Length 19.5km (11.6 m) Difficulty 4/10
This stile-free walk reversed direction a year or two ago, and now starts from Biggleswade. The route skirts Old Warden Aerodrome, (home to the Shuttleworth Collection of historic planes), then continues through the wooded Warden Warren to the suggested lunch pub in the picturesque village of Old Warden. Later, you pass the richly decorated Abbey Church of St Leonards and join the Greensand Ridge walk which you follow towards the River Ivel and the town of Sandy, passing through another attractive village, Northill on the way.
Trains: Get the Thameslink from London Kings Cross (platform 8 at 10:13 (Finsbury Park 10:19) arriving Biggleswade 1056.
Trains return from Sandy at xx:15. Get a return to Sandy.
Lunch: the Hare and Hounds, Old Warden (01767 627225). Booking advised.
About 400m after Old Warden, St Leonards churchyard is recommended as a picnic stop
Tea: The Bell, Sandy. (You also pass near the Crown in Northill (01767 627337) - a little too early for tea, but it’s never too early for beer).
Directions: here.We are doing Biggleswade to Sandy, option M. t=swc.264
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