Highlights

• Ridgeway Long-Distance Footpath
• Ivinghoe Beacon
• Ashridge Estate & Bridgewater Monument
• Tearooms, local pubs & picnic

Itinerary

This superb circular walk leads from Tring station in Hertfordshire and up onto the Chilterns escarpment. The first half of the route follows the Ridgeway Long-Distance Footpath, a 136-kilometre hilltop track that begins in Wiltshire and ends at Ivinghoe Beacon, one of the highest points in the Chilterns Hills. Passing through beech woodland and over chalk uplands, the walk gives fine views over the Vale of Aylesbury, a patchwork of farmland dotted with small villages and towns. From Ivinghoe Beacon, the route leads back through the woods of the extensive Ashridge Estate, once the seat of the dukes of Bridgewater and now home to a network of public footpaths and some handily placed tearooms. Beyond the Bridgewater Monument, which dominates the hillside hereabouts, the route drops down into the handsome village of Aldbury, with half-timbered cottages and a duck pond.

Lunch
Please bring something for your lunch as the only pub is at the end of the walk. We will picnic on top of the Ivinghoe Beacon.
We reward ourselves in excellent local pub at the end of the walk.

Photos from Ivinghoe Beacon
gallery 1 & gallery 2

Difficulty: distance & terrain
>>> Our walking grades explained <<<
Grade of the walk: 12km; difficulty: leisurely; terrain: hilly

What to take with you
Download your checklist, click here
Lunch: Please bring something for the picnic.

Departure / Return

Departure
Meeting point: Euston railway station (look for your guide in green T-shirt with Minty Trips sign / download and print out the map of our meeting - click here)
Meeting date and time: 11/9/10, 8.45am

Return
To: Euston railway station
Return date and time: 11/9/10, 7pm (approximately)

Costs (how much do you pay)

• your transport (return train ticket from London to Tring): max. £12.90 (if we are a group of 3 and more you will benefit of 33% to 50% discount on your train ticket. Once you meet your guide at the station he/she will collect the money from the group and buy discounted tickets for the whole group. Costs of all tickets will be then divided by the number of people in the group establishing the costs per person. If the costs per person are less then what was collected from you the difference will be returned to you. Please be aware we cannot guarantee the train ticket discount as it depents on the number of people in the group)
• £1 organisational fee for guided walk and service of an experienced guide :) Leave the organisation hassle on us. Relax and enjoy great day

Food and pints are not included

Any question?

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