A scenic walk which starts in Peppard Common and follows Dog Lane, a wide tree-lined track, towards Rotherfield Greys. The route follows a short stretch of the Chiltern Way and then loops back through Crowsley Park Wood.

Length: 2.1 miles (allow 1 hour)

Start & finish: Peppard Common, RG9 5LB

Access Information: A gentle stile-free walk on wide tracks with two gates

Food & drink: Red Lion pub, Colliers Lane, Peppard Common

Route

If you’ve parked by the Red Lion pub, walk down to the B481 Peppard Road.  Cross the road and turn left along the pavement past ‘Daisy Cottage’ to the entrance to Greys Green golf club with a ‘Restricted Byway’ immediately to the right.

Waypoint 1 – Follow this byway (called Dog Lane), a wide and well surfaced track. It is one of the many historic drovers routes in the area linking to Henley-on-Thames, once the biggest inland port in the country. Follow this track for 450m to a crossing path for the golf course.

Waypoint 2 – Continue straight on for a further 800m ignoring side paths, until you reach a tarmac lane and crossroad of paths.

Waypoint 3 – Turn right along the lane for 120m until you see the sign for Cross Lanes Farm on your left and White Cottage on your right.

Waypoint 4 – Turn right on the footpath just before White Cottage. Follow the path down through the wood to a crossing path.

Waypoint 5 – Cross directly over and through the kissing gate opposite. Follow this path for 600m, ignoring the many side paths (with coloured arrows and permissive paths) which are connected to the golf course, to a track junction at the top of the hill. Ahead is a metal kissing gate. The optional route starts here (see below)

Waypoint 6 – To continue the main walk, go through the gate opposite and between the fencing to a lane (Church Lane). Turn right along it past All Saints Church and continue for a further 300m to a grassy area. Fork right to the main road and cross to the parking area.

Optional Route

Turn right along the wide track to shortly bear left up the slope. Turn right and follow the well-used path for 500m to rejoin Dog Lane at Waypoint 2 above. Turn left to retrace your steps to the start.

Points of Interest

 Peppard Common is well worth exploring, it is a mixture of open grassland and woodlands, rich in wildlife. The common lies in Rotherfield Peppard parish – ‘Rotherfield’ originated from the Anglo-Saxon for ‘open land for cattle’.

The Chiltern Way was set up as a millennium project by Chiltern Society volunteers. It’s a 177 mile perambulation of the AONB highlighting the best features of this historic landscape: pretty old villages, downland with extensive views, and the characteristic Chiltern patchwork of woods and fields.

This walk was updated in 2026