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OLD RAILWAYS ON HORSEBACK
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This is approximately a 6 mile trail overlooking the Chiltern Hills. It is
multiuser path and connects to the Ridgeway/ Icknield Way. It is open to
horse riding.
The Watlington and Princes Risborough railway was branch line first opened
in 1872. It was not commercially a success and the great Western Railway
acquired it on 1
st
July 1883. Passenger services ceased 1
st
July 1957 and goods
traffic continued till 1
st
January 1961. A section remained operational to serve
the Chinnor Cement works until 1989.
The end of the Phoenix way at Princes Risborough joins a byway to
Horsendon and you can find your way round the outskirts of the town to the
start of the Ridgeway. A small amount of on-road riding. Car parking is a
short distance off the route at the water tower Grid ref: SP 823036.
The Phoenix Trail
Thame to Princes Risborough.
Grid ref: SP 697 057 Thame recreation area
Grid ref: SP 786 036 Near Princes Risborough
Phoenix Trail1 C Copyright David Hawgood
and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
Phoenix Trail2 C Copyright Shaun Ferguson and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons
Licence.
Phoenix Trail3 C Copyright David
Hawgood and licensed for reuse under
this Creative Commons Licence.
Phoenix Trail4 C Copyright Nigel Cox and licensed
for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Buckinghamshire
