British Walking Federation
British Walking Federation
CONTACT:
Peter Tilbury,
Tel: 0118 966 6523 Fax: 0118 926 6303 Email:
pntilbury@aol.com
DISTANCE:
10km
ENTRY FEE:
£1.00 per walker (Cheques made payable to Thames Valley Walking Club)
AWARD: Cloth
badge at £2.00 each
START VENUE:
Road by
School (Church Meadow), Great Gaddesden (Map: 166
GR: TL029113) Approach from the A4146, Hemel Hemstead to Leighton
Buzzard road.
DIRECTIONS TO START:
Great Gaddesden is approx. 5km north of
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Bus service within 1km of start. Limited service from Hemel Hemstead and
Berkhamstead.
TERRAIN: Minor
roads, farmland and woods.
REFRESHMENTS:
Can be purchased on route
Route
Description (updated
Proceed along Church Meadow with school playing fields on
right. Where road bears left, continue straight ahead, leaving road, to reach
stile in right hand fence. Cross stile & continue under power lines and bear
right over boardwalk & bridges to reach stile and road. Cross road WITH
Q1: What is reserved?
Bear right at fork to reach kissing gate proceed with wood on
left to reach a rusty kissing gate by larger gate. Go through kissing gate &
follow right hand fence straight ahead to reach house on right called The Hoo.
At the house, bear slightly left to stile and gate. Cross stile and turn right
to follow right hand hedge. When hedge turns right, go ahead across field,
through gap in hedge and ahead to kissing gate on right hand edge of copse.
Ahead and bear right to waymark/stile by tree. Do not cross stile but
turn right, now with hedge on left to kissing gate, ahead between fences passing
through 2 gates a stile and 2 more gates to reach gate at road. Turn right on
road and then almost immediately turn left through kissing gate. Go straight
ahead passing a large, then smaller oak tree, to reach double stile between more
oak trees. Cross stiles and continue ahead across field to reach stile, ahead
and bear slightly left to reach left hand of 2 stiles. Ahead and follow footpath
round to the left to reach driveway. Turn left on drive and ignore footpath on
right, through wooden gate and ahead on drive to reach road. Cross road
WITH
Q2: What is the large device on the left used for?
At gravel farm track, turn right to reach main road, turn left passing Old Chequers public house. Continue along road for 150m and just past Holly Cottage, (name by front door of house), turn right on footpath sign posted Bridens Camp. Keep ahead into field and after 180m keep on path as it passes through hedge. Turn right and follow well-defined track with hedge and later a wood on right for approx. 1000m. At end of wood follow track round to right and then left to reach gate.
Q3: How many bars are on the metal gate?
Turn right and with woods on right, ahead to pass Crown and
Sceptre public house at Bridens Camp. At main road, turn right and follow road
with care round left hand bend, then right hand bend. At second right hand bend,
turn left on concrete farm track towards Home Farm. After 125m turn left through
double wooden gates (3 yellow footpath arrows). Once through the gates, go
slightly right to pass to right of a single large tree and continue ahead to
wire fence. Cross stile at left hand end, (Gaddesden Place comes into view) and
bear slightly right to kissing gate in middle of field, go through and bear half
right downhill to stile at fence corner. Cross stile, turn left and ahead
downhill to stile/gate, ahead with fence on left, past large fallen tree to
stile/gate and follow footpath downhill to far corner and stile to reach road.
Cross road and take the side road opposite into Great Gaddesden. Follow road
ahead past Garden Centre and turn right into Church Meadow.
When you have completed this trail please use the Permanent Trail Entry Form
The organisers are not liable for accidents, thefts and/or damage to property. Every effort will be made by the organisers to make this a safe, enjoyable and memorable event.
This trail is registered until 31 December 2009.