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I walked this route from Northwood to Rickmansworth (then returned on the same route). It's an alternative to the RicNor route which crosses the grounds of the Moor Park Golf Club, which can prove tricky when the golf course is being played on.
This version starts just outside Northwood tube station, passes Moor Park tube station half way, then ends in Rickmansworth town centre, not far from Rickmansworth tube station.
The first half of the route between Northwood and Moor Park uses an off-road foot path. The foot path begins as a tarred surface but later turns in to a hard packed soil surface which, after predominantly wet weather, could become slightly muddy. There is no street lighting along the foot path and it runs in between the tube line on one side and the back gardens of houses on the other side, so it wouldn't be advisable to use this path in hours of darkness.
There foot path comes out on to "Saint Mary's Avenue" and you have to continue on to "Bourne End Road". At the end of this road, there is a brief section of a few yards where there is no pavement, so you have to walk on the road - but, as this road has a restricted width underpass (under the Metropolitan tube line) and runs in to a private estate, it is a very quiet road with very little traffic. After the few yards from "Bourne End Road" the off-road foot path can be picked up again (Public Right of Way 63) and it continues to run alongside the Metropolitan Tube line on one side and now the open space of the Sandy Lodge golf course. The patch is a hard packed soil surface again. As it winds through a wooded area it isn't on a flat level any more and there is the occasional tree roots or embedded stone which you have to watch out for. On this section of the foot path (Public Right of Way 63) you come alongside Moor Park tube station on the Metropolitan line. To enter the tube station, you have to descend down some steps. You can use the tube station underpass as a way of getting to the other side of the Moor Park private estate where there is a small parade of shops.
After passing Moor Park tube station you continue down a tar surfaced foot path with Vctorian style lamp posts. The foot path ends where it jones the pavement of "Sandy Lodge Road". As you walk along "Sandy Lodge Road" the pavement becomes a mixture of grass and gravel surfaces, so it can be easier to walk on the road surface instead. As this is a private estate with security controlled access for vehicles and speed calming measures, there is minimal vehicles on the road. It's preferable to walk on the road as the surface is better and consistently level.
As you reach the end of "Sandy Lodge Road" and the end of the Moor Park estate, you carry on through a pedestrian path (with width restriction barriers) which takes you on to "Moor Lane" - a quieter residential street with housing on one side only - which runs adjacent to the main "Moor Lane" road with traffic. At the end there is a small pedestrian island which enables you to safely cross to the opposite residential side of "Moor Land" which connects on to "London Road". This is the only busy section - a dual carriageway - and is, unfortunately, unavoidable but it's only for a matter of yards along which there is a decent pavement you can walk along - eventually crossing over the Grand Union Canal and taking you in to Rickmansworth. There is a new Premiere Inn hotel which has just opened by the roundabout as your enter Rickmansworth town centre. On the opposite side of the roundabout there is a large Tesco supermarket store.
The route cuts through the church yard of St Mary the Virgin just before ending in Rickmansworth town centre which has a good number of shops.
Overall, the route is mostly traffic free and on level ground. Unfortunately it isn't accessibility friendly due to the nature of the foot paths being uneven, passing through woodland area and some pavements in the Moor Park estate being a mixture of grass and gravel

I walked this route from Northwood to Rickmansworth (then returned on the same route). It's an alternative to the RicNor route which crosses the grounds of the Moor Park Golf Club, which can prove tricky when the golf course is being played on.
This version starts just outside Northwood tube station, passes Moor Park tube station half way, then ends in Rickmansworth town centre, not far from Rickmansworth tube station.
The first half of the route between Northwood and Moor Park uses an off-road foot path. The foot path begins as a tarred surface but later turns in to a hard packed soil surface which, after predominantly wet weather, could become slightly muddy. There is no street lighting along the foot path and it runs in between the tube line on one side and the back gardens of houses on the other side, so it wouldn't be advisable to use this path in hours of darkness.
There foot path comes out on to "Saint Mary's Avenue" and you have to continue on to "Bourne End Road". At the end of this road, there is a brief section of a few yards where there is no pavement, so you have to walk on the road - but, as this road has a restricted width underpass (under the Metropolitan tube line) and runs in to a private estate, it is a very quiet road with very little traffic. After the few yards from "Bourne End Road" the off-road foot path can be picked up again (Public Right of Way 63) and it continues to run alongside the Metropolitan Tube line on one side and now the open space of the Sandy Lodge golf course. The patch is a hard packed soil surface again. As it winds through a wooded area it isn't on a flat level any more and there is the occasional tree roots or embedded stone which you have to watch out for. On this section of the foot path (Public Right of Way 63) you come alongside Moor Park tube station on the Metropolitan line. To enter the tube station, you have to descend down some steps. You can use the tube station underpass as a way of getting to the other side of the Moor Park private estate where there is a small parade of shops.
After passing Moor Park tube station you continue down a tar surfaced foot path with Vctorian style lamp posts. The foot path ends where it jones the pavement of "Sandy Lodge Road". As you walk along "Sandy Lodge Road" the pavement becomes a mixture of grass and gravel surfaces, so it can be easier to walk on the road surface instead. As this is a private estate with security controlled access for vehicles and speed calming measures, there is minimal vehicles on the road. It's preferable to walk on the road as the surface is better and consistently level.
As you reach the end of "Sandy Lodge Road" and the end of the Moor Park estate, you carry on through a pedestrian path (with width restriction barriers) which takes you on to "Moor Lane" - a quieter residential street with housing on one side only - which runs adjacent to the main "Moor Lane" road with traffic. At the end there is a small pedestrian island which enables you to safely cross to the opposite residential side of "Moor Land" which connects on to "London Road". This is the only busy section - a dual carriageway - and is, unfortunately, unavoidable but it's only for a matter of yards along which there is a decent pavement you can walk along - eventually crossing over the Grand Union Canal and taking you in to Rickmansworth. There is a new Premiere Inn hotel which has just opened by the roundabout as your enter Rickmansworth town centre. On the opposite side of the roundabout there is a large Tesco supermarket store.
The route cuts through the church yard of St Mary the Virgin just before ending in Rickmansworth town centre which has a good number of shops.
Overall, the route is mostly traffic free and on level ground. Unfortunately it isn't accessibility friendly due to the nature of the foot paths being uneven, passing through woodland area and some pavements in the Moor Park estate being a mixture of grass and gravel