The Chiltern Way is a 133 mile circular long distance path through Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. It was officially launched in October 2000 by The Chiltern Society to mark the millennium and to provide walkers in the twenty first century with a new way of exploring the diverse beautiful countryside which all four Chiltern counties have to offer. The route begins at Hemel Hempstead, chosen because of its good communications links, and is described in a clockwise direction. The route is broken down into 28 sections and, in addition to a description of the route and points of interest along the way, the guide includes 29 specially drawn maps of the route showing local pubs, car parks, railway stations and a skeleton road network.

On leaving Hemel Hempstead the route heads south over the Bovington plateau and across a scenic section of the Chess Valley to picturesque Chenies. After Chorleywood and Newland Park the way descends into the Misbourne Valley and photogenic Chalfont St Giles. It then crosses quiet upland Penn country passing Coleshill, Winchmore Hill and Penn to reach the Wye Valley at Loudwater. The Way then heads for the northern slopes of the Thames Valley, skirts Marlow and passes through quiet wooded hills before descending into Hambleden Valley, one of the jewels of the Chilterns. Following the Hambleden Valley north the Way passes through Fingest and Turville and climbs to a high ridge at Southend Common. Now in Oxfordshire it takes one of the most beautiful Chiltern Paths descending through woodland to Stonor Park and the estate village. The Way then heads west, eventually reaching the ancient village of Ewelme from where it heads east to the top of Swyncombe Down, one of the most spectacular projections of the Chiltern Escarpment. It then crosses the Ridgeway Path at Cookley Green and the Oxfordshire Way at Hollandridge. It then passes through the beautiful Wormsley Valley to reach Stokenchurch. The Way then climbs up Bledlow Ridge, crosses the Risborough Gap to Saunderton and then to Lacey Green. This is only just over half way around the Chiltern Way, and the remainder of the route is equally as visually rewarding.

The original Chiltern Way (as described in above book) is a 133 mile circuit extending from Ewelme, Oxfordshire in the southwest to Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire and Lilley, Hertfordshire in the northwest as well as going as far southeast as Chorleywood West on the Chiltern down slope. This book includes the later extensions which lengthen the route to 172 miles and take it southwards to the Thames at Mapledurham and Goring and eastward via the Barton Hills almost to Hitchin. While these routes do not attempt to take in every corner of or every parish in the Chilterns they do offer a good cross-section of the various types of characteristic Chiltern scenery.

The guide describes the entire route in 41 sections, each with specially drawn maps and comprehensive practical information including facts and figures about the route such as mileage charts.

The Chiltern Way was established by the Chiltern Society to mark the Millennium and was extended in 2003 to include both extremities of the Chilterns, including the beautiful Oxfordshire section of the Thames Valley. As many walkers want to explore the Way in half or full day sections without the inconvenience of finding a way to return to their start point, this guide has been produced to provide circular routes incorporating sections of the original way or its extensions. This guide covers the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire stretch of the Chiltern Way and the 20 walks include some of its best sections, giving the walker a representative impression of the route as a whole. Clear descriptions, maps, practical and background information is included for each walk.

The walk locations are: Chalfont St Giles; Seer Green; Loudwater (Bucks); Marlow; Medmenham; Southend (Bucks); Maidensgrove; Greys Green; Rotherfield Peppard; Goring Heath; Goring-on-Thames; Woodcote; Ewelme; Watlington; Turville Heath; Stokenchurch; Bledlow; Princes Risborough; Great Missenden; Cholesbury/Hawridge.

This guide covers the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire sections of the Chiltern Way and describes twenty walks ranging in length from 5.4 miles to 9.2 miles. The routes therefore accommodate comfortable half-day walks and leisurely full day walks. In addition, several possible combinations of walks up to 22 miles are provided for those who would like a longer more challenging walk. As with all Nick Moon's Chiltern guides there are excellent detailed sketch maps and clear precise directions and facts and figures about each walk. Details of how to reach the starting points by car and where to park are given in the introductory information to each walk.

The walk locations are: Tring Station; Aldbury Common; Little Gaddesden; Dunstable Downs; Houghton Regis; Sundon Hills; Barton-le-Clay; Stopsley; Breachwood Green; Pegsdon; Hitchin; Preston; Kimpton; Luton; Flamstead; Gaddesden Row; Hemel Hempstead Station; Chipperfield; Chorleywood; Maple Cross.