Chiltern Walk

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 35.05 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 10h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 310 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 315 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 166 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 70 m
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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/E : km 0 - alt. 156 m - Start on A505
  2. 2 : km 0.38 - alt. 156 m - Turn sharp right onto Honeysuckle Lane
  3. 3 : km 1.16 - alt. 140 m - Turn sharp left
  4. 4 : km 2.04 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Lilleyhoo Lane
  5. 5 : km 2.22 - alt. 136 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 3.28 - alt. 132 m - Turn left onto West Street
  7. 7 : km 4.81 - alt. 119 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 6.93 - alt. 163 m - Turn left onto Selsey Drive
  9. 9 : km 7.36 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 7.75 - alt. 166 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 8.07 - alt. 165 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 8.1 - alt. 165 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 8.22 - alt. 163 m - Turn slight right onto Mangrove Road
  14. 14 : km 8.28 - alt. 160 m - Keep right onto Mangrove Road
  15. 15 : km 8.6 - alt. 155 m - Turn slight right onto Luton Road
  16. 16 : km 8.85 - alt. 151 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 10.07 - alt. 149 m - Turn right onto Brick Kiln Lane
  18. 18 : km 10.29 - alt. 135 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 10.29 - alt. 135 m - Turn slight right
  20. 20 : km 11.3 - alt. 134 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 12.15 - alt. 139 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 13.65 - alt. 141 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 14.42 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Whitewaybottom Lane
  24. 24 : km 14.78 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Long Lane
  25. 25 : km 15.52 - alt. 140 m - Keep right onto Long Lane
  26. 26 : km 15.69 - alt. 142 m - Keep right onto Long Lane
  27. 27 : km 17.1 - alt. 131 m - Turn left onto Horn Hill, B651
  28. 28 : km 17.65 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Bradway
  29. 29 : km 17.73 - alt. 107 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 18.15 - alt. 106 m - Keep left
  31. 31 : km 18.34 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 18.56 - alt. 86 m - Turn right onto Codicote Road
  33. 33 : km 18.67 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 20.32 - alt. 142 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 20.89 - alt. 140 m - Turn sharp left
  36. 36 : km 21.98 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Langley Lane
  37. 37 : km 22.91 - alt. 130 m - Turn slight left
  38. 38 : km 22.97 - alt. 130 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 23.74 - alt. 134 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 23.75 - alt. 135 m - Turn slight right
  41. 41 : km 24.34 - alt. 121 m - Keep left
  42. 42 : km 24.46 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Whitwell Road, B651
  43. 43 : km 24.46 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Hitchwood Lane
  44. 44 : km 24.47 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 24.92 - alt. 116 m - Keep right
  46. 46 : km 25.18 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight right
  47. 47 : km 25.21 - alt. 129 m - Turn slight left onto Hitchwood Lane
  48. 48 : km 25.77 - alt. 148 m - Turn left onto School Lane
  49. 49 : km 26.65 - alt. 140 m - Keep left onto Chequers Lane
  50. 50 : km 26.92 - alt. 146 m - Turn right
  51. 51 : km 28.42 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Tatmorehills Lane
  52. 52 : km 29.56 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 30.02 - alt. 82 m - Turn slight right
  54. 54 : km 30.03 - alt. 82 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 30.13 - alt. 76 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 30.18 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp left
  57. 57 : km 30.29 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 30.34 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Charlton Road
  59. 59 : km 30.43 - alt. 72 m - Turn right
  60. 60 : km 34.16 - alt. 155 m - Turn right onto King's Walden Road
  61. 61 : km 34.74 - alt. 158 m - Turn left onto Luton Road
  62. 62 : km 34.75 - alt. 158 m - Turn right onto School Lane
  63. S/E : km 35.05 - alt. 160 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Great Offley to Charlton

Association or club
↔9.84 km ↗+100 m ↘-103 m ◔3h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Offley (Hertfordshire)

A moderate stile-free walk The walk starts in the village of Great Offley, heading south-west along the ridge above Hitchin before descending to the small hamlet of Charlton. From there, there is a steady, scenic climb back to Offley.

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

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 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 Telegraph Hill & Pegsdon from Hexton

Walker
↔8.02 km ↗+124 m ↘-127 m ◔2h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Hexton (Hertfordshire)

Starting from Hexton this walk on the borders of Befordshire and Hertfordshire includes the attractive downland between Telegraph and Deacon Hills and a section of the Icknield Way.

Walking Preston and Hitch Wood, Chilterns

Association or club
↔5.09 km ↗+35 m ↘-35 m ◔1h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Preston (Hertfordshire)

A short circuit from Preston village through Hitch Wood, one of the finest woods in the North Chilterns. Worth following for spectacular bluebells in spring or as a pre-pub leg stretch.

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.

Walking Escape to Lilley, Chilterns

Association or club
Escape to Lilley, Chilterns
↔8.60 km ↗+96 m ↘-96 m ◔2h 45 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Borough of Luton

It is surprising how easy it is to escape from urban Luton to quiet open countryside. This walk is a short circuit from Bushmead to Lilley and back.

Particularly lovely late on a June evening, during the summer when the fields are full of ripe crops or in winter to blow away the cobwebs.

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