Shorter Routes

Friends Of The Nickey Line Walks

There are many footpaths around Redbourn. A leaflet showing one walk is available from Redbourn Library or Redbournbury Mill.

A three to three and a half mile walk is the Three Mills And Two Rivers Walk

Haydn Davies has written a booklet of Interesting Short Walks on the Flat with illustrations by Ernest Leahy. Proceeds to go to The British Lung Foundation, National Trust at Ashridge, Redbourn Care Group and Cancer Research. An Excellent read (Redbourn Webmasters), the booklet costs £5. Redbourn is included in chapter 7 with the Around the airfield at Redbourn and Chapter 4 with the walk around Redbourn Common. Mr Davies Cricket Match picture is also included in this chapter. The booklet was available from the Redbourn Care Group office

The Redbourn Common Walk from Interesting short walks on the Flat.

Links to various walks are given below. You may also wish to look at this website for hertfordshire walks: http://www.walkinginherts.co.uk

Longer Footpaths

The Nicky Line Railway Walk from Hemel Hempstead to Harpenden passes through the village as does the Ver Valley Walk. The network of footpaths around the village also form part of the Chiltern Way and the Hertfordshire Way.

At Hemel Hempstead is the Grand Union Canal, the towpath giving easy walking and at Harpenden is the Lea Valley Walk. On Dunstable Downs the Ridgeway and Ickneild Way merge.

Lea Valley Walk

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/leavalley.html

Nicky Line

Near Chequer Lane

http://www.nickeyline.org/nickyline.htm

http://www.cycle-n-sleep.co.uk/local%20routes/bedfordshire/nicky%20line.htm

Hertfordshire Way

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/hertfordshire.html

http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/leisure/activities/htpres3y/footpathsoc3y/10680407

Chiltern Way

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/chiltern.html

Chiltern & other walks

This includes pushchair and wheelchair walks

http://www.chilternsaonb.org/site_results.asp?siteCat=26&offset=10

Grand Union Canal

At Tring: http://www.tring.gov.uk/info/guc.htm

Ver Valley Walk

The photo was taken between Redbourn and Redbournbury Mill.

Copies of a Ver Valley walk leaflet can be obtained from the Countryside Management Service on 01727 848168.

http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads/publications/vervalleywalkleaflet.pdf

http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/cms/explore/walk/vervalleywalk.htm

See also River Ver

The Ver Valley Walk passes near Redbournbury Mill.

July 2008