Description
Exit Harpenden station through the main ticket office and go down the hill to Station Road and turn left into town.
At the Harpenden Arms pub, turn left and walk along the common. This leads to East Common golf course (the footpath goes through this).
After a mile or so, you will reach Ayres End Lane. Turn left onto this until you reach the railway. Straight after the bridge, turn right into Heartwood Forest.
Follow the footpath next to the railway to the end and then turn left (near Cheapside Farm) and follow the footpath for half a mile until you get to a gate on the left.
Go through this and then into Langley Wood and turn right at the end and follow the footpath downhill to Sandridge village.
Turn right through the village (passing a couple of pubs) and then stay on the St Albans Road up the hill. When you get to the traffic lights, keep going straight, past the King William pub.
Take the first left onto Lancaster Road and then the first right onto Battlefield Road (these roads were named after the Battle of the Roses). Go to the end of the road, cross Sandpit Land and head up Lemsford Road.
At the second zebra crossing, take the footpath on the left, over the railway and enter Clarence Park. Then follow the railway line to the Station and the end of this section
Exit Harpenden station through the main ticket office and go down the hill to Station Road and turn left into town.
At the Harpenden Arms pub, turn left and walk along the common. This leads to East Common golf course (the footpath goes through this).
After a mile or so, you will reach Ayres End Lane. Turn left onto this until you reach the railway. Straight after the bridge, turn right into Heartwood Forest.
Follow the footpath next to the railway to the end and then turn left (near Cheapside Farm) and follow the footpath for half a mile until you get to a gate on the left.
Go through this and then into Langley Wood and turn right at the end and follow the footpath downhill to Sandridge village.
Turn right through the village (passing a couple of pubs) and then stay on the St Albans Road up the hill. When you get to the traffic lights, keep going straight, past the King William pub.
Take the first left onto Lancaster Road and then the first right onto Battlefield Road (these roads were named after the Battle of the Roses). Go to the end of the road, cross Sandpit Land and head up Lemsford Road.
At the second zebra crossing, take the footpath on the left, over the railway and enter Clarence Park. Then follow the railway line to the Station and the end of this section
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Harpenden
Grid Ref
TL1369614210
Lat / Lon
51.81497° / -0.35201°
Easting / Northing
513,696E / 214,210N
What3Words
fast.mutual.lifts
St Albans
Grid Ref
TL1556907084
Lat / Lon
51.75054° / -0.32722°
Easting / Northing
515,569E / 207,084N
What3Words
drew.tender.soil
| Harpenden | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL1369614210 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.81497° / -0.35201° |
| Easting / Northing | 513,696E / 214,210N |
| What3Words | fast.mutual.lifts |
| St Albans | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL1556907084 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.75054° / -0.32722° |
| Easting / Northing | 515,569E / 207,084N |
| What3Words | drew.tender.soil |
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