An overview of walking the Greensand Ridge Walk including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking

Greensand Ridge Walk 64km / 40 miles Linear Walk

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
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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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Grading
 
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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