Hitchin Circular T=swc.234
Length: 14.3 miles (23km) 5 out of 10 (with the shortcut ending)
Length: 14.3 miles (23km) 5 out of 10 (with the shortcut ending)
Somewhere the Bank Holiday crowds might not go?
"This Hertfordshire walk covers the hilly area west of Hitchin. The morning route leads along farm tracks, field boundaries, shaded grassy lanes and through a few woods across the most north easterly ridge of the Chilterns, in Great Offley, to the steep chalk downlands of Pegsdon Hills and Knocking Hoe, dissected by quiet flat-bottomed valleys, which form the scenery around the lunch stop in Pegsdon.
From Knocking Hoe the ancient Icknield Way leads to the pretty village of Pirton, with its impressive remains of a motte-and-double bailey castle and traces of an abandoned medieval village."
Hitchin Circular
Trains: Get the 0931 Thameslink Peterborough train from London Bridge ( 0945 St Pancras - this is a train from Horsham, so there are multiple other joining points) arriving Hitchin 1019. Frequent return trains.
"This Hertfordshire walk covers the hilly area west of Hitchin. The morning route leads along farm tracks, field boundaries, shaded grassy lanes and through a few woods across the most north easterly ridge of the Chilterns, in Great Offley, to the steep chalk downlands of Pegsdon Hills and Knocking Hoe, dissected by quiet flat-bottomed valleys, which form the scenery around the lunch stop in Pegsdon.
From Knocking Hoe the ancient Icknield Way leads to the pretty village of Pirton, with its impressive remains of a motte-and-double bailey castle and traces of an abandoned medieval village."
Hitchin Circular
Trains: Get the 0931 Thameslink Peterborough train from London Bridge ( 0945 St Pancras - this is a train from Horsham, so there are multiple other joining points) arriving Hitchin 1019. Frequent return trains.
Lunch: The Live and let Live seems to have changed into The View, with a pretentious website to match. The kitchen is closed Mondays, so best plan for a picnic on the hill and afternoon drink in the Motte and Bailey in the next village if doing the full walk.
Tea: Plentiful choice in Hitchin
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Just n=4 on this enjoyable walk on a w=cool-and-gloomy day. Making good time, we decided to head for the second pub, rather than have a picnic on the chilly hillside. After pop-up catering & good beer, we set off again & ended up doing the long walk, squeezing in a tea stop at the farm gate café. A final beer in Hitchin rounded off a great day out.
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