A pub walk through the Chiltern Hills to the Prime Minister’s Chequers estate has been named one of the best in the UK.

The route, starting at Whiteleaf and ending near Chequers, the 16th-century country home of the sitting Prime Minister, was named the seventh-best pub walk to do this summer by the outdoor retailer Millets after the company compiled review data for pub-focused treks across the country.

After setting off from White Leaf Hill, it passes through Brush Hill Nature Reserve before winding around Chequers – which will now be used by Labour’s Keir Starmer for weekend retreats and state affairs alike after his election last week – and finishing back at The Red Lion pub on Upper Icknield Way.

The walk, described as “moderately challenging” is estimated to take just over three hours and has racked up 931 positive reviews on the website AllTrails.

It also passes archaeological features including an Iron Age hill fort and a Neolithic barrow as well as giving hikers a good vantage point over the chalk hill-figure of Whiteleaf Cross.

Reviews praise the path’s gentle inclines, “great views” and mix of wooded and open terrain.