Countryside Management Service

Chorleywood House Estate

Three contrasting circular walks around the Estate

Distance:	Choose from 1km (0.6mile) Park Walk, 1.2km (0.7 mile) Wood Walk or 1.5km (0.9 mile) Valley Walk
Time:	Various
Rating:	Gentle walks, the Valley Walk includes some steeper paths
Starting point:	Chorleywood House, Rickmansworth Road show me on a map

The Chorleywood House Estate

68 hectares combining formal parkland, open meadows and mature woodland, leading down to the banks of the River Chess. Take time to explore this attractive and varied landscape, part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Choose from three contrasting circular walks and discover this magnificent estate for yourself

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How to get there

By Road:

Drive via the A404, approximately 1/2 mile west from J18 of the M25. Free Parking

By Tube:

Chorleywood Station (1 mile walk)

By Bus:

Services from Watford, Rickmansworth, Chesham & Amersham. Details, call Herts Traveline 0870 608 2 608

The Walks

Park Walk

(1km/0.6miles - blue route)
Take a step back in time with a gentle stroll around the formal parkland surrounding Chorleywood House. The current Victorian house replaced a much older Georgian mansion and is now private apartments. Please respect the tenants right to privacy.

Discover the extensive formal gardens, lawns and fine specimen trees such as holm oak and laburnum and admire the restored Sunken Garden and Wisteria Circle.

Wood Walk

(1.2km/0.7miles - orange route)
Head for the quiet seclusion of the woods, dominated by oak, cherry, beech and ash trees. In spring time the floor is bright with bluebells, wood anemone and wild daffodils and also supports the nationally rare coralroot bittercress. Along the walk the canopy opens up to reveal panoramic views across the Chess Valley.

The route also passes the Dell Nature Reserve, an area of chalk grassland managed by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Look out for cowslips, violets and the bright blue speedwell.

Valley Walk

(1.5km/0.9miles - red route)
In late Spring the pink blossoms of the Chestnut Avenue fall to form an inspiring carpet walkway. Steeper paths lead further down to the picturesque banks of the River Chess, a popular summer picnicking area. This chalk stream is an important habitat supporting many kinds of plants and animals including brown trout, water voles and kingfishers.

More adventurous walkers could join the Chess Valley Walk a 10 mile route which heads towards Chesham to the north and Rickmansworth to the south.

Entry is free to the Chorelywood House Estate.

Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Three Rivers District Council and the Chorleywood House Community Partnership

Rights of Way symbols you might see

	Yellow arrows indicate footpaths for pedestrian use only
	Blue arrows indicate bridleways for horse riders, cyclists and pedestrian use only
	Red arrows indicate Byways Open to All Traffic (BOAT) for horse riders, cyclists and pedestrians and may be legally used by other wheeled vehicles
	Black arrows indicate Roads Used as Public Paths (RUPP) for horse riders, cyclists and pedestrians and may be legally used by other wheeled vehicles

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This is is one of a series of walks through the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) supported by the Chilterns Conference.

Please be considerate in the countryside - keep to footpaths, especially through crops, and leave farm gates as you find them.