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Great Missenden

Great Missenden village – Phoenix Trail loop from Great Missenden

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South East England

Buckinghamshire

Great Missenden

Great Missenden village – Phoenix Trail loop from Great Missenden

Moderate

4.7

(7)

18

riders

Great Missenden village – Phoenix Trail loop from Great Missenden

03:13

44.7km

420m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

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Chilterns National Landscape

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

1

476 m

Great Missenden village

Highlight • Pub

It doesn't get more picture postcard than Great Missenden. It's the home of some fantastic pubs, a pretty church and of course the famous Roald Dahl museum which is great …

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2

860 m

Climb on Route 57, Chilterns National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Pretty testy, this one. Very thin road so if you're descending, mind how you go because cars don't expect bikes here.

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3

7.31 km

The Gate Pub

Highlight • Pub

excellent pub in Bryant's bottom lovely evening sunsets

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4

13.0 km

Descent Into Princes Risborough, Chilterns

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It's a reasonably safe descent into Princes Risborough. If you're coming the other way, it's straight up. The road surface is smooth, so you don't have to slow down for …

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5

18.1 km

Phoenix Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

It's gravelly and it's beautiful. Would avoid with expensive road bikes. The trail itself goes all the way to Thame along a disused railway. There is a level crossing which …

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6

19.0 km

Phoenix Trail: Princes Risborough to Towersey

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Solid surface across flat land with fields on either side, nice views and easy riding across this disused rail line.

nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-routes/phoenix-trail-thame-princes-risborough

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7

34.0 km

Climb to Lacey Green

Highlight • Climb

8

39.3 km

Descent at John Hampden Monument

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Beautiful countryside with a link to John Hampden who died in 1643 in the English Civil War.

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B

44.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.4 km

8.57 km

3.06 km

2.99 km

2.77 km

1.99 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.5 km

12.9 km

11.0 km

373 m

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