Jarrold Pathfinder 25 - Chiltern & Thames Valley
ISBN: 0-7117-0674-3
The Chilterns form part of the long line of chalk hills stretching intermittently across southern and eastern England. Punctuating their western escarpment is a succession of fine viewpoints Watlington Hill, Chinnor Hill, Ivinghoe Beacon, Dunstable Downs and Coombe Hill which overlook the Oxford Plain, Vale of Aylesbury and Bedfordshire and are all included in walks here. It is an area characterised by beech woods and dry valleys, and these natural features are explored in the routes.
The Thames Valley is steeped in history, from Windsor Castle and Richmond Park to Runnymede Meadows, where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215, and there are opportunities to absorb this evocative atmosphere, as well as genteel towns like Dorchester, Henley and Princes Risborough. The guide also covers Cliveden Reach, one of the finest stretches of the Thames, and Cookham, home of the artist Stanley Spencer for most of his life.
The Chilterns form part of the long line of chalk hills stretching intermittently across southern and eastern England. Punctuating their western escarpment is a succession of fine viewpoints Watlington Hill, Chinnor Hill, Ivinghoe Beacon, Dunstable Downs and Coombe Hill which overlook the Oxford Plain, Vale of Aylesbury and Bedfordshire and are all included in walks here. It is an area characterised by beech woods and dry valleys, and these natural features are explored in the routes.
The Thames Valley is steeped in history, from Windsor Castle and Richmond Park to Runnymede Meadows, where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215, and there are opportunities to absorb this evocative atmosphere, as well as genteel towns like Dorchester, Henley and Princes Risborough. The guide also covers Cliveden Reach, one of the finest stretches of the Thames, and Cookham, home of the artist Stanley Spencer for most of his life.