Independent Trails: Fact File.RIDE2

The Chilterns - The Ridgeway ~ Chiltern Hills

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Introduction

The eastern section of The Ridgeway through the Chiltern Hills, from Goring on Thames to Ivinghoe Beacon, winds through a landscape of beech woodlands, chalk grassland, fertile farmland and attractive villages and small towns, that is markedly different to the open and remote landscape of the western section.
Points of historical interest include the ancient linear earthwork of Grim's Ditch, the Watlington White Mark, a hill figure cut in the 18th century by a local vicar to give his church the optical illusion of a steeple; a New Stone Age barrow at Whiteleaf Hill, Bronze Age round barrows and Iron Age hill forts at Pulpit Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon.

Trail Facts

Total distance: 41 miles (66km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 11 miles (16km)/17.5 miles (24km)
Waymarking: The route is a waymarked National Trail and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Goring
End of holiday: Ivinghoe Beacon (accommodation in Tring)
Code: RIDE2

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Goring, where your first nights accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Goring to Watlington. 14½ miles (23km)

Day 3: Watlington to Princes Risborough. 11 miles (17.5km)

Day 4: Princes Risborough to Tring. 12 miles (19km)

Day 5: Tring to Ivinghoe Beacon (and return to Tring). 10 miles (16km)

Day 6: Depart from Tring after breakfast

What's included

• 5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses.
• Full English breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
• Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each day, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient major city and International airport: London

Outward journey from London to Avebury: There is a fast and frequent rail service between London Paddington and Goring. The journey takes approximately 1 hour.

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: There is a fast and frequent rail service from Tring to London Euston. The journey takes about 45 minutes.

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