Thame Shed
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August 26, 2022Summary
This stile free walk starts in Great Missenden, home of the Roald Dahl Museum. There are fine views across the Misbourne valley.
Length: About 2.75 miles (allow 1½ hours)
Start & finish: Great Missenden Station. There is parking here and in the village
Access Information: Easy walking on good paths that can be muddy in winter. There is a gradual climb from the village with a total ascent of 80m
Food & drink: There are pubs and cafés in the village
Route
From the station entrance, turn right downhill and right along the High Street. Walk past the Roald Dahl museum and the shops, to a road on the right (Whitefield Lane).
- Turn right along it, go under the railway bridge and past the junction with Trafford Road.
- Continue ahead up the lane past Gipsy House on the right, formerly the home of Roald Dahl. At the top of the hill, follow the surfaced lane past Angling Spring Farm and onwards as it becomes an unsurfaced track. Follow it for a further 240m to a gate on the right just before the track starts to descend.
- Turn right through the gate and stay in the same direction along the top of the wood for 300m to enter a field.
- Keep straight ahead along the field edge to a gate, go through it and the next one onto a lane. Turn left to a road and then right along the verge for 90m to a gate opposite New Road.
- Turn right through the gate and along the path into a field. The route now stays in the same direction all the way down to the edge of Great Missenden. Go down the middle of the field to a gate at the entrance to Angling Spring Wood. Go through the gate and straight down the main path to leave the wood at a gate into a field. Continue to descend to a gate at the bottom.
- Do not go through, instead bear diagonally left on a fenced path to reach a stony lane. Turn left and walk along to the main road. Turn right over the railway bridge to finish at the station.