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This is an archive of walks done by the Saturday Walker's Club. You should only need to use this page if the SWC website is down.

Sunday 23 June 2019

Sunday Walk - Rolling Hills of Hertfordshire: Watton-At-Stone Circular

Length: 21.5 km (13.4 mi)
Ascent/Descent: 300m
Net Walking Time: 5 hours
Toughness: 5 out of 10

Take the 10.13 Stevenage train from Moorgate (Old Street 10.15, Essex Road 10.18, Highbury & Islington 10.21, Finsbury Park 10.27 etc.), arrives Watton-at-Stone 11.12.
Return trains: xx.05 and xx.35.

Still “…possibly one of the most underrated walks on the website…”

This walk is in the gentle rolling hills and little wooded areas of rural Hertfordshire, with a particularly attractive stretch alongside the River Beane near the end and some shady green lanes, quiet country lanes, some rivers, occasional far views, a brutalist water tower at Tonwell and several attractive houses, with the last and largest of them on the Woodhall Estate near Watton, the most impressive, along the way and a couple of cozy pubs at the end.

Lunch: The Boot Inn in Dane End, Ware (8.0 km/5.0 mi, food 13.00-16.00) or at The Whitehill Golf Course near Dane End (9.5 km/5.9 mi, food to 15.00).
Tea: The Bull or The George & Dragon, both on the High Street in Watton.
For walk directions, map, height profile, some photos and gpx/kml files click here. t=swc.94

1 comment:

PeteG said...

n=6 on this enjoyable walk. 4 off the train, 1 by car, and 1 on an earlier train. The Boot had good beer & were very friendly, but not busy. No report on food as we just had 1 baguette, 1 roast potatoes & 1 chips between us. A late divergence meant we ended up in different pubs, but regrouped on the return train.