Welwyn Circular T=swc.69
Length: 11 miles (17.7 km) 2 out of 10
"Once out of the Garden City and over the A1(M) you are in some attractive Hertfordshire countryside, including the landscaped parkland of Brocket Hall and Lamer House. In the afternoon you reach the picturesque village of Ayot St Lawrence, which has two unusual churches – one reminiscent of a Greek temple, the other an ivied Gothic ruin – and if you wish you can visit the home of George Bernard Shaw, Shaw's Corner, now owned by the National Trust. (Open to the public from 1300, garden 1200)"
Trains: Get the Thameslink 0958 Royston train from Kings Cross (Finsbury Park 1004 gives a connection from London Bridge 0931 & East Croydon 0915) arriving Welwyn 1025. Return fast trains at xx22, xx52 to Kings cross, with slow trains at xx05 & xx35 to Moregate.
Lunch: The recommended lunch pub for this walk is The Brocket Arms (01438 820250) in Ayot St Lawrence, 11km from the start.
Length: 11 miles (17.7 km) 2 out of 10
"Once out of the Garden City and over the A1(M) you are in some attractive Hertfordshire countryside, including the landscaped parkland of Brocket Hall and Lamer House. In the afternoon you reach the picturesque village of Ayot St Lawrence, which has two unusual churches – one reminiscent of a Greek temple, the other an ivied Gothic ruin – and if you wish you can visit the home of George Bernard Shaw, Shaw's Corner, now owned by the National Trust. (Open to the public from 1300, garden 1200)"
Trains: Get the Thameslink 0958 Royston train from Kings Cross (Finsbury Park 1004 gives a connection from London Bridge 0931 & East Croydon 0915) arriving Welwyn 1025. Return fast trains at xx22, xx52 to Kings cross, with slow trains at xx05 & xx35 to Moregate.
Lunch: The recommended lunch pub for this walk is The Brocket Arms (01438 820250) in Ayot St Lawrence, 11km from the start.
Tea: a walk report recommends the Doctor's Tonic pub "very cosy and well appointed" The directions have The Waggoners, 1km from the end or Simmons cafe, close to the railway station.
3 comments:
Looks like a walk of one today, unless I missed the group. I’ll keep an eye out at the lunch pub in case of the latter.
- Matthew, not Unknown
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