No 3 Bedford Walk I Stage 2 Shefford To Sandy

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 19.15 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 1 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 31 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 53 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 21 m
  • ⚐
    District: Meppershall 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 52.02517° / W 0.3162°
  • ⚑
    End: N 52.130115° / W 0.298677°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 52 m - Start near 119 Hitchin Rd, Shefford SG17 5JD, UK
  2. 2 : km 0.03 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Chapel Road
  3. 3 : km 0.05 - alt. 53 m - At roundabout, take exit 4 onto A507
  4. 4 : km 0.13 - alt. 53 m - Turn slight left
  5. 5 : km 0.57 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto New Road
  6. 6 : km 1.68 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Broad Street
  7. 7 : km 1.88 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Newis Crescent
  8. 8 : km 2.22 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 3.14 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto High Street, B659
  10. 10 : km 3.25 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Gardeners Lane
  11. 11 : km 3.43 - alt. 39 m - Turn slight left
  12. 12 : km 3.67 - alt. 32 m - Turn slight left onto Millenium Meadow Bridge
  13. 13 : km 3.68 - alt. 32 m - Continue
  14. 14 : km 4.64 - alt. 33 m - Continue onto Common Road
  15. 15 : km 5.3 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 5.33 - alt. 32 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto B659
  17. 17 : km 5.36 - alt. 31 m - Continue onto Langford Road, B659
  18. 18 : km 5.53 - alt. 31 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 6.89 - alt. 30 m - Continue onto Mill Lane
  20. 20 : km 7.14 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto Church Street, B659
  21. 21 : km 7.66 - alt. 32 m - Continue onto Langford Road, B659
  22. 22 : km 8.64 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Southill Road
  23. 23 : km 9.14 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Kingfisher Way
  24. 24 : km 11.55 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 15.94 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto New Road
  26. 26 : km 15.99 - alt. 24 m - Turn right onto Kingfisher Way
  27. 27 : km 16.91 - alt. 22 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 17.44 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left onto Ivel Road
  29. 29 : km 17.65 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto High Street
  30. 30 : km 18.01 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Market Square
  31. 31 : km 18.02 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto High Street
  32. 32 : km 18.13 - alt. 27 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto St. Neots Road
  33. 33 : km 18.62 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp left onto West Road
  34. 34 : km 19.01 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto London Road
  35. 35 : km 19.12 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto Girtford Crescent
  36. E : km 19.15 - alt. 22 m

Useful Information

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Walking Meppershall and Shillington, Stondon

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↔7.51 km ↗+20 m ↘-21 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stondon (Central Bedfordshire)

This circular walk covers the northern/western footpaths in Stondon and also strays into Meppershall and Shillington.

Walking Explore South and East areas of Stondon

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↔7.32 km ↗+22 m ↘-22 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stondon (Central Bedfordshire)

This circular walk covers the footpaths of Stondon to the south and east and also strays into Hertfordshire.

Walking From Lower Stondon via Holwell

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↔7.12 km ↗+22 m ↘-22 m ◔2h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stondon (Central Bedfordshire)

A circular walk visiting the South-Western part from Lower Stondon via Holwell.

Walking From Haynes

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↔11.17 km ↗+61 m ↘-61 m ◔3h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Haynes (Central Bedfordshire)

Only a short distance from Bedford, this is really a delightful rural ramble in the home country of John Bunyan, starting on open uplands, descending to the plain surrounding Bedford and finishing through a stretch of woodland reserve. (The latter only in spring through autumn; in winter a longer alternative must be taken.) There is opportunity for refreshment near the end of the walk. It could be combined with walk 1130.

Walking End of the Chilterns : Pegsdon Hills & Little Offley

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End of the Chilterns : Pegsdon Hills & Little Offley
↔15.28 km ↗+231 m ↘-226 m ◔5h 00 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Shillington (Central Bedfordshire)

This is a surprisingly hilly walk for this general area, being the northern end of the Chilterns AONB, mostly through rolling farmland, with some wonderful views across the flatlands of south Bedfordshire to the north, especially if the air is clear. Most of it is along the edges of/through fields, along grass & hard-surfaced paths & tracks. There are two tree-covered 'alleys'. It passes a large late-Tudor manor house. You will walk part of the Icknield Way & visit Pegsdon Hills Nature Reserve.

Walking Pegsdon and Deacon Hills, Chilterns

Association or club
Pegsdon and Deacon Hills, Chilterns
↔7.88 km ↗+146 m ↘-140 m ◔2h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Shillington (Central Bedfordshire)

This route offers the walker some of the most stunning views in the whole of the Chilterns and visits a number of important wildlife sites featured in the book by Gay Beattie "The Pilgrim’s Progress Wild Flowers and Where to Find Them in The Chilterns." Pegsdon and Deacon Hills were a favourite of the writer and preacher John Bunyan who referred to them in as the "Delectable Mountains".

Walking Pegsdon and Deacon Hills

Walker
Pegsdon and Deacon Hills
↔5.26 km ↗+99 m ↘-103 m ◔1h 45 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Shillington (Central Bedfordshire)

A circuit from Pegsdon, through the Pegsdon Hills Nature Reserve to Deacon Hill with its ancient earthworks. Return past a mature beech wood and Knocking Hoe reserve.

Walking From Hexton including Lilley Hoo

Walker
↔17.71 km ↗+160 m ↘-164 m ◔5h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Hexton (Hertfordshire)

Starting from Hexton this walk on the borders of Befordshire and Hertfordshire offers mile after mile of beautiful countryside with the hilltops steeped in ancient history. The route includes sections of the Icknield and John Bunyan Ways.

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