The route follows National Cycle way 51 out of Bedford and picks up route 12 in Blunham so you will be sharing the path with cyclists and sometimes with horse riders too but no cars for most of the way. There are car parks on the route at Priory Park and Willington (Danish Camp). This route can get busy at weekends and sometimes parts near Priory Park and the Grange estate are used for running events such as Race for Life and the Bedford Half marathon but the path is not closed then just very busy....

Tom Campbell

Leaves Bedford by a pleasant route - not long before the traffic is left behind - but once outside Bedford there are no refreshment opportunities or bus stops until Riseley. The signage is poor across the golf course (but maybe the golfer I annoyed by asking for directions will ask the committee to rectify this). The tedium of the long tramp around the airfield perimeter is alleviated by sweeping views across the Great Ouse valley; definitely the highlight....

KB

Note - along the Great Ouse, the footpath near Queens Bridge can be walked right along the river, there is no need to dog leg here as the route suggests. This could be revised if needed, but the current meeting place does help in the fact it isn't miles away from connecting a little triangle of routes between Kempston, Bromham and Bedford....

andy_mackay

The bus station is a good final destination, it seems to serve more locales than the train station (which is easily reached anyway from the route)....

andy_mackay

We choose to walk along the river when going from Oakley to Pavenham as there is no need to walk on the road. Its a little bit confusing at the golf club but soon picked up the route again. Came across 2 stiles that were not very dog friendly just outside of Sharnbrook....

Selena Ibbott

Starting in Bedford town centre it's a pavement all the way from Bedford to Clapham through to Oakley until you reach the train tracks and go through a field to reach a bridge leading to an exit near the memorial. Instead of following the road you can go through the fields next to the river and road (a sign said there were bull in the fields but when I walked through there weren't any) Past this its mostly just clear fields between the villages until you reach sharnbrook...

Jacob

The bridge at Bromham has no path, but there are passing places for walkers to use to allow cars to pass safely. Not sure how easy this would be for pushchairs/wheelchairs....

Helen

At one point in Bedford the path passes below a bridge which had a height restriction of 1.4 meters....

Helen

It would be easier if the route followed the path all the way, though this route is more attractive in Bedford following the Ouse and the Priory park....

Jujones2

Footpath all the way apart from Bromham Bridge. There is a nicer way, but you'll need to get wet ....

James Adams

It passes mostly through farmland, both pasture and arable, as well as a golf course. In places it is not clearly signposted....

Liz Cox

The footbridge at Kempston Mill is currently closed, so this route cannot be completed....

Liz Cox

The first 5 miles are rural and the final 4 miles are urban and involve walking alongside roads....

Liz Cox

Difficult access in places for less mobile people and busy in places with cyclists especially at the weekends Beautifully quiet in the evenings...

watsonp63

3) At GR 043585 (Blackburn Hall) the route shows you walking through a farm yard when in fact the footpath goes right round the edge and then heads NE across the field and then sharply west back to the main path. 4) At GR 035606 (Park Farm) the download shows a route across the field to GR 033608 (Red House Farm). This path doesn't exist and you need to turn sharp right at the farm and follow the route along the field edge....

Tom Barwood

The majority of the walk is on good quality pavements alongside roads....

Liz Cox

Only slightly dodgy bit is the bridge across the Great Ouse at Bromham Mill - pedestrians need to dive between regularly spaced passing places to avoid passing cars (see photo), easy enough though and the cars do have good visibility of walkers....

Heidi