Beating of the Parish Bounds Walk in Denham

Date/Time
Date(s) - Sunday 5 May 2024
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Denham Parish Council invites you to join them in this ancient tradition, of walking the boundaries of Denham Parish. This walk will be led by Paul Graham and will be an excellent chance to explore a less walked route.

The walk will be using route 2 Kingcup Farm, last walked in 2013. Starting at Willetts Lane (just off the A412) near Kingcup Farm, walking Denham Footpath (FP) 26 and FP54 as close to the north bank of the Alder Bourne as possible (boundary with Iver), through Oldhouse Wood, beside Gossams Wood on Denham FP28 to Rush Green and back via Denham BW41 to Willetts Lane. It is 2.6 miles long and would take around 1 1/2 hours at a leisurely pace. A short guide will be available on the day.

Unfortunately, there are no places for refreshment or for a toilet stop, but there will be refreshments at the end of the walk.

Please note: the walk may be unsuitable for pushchairs.

Families, children & dogs welcome.

The Beating the Bounds ceremony had an important practical purpose. Checking the boundaries was a way of preventing encroachment by neighbours; sometimes boundary markers would be moved or lines obscured, and a folk memory of the true extent of the parish was necessary to maintain integrity of borders by embedding knowledge in oral traditions.