North Chiltern Trail
A 42-mile long-distance walk in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire developed by the Chiltern Society, billed as “a walk of outstanding landscapes”. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TL 118 263
Distance: 42 miles (67 km)
Time: 16–21 hours
Duration: 3–4 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
182 St Albans, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead and Welwyn Garden City
193 Luton and Stevenage
Summary
The North Chiltern Trail is a circular waymarked walking route of 42 miles that passes through beautiful scenery and charming villages in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire countryside of the northern Chilterns. It was developed by the Chiltern Society, and part of the route follows the Society’s Chiltern Way route, which extends completely around the Chilterns.
The trail offers extensive views, outstanding landscapes, abundant wildlife, and intriguing industrial and agricultural archaeology. Starting and finishing in Lilley, the trail visits Lilleypark Wood, Warden Hill, Galley Hill, Streatley, Smithcombe Hill, Sharpenhoe, Barton-le-Clay, Barton Hills National Nature Reserve, Telegraph Hill, Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit Nature Reserve, Pegsdon, Old Wellbury, Little Offley, The Flints, Great Offley, Chalk Hill, Temple End, Preston, Temple Dinsley, Poynders End, Chapelfoot, St Paul’s Walden, Whitwell, Peters Green, Breachwood Green, Wandon End, Cockernhoe, and Mangrove Green.