill, through the middle of a field, and then after having walked a little at the top, it directs you back down off the hill to the path that you were just one....
Derick Rethans
I walked this from Beaconsfield to Marlow on a bright but cloudy May morning. After some in-between-the-fence walking in Bourne End, the last section was along the lovely Thames following the Thames Path into Marlow where the route ends....
Derick Rethans
Crossing the street (Long Bottom Lane) then brings you across a golf course for quite some time, before crossing the rail way and the new "Beaconsfield Eastern Relief Road" to walk through some residential streets, an alleyway, and along a slightly busy Maxwell Road to find some steep steps down to the station....
Derick Rethans
From Taplow Riverside to Hedsor, the route does not exist. The footpaths are not present, the land is part of Taplow Court (private) or Cliveden (National Trust) and the 3rd apparent river crossing on the Jubilee river is not present at all....
Sumaria
It's also very varied with a nice mix of town, woodland and farmland over the short 5-6 miles. I'm not entirely sure why the route bothers going down Magpie lane and then around to Ongar farm after Bowers farm as there's a path straight through....
Halkeelin1997
You then join the Chiltern Way, and once well away from the M40 and the playing fields, it's delightful to Wooburn Green, mainly in woods. From Wooburn Green to Bourne End is dreary, hence my 3 rating, behind an aggregate works and other buildings - surely there's a nicer footpath?...
Sumaria
I would instead turn right along Bull lane where there is a pavement, and then turn onto the path that runs along the trainline from there (that is what I did on my way back and I much preferred it)....
Eddie
There is no path on this side of the river from Maidenhead and it is not accessible....
Di
There is a path alongside the A40 from the Underpass out of Beaconsfield to the Footpath past Potkiln lane. Use that and the rest of the route is usable. The section through Wilton Park is not open...
Mark Lucas
Slight confusion as the route goes straight across the road at Welder's Lane, but it looked from the map as if it might follow the road briefly. A number of stiles, some steep-ish hills and narrow alleys, so may not be suitable for those with trouble walking or pushing prams etc....
JSN2403
In that first review I stated that a "path" (from the end of Potkiln Lane heading WNW) is blocked, barred ,........
Tom aspinall
At the end of the rec join the Chiltern Way, got past Kingsmead Business Park and cross the A40, bearing left to go up a lane under the railway line, and then follow the Chiltern Way up to and through Wycombe Heights golf course. This route largely follows the Chiltern Way and then the Berkshire Loop, and is easy to navigate with good country paths and alleyways (‘jitties’) through the suburbs of Beaconsfield....
Ianschagen
An alternative is to follow the Thames Path along the Berkshire bank to Cookham Bridge and then take the footpath to Hedsor and rejoin the existing route; but an even better (shorter) alternative is to follow the National Trust path from Maidenhead town centre through Maidenhead Commons to Cookham and thence over the bridge. The route from Cookham to Beaconsfield via Hedsor and Berghers Hill is lovely; it's worth the small detour to visit Cookham and Hedsor churches....
ottocrat
I tried BEAGER1 as an experiment in using Slow Ways....
Tom aspinall
Slow Ways added Beaame one, a new walk from Beaconsfield to Amersham
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Beager one, a new walk from Beaconsfield to Gerrards Cross
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Beager two, a new walk from Beaconsfield to Gerrards Cross
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Beaslo one, a new walk from Beaconsfield to Slough
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Higbea one, a new walk from High Wycombe to Beaconsfield
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Maibea one, a new walk from Maidenhead to Beaconsfield
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Marbea one, a new walk from Marlow to Beaconsfield
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Beaconsfield’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SU9400391137
Lat / Lon
51.61123° / -0.64382°
Easting / Northing
494,003E / 191,137N
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