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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Pitstone and Dunstable.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Pitstone and Dunstable.
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Reviews - 2
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (2)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Pitstone
Grid Ref
SP9353215704
Lat / Lon
51.83214° / -0.64402°
Easting / Northing
493,532E / 215,704N
What3Words
free.trader.shimmered
Dunstable
Grid Ref
TL0185621886
Lat / Lon
51.88625° / -0.52145°
Easting / Northing
501,856E / 221,886N
What3Words
silver.device.marked
Pitdun One's land is
| Pitstone | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP9353215704 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.83214° / -0.64402° |
| Easting / Northing | 493,532E / 215,704N |
| What3Words | free.trader.shimmered |
| Dunstable | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL0185621886 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.88625° / -0.52145° |
| Easting / Northing | 501,856E / 221,886N |
| What3Words | silver.device.marked |
| Arable | 46.1% |
| Pasture | 18.2% |
| Urban | 35.7% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Derick Rethans
28 Jul 2024I walked this on a warm morning, from Pitstone to Dunstable. Not much rain in the previous week.
I started my walk a little earlier though, at Tring station - following a little of the Ridgeway and then along its bottom to Pitstone. That was also a great section, but now let's get to this route.
After leaving the little village of Pitstone, you follow some fields to Ivinghoe (photo #2). It's not the most direct route, but it avoids walking along the main road, and there is a cute little windmill (photo #1). The route starts climbing a little onto a nice wooded path (photo #3). After a while, north of Ivinghoe Aston, the views open up. To the right you see Beacon Hill (photo #4), the end of the Ridgeway, and in front of you Saint Mary's Church on its hill (photo #5). The route is also going up here still.
Once you pass the church, the route proceeds through Edlesborough, a small village (photo #6), before a short section along the river Ouzel (photo #7). A path alongside a field gets you to the next village (photo #8), Eaton Bray, where another climb gets you onto the fields between here and Church End. Again, some great views (photo #9).
A really nice and wide path (photo #10) (and going up again) gets you over the hill towards Dunstable. Here a cycling path (photo #11) (former railway, I suppose) gets you along some residential roads (photo #12) and across Grove House Mansions to the finish.
Little villages, nice paths, great views. Would definitely recommend!.
Neil
07 Sep 2023This is a relatively wide and flat route. There are good views of Ivinghoe Beacon for much of the route. The surfaces are mostly good and hold up well in winter, although the path between Ivinghoe Aston and Ivinghoe can get muddy and tends to form puddles in wet weather. Most of the route is barrier free although there are some gates between Totternhoe and Eaton Bray and between Ivinghoe and Pitstone. This is a route that I use on a regular basis.
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