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Dog walks near Chesham and Amersham

We have measured 1,910 walks that start within 5 km of the middle of Chesham, each against the same public map data. This page says what they are like, beside Buckinghamshire as a whole, and how many pass the checks we run for five kinds of dog.

It covers Amersham, whose centre is 4.7 km away, too.

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Chesham and the 5 km around it, on Buckinghamshire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Three walks near Chesham

Three of the 1,910 walks near Chesham, from those that start nearest its middle: a 4.3 km loop, an 11.7 km there and back and a 2.8 km one-way walk. How we pick them

Where these go is in the app

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  • Chesham loop4.3 km · 74 min · A loop
  • Amersham and back11.7 km · 201 min · There and back
  • Chesham one-way walk2.8 km · 48 min · One way

Walks near Chesham for your dog

When you tell us what your dog finds hard, the app checks every walk against it before you see one. These are five of those checks, run over the walks near Chesham, and the share that pass each.

The app searches further than 5 km when it has to, and it weighs what you tell it about your own dog, so these are a starting point rather than your answer.

What the walks near Chesham are like

Each bar is the share of the 1,910 walks near Chesham the sentence is true of. The upright mark on each bar, and the small number beside it, is the same share for Buckinghamshire as a whole.

How far they go

Under 3 km: 35% of the walks near Chesham, against 40% across Buckinghamshire.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredBuckinghamshire
Under 3 km
35%
40%
3 to 5 km
21%
20%
5 to 8 km
19%
17%
8 to 12 km
13%
10%
Over 12 km
9%
10%

What shape they are

A loop: 36% of the walks near Chesham, against 21% across Buckinghamshire.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredBuckinghamshire
A loop
36%
21%
There and back the same way
40%
50%
One way, ending somewhere else
22%
28%

What is beside the path

Beside water for a tenth or more: 19% of the walks near Chesham, against 41% across Buckinghamshire.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredBuckinghamshire
Under trees for a third or more of the way
62%
49%
Beside water for a tenth or more
19%
41%
On open access land for a third or more
4%
9%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
4%
13%
Beside crop fields for a third or more
90%
87%
Beside farm grassland for half or more
86%
81%
No farm grassland at all
1%
2%
Off road for four fifths or more
9%
17%
On roads or lanes for half or more
53%
49%
Through built-up streets for half or more
2%
2%

What might stop you

No stile, gate or cattle grid: 73% of the walks near Chesham, against 63% across Buckinghamshire.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredBuckinghamshire
Never beside a fast road
86%
83%
Never beside a busy road
67%
74%
No busy road to cross
68%
75%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
73%
63%
No steps
87%
85%

What is on the way

Pass a busy beauty spot: 4% of the walks near Chesham, against 21% across Buckinghamshire.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredBuckinghamshire
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
92%
80%
Pass a pub
43%
32%
Pass a dog-waste bin
17%
27%
Pass a public toilet
13%
14%
Pass a drinking-water tap
2%
1%
Pass a busy beauty spot
4%
21%

Measured on 12 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks near Chesham, for your dog

If you live in Buckinghamshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

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The rules around Chesham

In England you may walk on public rights of way, on open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and in woodland the Forestry Commission opens to the public. We hold all three for Buckinghamshire, and a walk that leaves them is refused before you ever see it.

We have read the dog orders of every council in Buckinghamshire, and a walk here tells you when it crosses a place an order names.

We checked Buckinghamshire for military live-firing ground and found none. The military sites on the map here are barracks, cadet huts and indoor ranges, none of them open ground a walk could wander onto.

Every council in Buckinghamshire, and what its orders say