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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Rushden and Riseley.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Rushden and Riseley.
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This route has been reviewed by 3 people.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 3
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
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Downloads - 3
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Rushden
Grid Ref
SP9577866571
Lat / Lon
52.28895° / -0.59720°
Easting / Northing
495,778E / 266,571N
What3Words
newlyweds.waving.sides
Riseley
Grid Ref
TL0391462633
Lat / Lon
52.25208° / -0.47917°
Easting / Northing
503,914E / 262,633N
What3Words
dusted.headsets.croutons
Rusris One's land is
| Rushden | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP9577866571 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.28895° / -0.59720° |
| Easting / Northing | 495,778E / 266,571N |
| What3Words | newlyweds.waving.sides |
| Riseley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL0391462633 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.25208° / -0.47917° |
| Easting / Northing | 503,914E / 262,633N |
| What3Words | dusted.headsets.croutons |
| Arable | 59.4% |
| Natural grass | 11.1% |
| Pasture | 8.8% |
| Urban | 20.8% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
KB
27 Aug 2023Stile-free route along field edges and farm tracks, with excellent open views between Knotting and Higham Park; this Slow Way will only improve with time as the Strawberry Hill rewilding project matures. Echo the recommendation of the previous reviewer - do visit Knotting Church if it is open - and the concern about the road crossing into Rushden with its steep, poorly maintained steps on either side.
Jacob
11 Sep 2022First section is all pavements heading along Bedford road towards a housing estate to reach the footpath but continuing to the rugby club is easier.
From this point its mostly grassy paths alongside fields as well as some concrete tracks
Between knotting and Ridley there was an overgrown coppice which was difficult to travel through
There are no styles on the route only gates.
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Selena Ibbott
11 Sep 2022Lovely route with kissing gates but no stiles. Urban sections at begin and end but mainly farm tracks and routes across fields and through a copse which was pretty overgrown. The worst part is crossing the A6 as visibility is limited if going from Rushden. Pretty easy to follow but could use a better route up to the A6. I will add an alternative route that avoids the housing estates in Rushden and is more direct and easier to follow.
If the church at Knotting is open do look around it is beautiful. There is nowhere to stop for food/drinks until you get to Risley. The field sections from Newton Bromswold to Risley are very secluded. You will hear gun fire as you pass behind Sporting targets.
I would happily do this route again.
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