An overview of walking the Greensand Ridge Walk including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking
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Greensand
Ridge Walk 64km / 40 miles
part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England |
Start Leighton Buzzard, Bucks SP915251 Finish Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire TL226533
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Map
Ordnance Survey Explorer 192, 193 and 208 |
Click through to the offical site of the Greensand Ridge Walk
From Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire to Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire this route traverses the Greensand Ridge taking in Woburn Abbey and Ampthill Park. At Gamlingay it connects with the Clopton Way, Ampthill Park the Bunyan Trail and Leighton Buzzard the Two Ridges Link.
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| Shop for provisions | |
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| Mueseum or building of historic interest, Castle | |
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Grading |
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| gradual ascents or descents along well defined paths or tracks. Suitable for novice walkers | |
| considerable ascents and descents over moderate fell type terrain | |
| strenuous sometimes exposed routes requiring map reading and navigational skills |
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| Ordnance Survey | Explorer 193 Luton & Stevenage |
| Ordnance Survey | Explorer 208 Bedford and St Neots |
| Ordnance Survey | Explorer 192 Buckingham & Milton Keynes |
Find the bridge where the A4146 crosses the Grand Union Canal and head north along the Grand Union Canal Walk

Rushmere
Rushmere Park
Milton Keynes Boundary Walk
Buttermilk Wood
Job's Farm
Pinfold Pond
Woburn
Woburn Abbey
Linden Lake
Brook End
New Water End
Briar Stockings
Wykes End Farm
Birchall's Wood
joins the Bunyan Trail at the moat on the corner of Malting Spinney
cross the M1
Holt Plantation
Flying Horse Farm
close to Lidlington



Further Information
Click through to the offical site of the Greensand Ridge Walk to obtain the Greensand Ridge Walk leaflet from Bedfordshire County Council
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