Chorleywood

Chorleywood is a large village on the edge of the Chilterns AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), a range of chalk hills north-west of London. The area is popular for walking with beautiful countryside, picturesque villages and great views.

www.chilternsaonb.org | www.visitchilterns.co.uk

www.chilternsociety.org.uk including free walks leaflets

Philipshill Wood 1¼ miles

Philipshill Wood is an ancient woodland site but more recently was mainly beech for the Chilterns furniture industry. It has since been replanted with a mixture of broadleaved trees and is now cared for by the Woodland Trust. Bluebells can be seen in the spring as well as other woodland wildlife throughout the year.
Open at all times.
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

Chiltern Open Air Museum 2½ miles

An outdoor museum in the Chilterns countryside with rescued and reconstructed buildings that were the homes and workplaces of ordinary local people. Buildings include an Iron Age roundhouse, a Victorian toll house, a tin chapel, a blacksmith's forge and wartime Nissen huts. Working farm with animals. Traditional gardens. Woodland trail (with bluebells in spring). Adventure playground. Tearoom. Events programme.
Open Apr-Oct, MFSSu (Daily in school holidays) 1000-1700.
www.coam.org.uk
There are buses from Amersham and Gerrards Cross stations.