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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 21.10 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 30 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 40 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 90 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 55 m
  • ⚐
    District: Watford 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 51.679972° / W 0.424885°
  • ⚑
    End: N 51.673409° / W 0.421148°
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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.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 84 m - Start on Greenbank Road
  2. 2 : km 0.11 - alt. 80 m - Turn right onto The Drive
  3. 3 : km 0.19 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Hempstead Road
  4. 4 : km 0.71 - alt. 67 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.74 - alt. 67 m - Turn right onto Hempstead Road, A411
  6. 6 : km 0.75 - alt. 67 m - Keep left
  7. 7 : km 1.14 - alt. 65 m - Keep left
  8. 8 : km 1.23 - alt. 65 m - Turn slight left onto Hempstead Road, A41
  9. 9 : km 1.6 - alt. 63 m - Keep right onto Watford Road, A41
  10. 10 : km 2.91 - alt. 73 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A4251
  11. 11 : km 3.1 - alt. 76 m - Turn slight right onto Watford Road, A4251
  12. 12 : km 3.6 - alt. 75 m - Keep right onto Watford Road, A4251
  13. 13 : km 3.63 - alt. 76 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Watford Road, A4251
  14. 14 : km 4.32 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 4.33 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto High Street, A4251
  16. 16 : km 6.49 - alt. 78 m - Keep left onto London Road, A4251
  17. 17 : km 6.53 - alt. 78 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto London Road, A4251
  18. 18 : km 7.19 - alt. 80 m - Keep left onto London Road, A4251
  19. 19 : km 7.22 - alt. 80 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto London Road, A4251
  20. 20 : km 7.35 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 7.38 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 7.48 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 7.5 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto London Road, A4251
  24. 24 : km 8.21 - alt. 80 m - Turn right onto Two Waters Road
  25. 25 : km 8.48 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 8.49 - alt. 81 m - Turn left onto Two Waters Way, A414
  27. 27 : km 8.6 - alt. 81 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 9.4 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 9.65 - alt. 78 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 10.2 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 10.2 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 10.52 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 10.53 - alt. 75 m - Turn slight left onto Grand Union Canal
  34. 34 : km 10.54 - alt. 75 m - Turn sharp left onto Grand Union Canal
  35. 35 : km 11.28 - alt. 73 m - Turn left onto Red Lion Lane
  36. 36 : km 11.3 - alt. 73 m - Turn right onto Grand Union Canal
  37. 37 : km 12.82 - alt. 71 m - Keep right onto Grand Union Canal
  38. 38 : km 13.08 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Water Lane
  39. 39 : km 13.1 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp left onto Grand Union Canal
  40. 40 : km 15.5 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Bridge Road
  41. 41 : km 15.54 - alt. 66 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 15.68 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto Bridge Road
  43. 43 : km 15.72 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto Grand Union Canal
  44. 44 : km 15.74 - alt. 66 m - Turn sharp right onto Grand Union Canal
  45. 45 : km 17.48 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto Grand Union Canal
  46. 46 : km 19.54 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 19.56 - alt. 58 m - Turn sharp left
  48. 48 : km 19.7 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 20.32 - alt. 72 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Cassiobury Drive
  50. 50 : km 20.96 - alt. 69 m - Keep left
  51. E : km 21.1 - alt. 74 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Wild Flowers from Cassiobury Park

Association or club
↔7.52 km ↗+42 m ↘-44 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Watford (Hertfordshire)

This beautiful walk takes you from the outskirts of Watford into the depths of the countryside to see a host of wild flowers.

Walking Chipperfield and the Chess Valley, Chilterns

Association or club
↔9.35 km ↗+132 m ↘-135 m ◔3h 05 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Chipperfield (Hertfordshire)

A rewarding, scenic country walk exploring several commons and villages along with an attractive river valley. Good pubs!

Walking Chipperfield to St Albans Abbey Station

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↔14.49 km ↗+100 m ↘-156 m ◔4h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Chipperfield (Hertfordshire)

Starts at Two Brewers Inn, Chipperfield. Passes thru' Kings Langley where we join the Grand Union Canal for a short distance. Then thru' Bedmond & Potters Crouch before descending past the Roman wall into Verulamium Park and past St Albans Cathedral to finish at St Albans Abbey Station.

Walking Metro-Land, Chilterns

Association or club
↔9.88 km ↗+48 m ↘-43 m ◔3h 00 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Batchworth (Hertfordshire)

This walk visits Rickmansworth and Croxley Green, whose current size and character owe much to the arrival of the Metropolitan Railway. The varied route includes woodland, fields, a moor designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a village green, rivers and a canal.

Walking Rickmansworth Aquadrome to Cassiobury Park

Walker
↔14.18 km ↗+78 m ↘-74 m ◔4h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Batchworth (Hertfordshire)

This walk starts at Ricky Aquadrome with its 3 lakes and goes along a delightful stretch of the River Chess, through Whippendell Woods (particularly nice in mid April when the bluebells are out), to Cassiobury Park with its 2 cafes and voted one of the 10 best parks in Britain and along short stretches of the River Gade and Grand Union Canal. Do allow plenty of time for exploring the many interesting features on this walk.

Walking Colne Valley Wildlife, Chilterns

Association or club
↔10.39 km ↗+41 m ↘-41 m ◔3h 05 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Batchworth (Hertfordshire)

This walk gives you the opportunity to experience the abundance of wildlife in the beautiful Colne Valley across many different types of habitat. It’s a wonderful location for all ages to explore and enjoy with the possibility of spotting rare migrating birds.

Walking From Hemel Hempstead station

Walker
From Hemel Hempstead station
↔10.24 km ↗+76 m ↘-85 m ◔3h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Dacorum (Hertfordshire)

Starting from Hemel Hempstead Station this is a walk which can be enjoyed without a car. The station is right on the edge of the town so virtually all the route is through the open country, much of it through Boxmoor Trust land, on the plateau of the Chilterns and along the Grand Union Canal. There are lots of reminders of the history of the area from 1594 through WWII. If you are lucky you may see a couple of rare farm breeds kept on Trust land and some interesting birds along the canal.

Walking Chess Valley Route, Chilterns

Association or club
↔9.58 km ↗+104 m ↘-111 m ◔3h 00 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Little Chalfont (Buckinghamshire)

This walk explores the picturesque Chess Valley and the pretty village of Chenies with its Tudor manor house, 15th century church and village green. It climbs to Church End, Sarratt, passing through the churchyard of the 12th century church. There are fine views of the valley and the river Chess.

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