GUIDED WALKS

Walk through Amersham’s history!  Join our experienced guides to explore the town, find out about past inhabitants, and discover its fascinating buildings. Tickets are £6 for adults, children free.

We strongly recommending booking your tickets in advance to guarantee your place on our walks. Although it may be possible to accommodate people on the day, places are subject to availability.

 

Guided Town Walks

Join a guided walk of Amersham Old Town for a fascinating insight into the history of the town, its inhabitants and its development. Here you will see many of the details of the town that you may never have noticed before.

There are two versions of the Town Walk, held on alternate Sundays.

EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM

  • Early history of Amersham
  • Local patronage and its influence
  • Parish church and its rectors
  • Brewery and the maltings
  • Town Mill and the Charter Fair
  • 17th century & Victorian almshouses

LATER EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

  • The workhouses of Amersham
  • Coaching inns and 18th and 19th century travel
  • Social housing
  • Cottage industries
  • Post War development:
    • Brazils factory to Tesco
    • Gas Works to offices
    • Bus Garage to retirement homes
    • Workhouse to hospital

Both walks are 1.5 to 2 hours in duration. The walks leave from the museum at 2.30pm on Sundays. 

 

Guided Tudor Walk

Join a guided Tudor Walk to learn about life – and death – in 16th century Amersham – food and drink, clothing, health and the Lollards martyrs. These walks are led by guides in Tudor costume and start from the museum at 2.30pm on the last Saturday in each month. 

 

For all walks pre-booking is recommended.

 

The museum welcomes pre-arranged walks for groups outside normal museum opening hours, during the day or in the evening. Special walks for groups or schools can be organised at any time of the year.

 

 

Self-Guided Walks

We’re delighted to offer self-guided walks of the local area, designed by our volunteers. Produced with the support of the Rothschild Foundation and the Amersham Community Board, the walks include the Chess Valley, a country walk from Chalfont & Latimer station to Amersham station and a walk following drovers routes. Download the walks here or pick up a hard copy in the museum. 

Amersham Tudor Walk

Little Chalfont to Amersham Stations

Chess Valley Walk

Drovers’ Walk   Note: A temporary diversion applies.

  • HS2 work has temporarily closed Bottom Farm Lane. Until that closure is lifted, the route of this walk must be shortened to omit Point 8. Please follow these instructions.
  • At Point 7 just before reaching the road, turn sharp right along a track diagonally crossing a field which then slopes down to Upper Bottom Farm Point 9. Cross Bottom Farm Lane and turn right for 30 metres. Look for a footpath on the left just beyond the cattle sheds. Take this path up hill and follow instructions to reach Point 10.

 

Upcoming Walks

WALK – EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM OLD TOWN

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

TUDOR WALK IN AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

This walk tells you about life – and death – in Amersham in Tudor times; food and drink, work and housing, fairs and markets, sickness and cures, clothing, and ghosts […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM OLD TOWN

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM OLD TOWN

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM OLD TOWN

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

TUDOR WALK IN AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

This walk tells you about life – and death – in Amersham in Tudor times; food and drink, work and housing, fairs and markets, sickness and cures, clothing, and ghosts […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM OLD TOWN

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF AMERSHAM OLD TOWN

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

TUDOR WALK IN AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

This walk tells you about life – and death – in Amersham in Tudor times; food and drink, work and housing, fairs and markets, sickness and cures, clothing, and ghosts […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

WALK – EXPANSION OF OLD AMERSHAM

Amersham Museum 49, High Street, Old Amersham

A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]

Get Tickets Free – £11.00

Plan Your Visit

49 High Street
Old Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP

01494 723700
[email protected]

We open Wednesdays to Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, 12noon until 4:30pm.

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