A good walk, but spoiled by some dangerous road crossings and on-road walking. Corrected on Lutste Three....

Strider

A verge takes you to lovely open fields of rape, the small yellow flowers just beginning to show, and interesting views of the airport and planes landing. Good variety from narrow wooded paths to wide open fields with big skies, quaint villages to carparks....

Strider

Good starting and ending locations with good access to onward travel and facilities....

andy_mackay

The M1 hums constantly and the low planes taking off from Luton airport roar overhead. I did hear some birdsong in the carpark outside Luton station. The walk into Luton is made pleasant by the use of a cut through and a park....

Strider

The route is described as Flitwick to Luton but the gpx file is Luton to Flitwick. Another point to note is on the route turning north west from Higham Bury towards Hermitage Lane which meets the Westoning Road. After passing this you can easily get back onto Hermitage Lane and to the Westoning Road as per the route....

Ruth Hutchings

The path goes right past Luton Airport Parkway station which I availed of rather than walk the last mile into Luton itself....

Heather S.

As previous reviewer said, the map seems to want you to crosss the railway at a locked gate, from here it isn't that obvious that there's a tunnel, you need to get down to the road level and the tunnel is not far away....

David Mansfield

I didn't understand why there was an extra three sides of a square towards the end, where instead of continuing straight down Hicks Road, there was a left turn into Windmill Lane, I then walked straight past the right turn onto the footpath which has a way marker set back but no finger post so is easy to miss as you pass the entrance to a large house. Photographs: 1 Luton Station, 2 Luton Town Hall, 3 The Plough at Woodside, 4 Woodside, 5 Lower Woodside, 6, 7, 8 & 9 Woodside to Half Moon Lane, 10 dogs and obstructive gate on the pathway from Windmill Lane, 11 view of Markyate, 12 & 13 Markyate High Street...

Gill

This left corresponds with a locked gate to a network rail access point, the actual path is to go right down a flight of steps onto the lower Luton road, turn right and walk about ten yards and then turn right again through a railway arch....

TriNuFings

(I passed by the point where Luthar Two turns off, and I agree with the reviewers of that route that it doesn’t look like a particularly safe or pleasant walking option, compared with staying on the Lea Valley Way into Harpenden.). All in all I think this is a good example of how a slow way should be: it uses the best of the available route options to create a direct, safe, and enjoyable route between neighbouring towns....

Jane Taylor

Far better to have stayed with the Lea Valley walk all the way to Station Rd in Harpenden and then cross the road (at the pelican crossing), turn right and follow the conventional footpath up that road to the Station....

BigDog

This is a great route from the centre of Luton to Markyate. It is mostly off-road so wellies or boots are recommended. You can pick up the route at Farley Hill, Woodside or Slip End....

Mike McKevitt

The luton end of the walk is built up and not as nice as much of the rest of the walk and if you want to use a train for the return leg with a small detour you can stop at Luton Parkway Station avoiding the centre of Luton Town itself....

Jemdaly93

Dunstable and Luton have grown together to form a single conurbation but this route runs along the hills to the south through attractive countryside for most of its length. It crosses the M1 in an underpass. On footpaths for some of the way with narrow paths, low branches and kissing gates, so perhaps more suitable for walking than cycling....

karlsz

The route is gently uphill to Offley mainly on a farm track which is deeply rutted in places....

Il Chimico

Short on-road section at Mill End on the busy Harlington - Barton road includes a dangerous blind bend with no pavement and little room for pedestrians, but there is no obvious alternative route to avoid it....

karlsz