Bennetts Rec Blows Downs

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.99 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 69 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 70 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 208 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 142 m
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 150 m - Start on Icknield Street
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Icknield Street
  3. 3 : km 0.05 - alt. 150 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.08 - alt. 151 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.34 - alt. 145 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.39 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto The Square
  7. 7 : km 0.4 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto High Street South, A5183
  8. 8 : km 0.41 - alt. 144 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 0.43 - alt. 144 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 0.57 - alt. 142 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 0.76 - alt. 143 m - Turn left onto Priory Road
  12. 12 : km 0.81 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto St Peters Road
  13. 13 : km 1.13 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Station Road
  14. 14 : km 1.14 - alt. 145 m - Turn sharp right
  15. 15 : km 1.21 - alt. 146 m - Keep right
  16. 16 : km 1.47 - alt. 149 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 1.7 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 2.04 - alt. 153 m - Keep left
  19. 19 : km 2.31 - alt. 154 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 2.38 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 3.38 - alt. 153 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 3.49 - alt. 166 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 3.61 - alt. 183 m - Turn sharp right
  24. 24 : km 4.6 - alt. 186 m - Keep right
  25. 25 : km 4.92 - alt. 198 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 5.08 - alt. 197 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 6.49 - alt. 149 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 6.82 - alt. 145 m - Turn sharp left onto Station Road
  29. 29 : km 6.82 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto Englands Lane
  30. 30 : km 7.35 - alt. 147 m - Turn right onto High Street South, A5183
  31. 31 : km 7.51 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Friars Walk
  32. 32 : km 7.82 - alt. 149 m - Enter roundabout
  33. S/E : km 7.99 - alt. 150 m

Other walks in the area

Walking Caddington and Blows Down, Chilterns

Association or club
↔9.93 km ↗+96 m ↘-90 m ◔3h 05 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Dunstable (Central Bedfordshire)
A walk along quiet country paths to Caddington and the ancient woodland of Badgerdell wood before emerging at the top of the steep hillside above Dunstable. Enjoy the extensive views from Blow's Down.

Walking Dunstable Downs, Whipsnade and Kensworth

Association or club
Dunstable Downs, Whipsnade and Kensworth
↔7.53 km ↗+139 m ↘-142 m ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Whipsnade (Central Bedfordshire)
A hilly route with very fine views from the Downs. It passes through Whipsnade Tree Cathedral and past Whipsnade church.

Walking Totternhoe to the foot of the Downs, Chilterns

Association or club
↔9.57 km ↗+75 m ↘-78 m ◔2h 55 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Totternhoe (Central Bedfordshire)
A mainly level walk through open farmland to the foot of the Dunstable Downs, with a gentle climb to pick up the Icknield and Chiltern Ways. Great views over the Bedfordshire plain and Ivinghoe Beacon.

Walking Studham and Dunstable Downs, Chilterns

Association or club
Studham and Dunstable Downs, Chilterns
↔11.97 km ↗+123 m ↘-114 m ◔3h 45 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Studham (Central Bedfordshire)
There’s a lot of lovely, rolling countryside in and around Studham Common, and dramatic views from Dunstable Downs. This walk visits a tree cathedral and a 16th-century church, and offers the possibility of spotting exotic animals at Whipsnade Zoo.

Walking Sundon Hills and Sharpenhoe Clappers

Association or club
Sundon Hills and Sharpenhoe Clappers
↔9.48 km ↗+105 m ↘-105 m ◔3h 00 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Sundon (Central Bedfordshire)
A walk that’s attractive at any time of year. The route is quiet and peaceful, with magnificent views looking north into Bedfordshire and beyond. Visit the Iron Age hillfort at Sharpenhoe Clappers.

Walking Ivinghoe Beacon to Wendover, The Ridgeway the Other Way

Association or club
↔18.23 km ↗+217 m ↘-313 m ◔5h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Ivinghoe (Buckinghamshire)
The Ridgeway the other way. The NationalTrail from NE to SW. This Stage 1 goes over the Chilterns, across the Grand Union Canal, past Tring, through the Three Hundreds of Aylesbury to reach the market town of Wendover.

Walking Escape to Lilley, Chilterns

Association or club
Escape to Lilley, Chilterns
↔8.60 km ↗+100 m ↘-100 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.

Walking Gade Valley Route - Jockey End to Gt. Gaddesden

Association or club
Gade Valley Route - Jockey End to Gt. Gaddesden
↔8.15 km ↗+61 m ↘-62 m ◔2h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Great Gaddesden (Hertfordshire)
A lovely walk in the parish of Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, passing three beautiful houses. It starts on the chalk plateau at Jockey End, descending through fields and parkland to the water meadows by the Gade chalk stream, through the pretty village of Great Gaddesden, before returning on the Chiltern Way via the parkland of Gaddesden Place.

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