Connect Cranfield with Slow Ways
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more walks and reviews are needed to fully connect Cranfield to the verified network. Can you give a hike and help?
Give a hike!Cranfield
Bedfordshire
Slow Ways linking Cranfield and Ampthill, Kempston, Newport Pagnell, Woburn Sands
England / Bedfordshire / Cranfield
Cranfield’s four Slow Ways are 50% checked
Help connect Cranfield
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Cranfield’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Cranfield from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Cranfield—Ampthill
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Craamp one |
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4 X |
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Double check | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 113m | Descent 100m | |
Cranfield—Ampthill
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Craamp two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 12km/8mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Cranfield—Kempston
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Crakem one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 29m | Descent 108m | ||
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Newport Pagnell—Cranfield
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Newcra one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 44m | Descent 94m | |
Woburn Sands—Cranfield
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Wobcra one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 71m | Descent 44m | |
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Woburn Sands—Cranfield
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Wobcra two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 7km/5mi | Ascent 36m | Descent 62m |
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Collective progress
46% of Cranfield’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
6/6
4/6
1/6
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4 people have contributed to Cranfield’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
1 people have surveyed a route in Cranfield
39km out of 59km have been walked and reviewed
39km of reviews have been shared in Cranfield
Latest Updates
Robin Hickson added Craamp two, a new walk from Cranfield to Ampthill
Walk this routeFrom Millbrook station the route is along the road, with no path, and only a rough verge alongside blind corners. The other part that lets the route down is from the bottom of Marston Thrift, and across the busy A421 via a bridge. There's a pub, The Bell, just a few metres from where the route leaves the roadside and leads down to Marston Church, and on across fields to Millbrook Station. The route from the church gives options to take in the lovely Marston Vale Forest adjacent to Stewartby Lake, and the associated Forest Centre....
Robin Hickson
Quickest way between Kempston and Cranfield without having to step on the Cranfield road which is not nice. Footpaths near top farm will get very muddy in winter. Lovely countryside once you get the other side of Wootton....
James Adams
Walk starts in Cranfield village and continues on pavement next to road past Cranfield airport. Just pasted Stilliters Farm there is a footpath that takes you to the University Campus and should be able to pick up footpath across field from there....
LizMcBreen
From Woburn Sands station there is a long stretch on the Woburn Sands - Cranfield road, which although it is two lane has no speed restrictions and no pavement or verge for most of it. I therefore opted to take the second of the two route options as it got off the road soonest. The path up onto the bridge was cinder and would have been hard going for a wheelchair or pushchairs but I think any one using these would have given up on the road section anyway....
NSingleton
Slow Ways added Craamp one, a new walk from Cranfield to Ampthill
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Crakem one, a new walk from Cranfield to Kempston
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Newcra one, a new walk from Newport Pagnell to Cranfield
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wobcra one, a new walk from Woburn Sands to Cranfield
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wobcra two, a new walk from Woburn Sands to Cranfield
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Cranfield’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SP9547242030
Lat / Lon
52.06843° / -0.60858°
Easting / Northing
495,472E / 242,030N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Cranfield and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Cranfield's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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