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10.39km 
+93m 
-96m 
3h10
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Starting point in Great Gaddesden - Hertfordshire This walk is over the undulating plateau of the Chiltern dip slope, through the parklands of some of the 18th Century mansions which dot the Chilterns. Although the land is now more given over to arable agriculture, the landscape is still greatly influenced by the great designers, including Capability Brown. A walk with great views over the Gade valley and a revelation of the life style of baronets and local squires in the 1700s and the lesser houses of their tenants.
Circular walk from Great Gaddesden to Little Gaddessden
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11.74km
+157m
-161m
3h45
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Starting point in Great Gaddesden - Hertfordshire This walk explores some of the hamlets of the Chilterns which, although close to Hemel Hempstead retain their remoteness in their quiet locations. It goes over the typical chalk uplands of the Gade valley and up to the beechwoods of the National Trust Ashridge estate. It passes charming 17th century cottages, a vineyard, a Buddhist Temple and long established churches. The country truly merits its AONB designation.
Great Gaddesden from Jockey End
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8.26km
+69m
-73m
2h30
Easy
Starting point in Great Gaddesden - Hertfordshire This short Hertfordshire walk explores the pleasant countryside to the south east of Jockey End and follows the Hertfordshire Way to descend into the Gade Valley and the village of Great Gaddesden. The return route leaves the valley following the Chiltern Way for the return to the start.
A circular walk from Hemel Hempstead station
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10.24km
+76m
-85m
3h05
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Starting point in 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.
The Chilterns above Tring
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18.18km
+243m
-247m
5h45
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Starting point in Aldbury - Hertfordshire National Trails and Long Distance Paths crisscross the Chilterns in this area. This Circular Walk makes use of short stretches of at least five such to provide a beautiful and varied walk through Chiltern woodland, on Chiltern chalk downs with wide vistas from the scarp edge of the hills, along a stretch of the historic Grand Union Canal, and through one of the prettiest villages in Hertfordshire.
Chalfont and Latimer to Chorleywood via Flaunden
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18.93km
+229m
-265m
5h55
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Starting point in Little Chalfont - Buckinghamshire This Chilterns walk takes in parts of the Chess Valley walk at the start and end of the route and a section of the Chiltern Way in between. There is a variety of scenery with undulating landscapes, pastoral scenes of grazing animals, fields of wild flowers in summer, a cricket pitch, a golf course, a quarry, two churches and the shallow chalk stream of the River Chess.
Sarratt Bottom and Chenies from Little Chalfont
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10.77km
+64m
-60m
3h15
Easy
Starting point in Little Chalfont - Buckinghamshire This walk along the River Chess starts from Little Chalfont in Buckinghamshire and walks east through pleasant surroundings before turning west to Chenies and a return to the start.
Rickmansworth circular via Croxley Green and Watford
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14.4km
+60m
-63m
4h15
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Starting point in Hertfordshire A Hertfordshire walk that explores the area to the east of Rickmansworth. The route uses a mixture of paths, lanes and canal towpaths following sections of the Chess Valley Walk and the Croxley Green Boundary Walk.
Cuckolds Cross and Whitwell from St Paul's Walden
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11.03km
+79m
-80m
3h20
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Starting point in St. Paul's Walden - Hertfordshire 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.
Coombe Hill from Wendover
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5.96km
+124m
-126m
2h00
Easy
Starting point in Wendover - Buckinghamshire An easy Chiltern walk that rewards your efforts with some fine views across the Chiltern escarpment and across the Vale of Aylesbury. The paths and bridleways are generally clearly signed.
Telegraph Hill & Pegsdon from Hexton
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8.02km
+124m
-127m
2h35
Easy
Starting point in 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.
Hill walking from Hexton including Lilley Hoo
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17.71km
+160m
-164m
5h25
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Starting point in 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.
Hill walking from Hexton
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18.93km
+186m
-190m
5h50
Average
Starting point in Hexton - Hertfordshire The northern end of the Chilterns almost seem to be a geological afterthought as they straddle the Bedfordshire Hertfordshire border. Starting from Hexton this walk offers mile after mile of beautiful countryside with the hilltops steeped in ancient history.
15.35km
+80m
-88m
4h35
Average
Starting point in Woburn - Bedfordshire A fairly level Bedfordshire walk starts from Woburn and passes through the extensive grounds of Woburn Abbey to reach Eversholt. The return route includes the opportunity to have lunch in Milton Bryan and a further section of walking through the Abbey's extensive parkland.
The parkland of Woburn Abbey and Eversholt from Woburn
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12.8km
+83m
-77m
3h50
Easy
Starting point in Woburn - Bedfordshire This fairly level Bedfordshire walk starts from Woburn and passes through the extensive grounds of Woburn Abbey to reach Eversholt. The return route includes a further section of walking through the Abbey's parkland.
Ampthill and central Bedfordshire
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13.43km
+136m
-127m
4h10
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Starting point in Ampthill - Bedfordshire Starting near the site of Catherine of Aragon's house arrest and venturing into the surrounding areas. You'll see some lovely rolling countryside with views to the Chilterns and across Marston Vale to Bedford. The walk takes in a variety of environments : farmland, woods, an ancient meadow, parkland with Capability Brown landscaping, the ruins of a Jacobean/Classical mansion and memorials to Catherine of Aragon and the men of the Bedfordshire regiment who trained in the park and died in WW1.
A short walk from Haynes
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11.17km
+61m
-61m
3h20
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Starting point in Haynes - 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.
