Ivinghoe Beacon and
Chiltern woodland
Length
Main walk 16.3km (10.1 miles),
Tring to Berkhamsted:
20.6km (12.8 miles)
Shorter walk from Tring to
Berkhamsted: 9.4km (5.8 miles)
Toughness 4 out of 10
Travel: 9.39 from
Euston arriving Tring 10.21
Return Trains from
Tring: xx15; xx23; xx45; xx53
Return trains from
Berkhamsted: xx20; xx28; xx50 xx58
Ticket: Return to Tring
Lunch: The Bridgewater Arms in Little Gaddesden. If you have a picnic, best to eat it before
turning off for the pub.
Tea: Plenty of tea
places in Berkhamsted; sadly, none near Tring station. If you are finishing at Tring station, you
can have tea in the cafe by the Monument although this can be quite busy. Or stop for a quick drink at The Greyhound in
Aldbury en route to Tring.
For full details of the
walks, GPX and map see https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/tring-circular/index.html
T=2.5
Features
Here is a lovely
description of the walk written by one of our fellow walker posters:
The first part of this
route - following the Ridgeway along the Chiltern escarpment to Ivinghoe Beacon
- is exhilarating, offering downland scenery as fine as anything on the South
Downs. From the Beacon itself, it seems as if you can see half of England on a
fine day.
Then, by way of contrast,
you are plunged into the ancient Chiltern beechwoods of the Ashridge Estate.
Lovingly preserved by the National Trust, they provide fine autumn colours in
late October or early November. Tea is at the Monument Cafe, a popular kiosk
with outside seating on the Ashridge Estate. All of the climbing is in the
first half of the walk: the second half is all flat or downhill.
2 comments:
10 at the station, joined later by an n=11 th The day was w=cloudy-breezy-some-sun_getting-sunnier Approaching Ivinghoe Beacon, about 5 forewent that experience and headed straight to Little Gaddesden. (The beacon crowd caught them up anyway, so nothing gained). More schisms occurred over lunch. Only about 5 visited the Bridgewster, none eating there. Others picnicked. We moved off in waves afterward with two groups pursuing an alleged shortcut to Berkhamsted.This involved walking most of Golden Valley. It was a bit shorter but not as shorter as it could have been if we’d turned off sooner. Not sure if any followed the conventional route. 3 went for tea in Gail’s. For most, the day ended in the Crystal Palace along the canal. So busy it’s hard to believe it was once threatened with closure. The garden area suffers a bit from train noise.
I am told there were n=12
Another walker started later, never met up with us and finished at Tring
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