20/05 - Whitwell

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 21.80 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 205 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 211 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 155 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 89 m
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 121 m - Start on Horn Hill
  2. 2 : km 0.25 - alt. 131 m - Turn right onto Long Lane (Public Highway)
  3. 3 : km 3.44 - alt. 138 m - Turn left onto Barleybeans Road
  4. 4 : km 3.7 - alt. 133 m - Turn sharp right
  5. 5 : km 4.19 - alt. 111 m - Turn sharp right
  6. 6 : km 5.18 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto Kimpton Road
  7. 7 : km 5.46 - alt. 146 m - Keep right onto The Green
  8. 8 : km 7.05 - alt. 144 m - Keep left onto Lawrence End Road
  9. 9 : km 7.07 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Lawrence End Road
  10. 10 : km 7.15 - alt. 146 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 8.05 - alt. 110 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 8.29 - alt. 110 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 8.6 - alt. 134 m - Turn slight right onto Lye Hill
  14. 14 : km 8.89 - alt. 145 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 9.23 - alt. 145 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 10.06 - alt. 147 m - Turn slight left onto Brownings Lane
  17. 17 : km 10.09 - alt. 147 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 10.56 - alt. 150 m - Turn right onto Darley Road
  19. 19 : km 10.6 - alt. 151 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 10.71 - alt. 151 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 11 - alt. 155 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 11.03 - alt. 155 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 11.53 - alt. 133 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 12.19 - alt. 110 m - Turn left onto Lilley Bottom
  25. 25 : km 12.2 - alt. 110 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 13.11 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto King's Walden Road
  27. 27 : km 13.18 - alt. 150 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 13.43 - alt. 144 m - Turn sharp right
  29. 29 : km 13.91 - alt. 146 m - Turn right onto School Lane
  30. 30 : km 14 - alt. 147 m - Turn slight right onto King's Walden Road
  31. 31 : km 14 - alt. 147 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 14.6 - alt. 139 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 14.91 - alt. 130 m - Turn left onto Church Road
  34. 34 : km 14.96 - alt. 132 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 15.32 - alt. 136 m - Keep left
  36. 36 : km 15.76 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Whitehall Road
  37. 37 : km 15.92 - alt. 137 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 15.98 - alt. 139 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 17.46 - alt. 138 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 18.43 - alt. 139 m - Turn sharp right
  41. 41 : km 21 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Lilley Bottom Road
  42. 42 : km 21.4 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Horn Hill
  43. S/E : km 21.8 - alt. 120 m

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Walking Cuckolds Cross and Whitwell from St Paul's Walden

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Cuckolds Cross and Whitwell from St Paul's Walden
↔11.03 km ↗+95 m ↘-98 m ◔3h 25 ▲Moderate
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This Hertfordshire walk mainly uses old green lanes to go through a varied landscape of fields, woods and hedgerows to arrive at the Holt and then by footpaths to Cuckolds Cross. After that there is a section of larger arable fields where you join the Hertfordshire Way to reach Whitwell, an expanded village with an interesting older centre. The final leg passes through a rare breeds farm and The Bury, birthplace of the late Queen Mother.

Walking Kimpton Farmland and Nature, Chilterns

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⚑Departure from Kimpton (Hertfordshire)
The parish of Kimpton is criss-crossed by an extensive of public rights of way, some of them dating frompre-Roman times. This walk explores the farmland north of the village which is rich in wildlife and there areoutstanding views.

Walking Ayot St Lawrence

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Walking Around St Pauls Walden

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↔9.43 km ↗+90 m ↘-88 m ◔2h 55 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Langley (Hertfordshire)
A circuit around the village of St Paul’s Walden passing through some of the finest woodland in the North Chilterns and the picturesque parkland surrounding the grand houses of Stagenhoe and St Paul’s Walden Bury. The bluebells in Hitch Wood are spectacular in spring!

Walking Preston and Hitch Wood, Chilterns

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↔5.09 km ↗+52 m ↘-47 m ◔1h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Preston (Hertfordshire)
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Walking Preston and Breachwood Green

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↔11.71 km ↗+126 m ↘-131 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Preston (Hertfordshire)
A walk through delightful North Hertfordshire countryside featuring well cared-for historic villages and hamlets, linked by fields and woods. There are interesting buildings including a restored windmill.

Walking The Plough Kings Walden (Pub)

Association or club
↔4.81 km ↗+54 m ↘-56 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from King's Walden (Hertfordshire)
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Association or club
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⚑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.

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