Steve Teal, an experienced walker, attacked by a cow in The Chilterns

Incident number 1146
Date of incident: 21.06.25
Site: What3words: ///pinch.infringe.builders (Ellesborough, Aylesbury)
Cows with calves in field.
1 walker, no dog


Steve’s Description: “I was walking towards Ellesborough Church when a large, completely black cow ran at me, head down, knocking me over before I could reach the gate. I fell onto a hard chalk path, knocked my head above my right eye, I had a cut to my knee and grazes to my legs and arms, and to add insult to injury covered in something unmentionable.”

Additional comment from Steve: “I have walked and hiked many hundreds of miles though woods, farmland and mountains and this is my first experience of cows acting aggressively. I’m so pleased I found your website to report it. Good luck with your campaign.”

2 thoughts on “Steve Teal, an experienced walker, attacked by a cow in The Chilterns”

  1. Hi Steve, so sorry to read about your experience, I hope you have recovered. If you can spare the time to report it to the council and the HSE, I did the same and the HSE seemed to have the better reaction. I also wrote to my Mp. Best wishes Chris.

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    1. Chris, brilliant you have informed so many people about this – the more that know the dangers, the more chance we have of getting cattle away from walkers. Thank you.
      HSE are not policing this correctly. Our highway code has guidance for drivers to give space for cyclists and those who don’t are fined for going against guidance – HSE have guidance that states no cattle with calves in fields with footpaths (along with other guidance that is ignored). How come guidance is read differently?

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