Hitchin — Letchworth Garden City

Hitlet one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021

Distance

5km/3mi

Ascent

72m

Descent

56m

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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Hitchin and Letchworth Garden City.

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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Hitchin and Letchworth Garden City.

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Reviews - 5

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Is this route good enough? -  Yes (5)

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Hitchin
Grid Ref TL1943129718
Lat / Lon 51.95314° / -0.26349°
Easting / Northing 519,431E / 229,718N
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Letchworth Garden City
Grid Ref TL2173032729
Lat / Lon 51.97971° / -0.22899°
Easting / Northing 521,730E / 232,729N
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Hitlet One's land is

Arable 44.5%
Green urban 4.0%
Urban 51.5%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

reviews

Graham

29 Jun 2021 Summer
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A pleasant and easy to follow route mainly avoiding the busy A505 Cambridge Road. Some of the route follows the Hitchin Outer Orbital Path (HOOP) and Letchworth Greenway and so the off road areas are well maintained. The walk between the A505 and Hillbrow has good views across the fields to Hitchin. Most of the pavement walking once you have passed through Purwell Meadow is on quiet residential streets. I attach some photos of the off-pavement paths.

Black Squirrel

18 May 2021 Spring
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Narrow pedestrian access under Hitchin railway bridge.

MB

03 May 2021 Spring
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A pleasant and direct walk between Hitchin and Letchworth. There were some nice views, particularly in the middle of the walk. The route felt safe and was enjoyable to walk.

Black Squirrel

03 May 2021 Spring
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Walked Hitchin to Letchworth in dry conditions. This is a pleasant route partially in built up areas on pavements and partially in countryside on well maintained tracks. Purwell Meadows are worth exploring if you have the time.

There is a mini supermarket on Hitchin station approaches, and pubs on route. Halfway along the route is a garden centre which has a cafe and toilets. There are plenty of eating places in the centre of Letchworth and a supermarket.

The footpath under the railway bridge at Hitchin is on the opposite side of the road to the station and it is narrow (less than 1 metre). There is no footpath under the bridge on the same side as the station.

The narrowest point on the route is on the path (less than 1 metre) just as it emerges on to the A505 road between Hitchin and Letchworth.

There are kissing gates at the entrance and exit of Purwell Meadows and at Hillbrow in Letchworth.

Greysquirrel

25 Apr 2021 Spring
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I found the walk easy to follow and the paths mostly of good quality. Some of it is along roads, but fairly quiet or short stretches on busier road nearer the town's. The out of town off road parts mainly follow the Letchworth Greenway which is well maintained path and goes through some lovely countryside.

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