Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Walk

The 40-mile Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge walk was opened in October 1986. In 12 months, 50 stiles, 12 small sleeper footbridges, 10 gates, 4 sets of steps, 130 waymark posts, 2 five-meter bridges and 110 walk signs were erected, costing a total of £30000, half of which went on building a new footbridge over the Ouzel.

The symbol for the walk is the silhouette of a Muntjac deer, which roam wild in the woods of the North Chiltern hills.

Named after the lower greensand rock which forms a narrow ridge across Bedfordshire and gives Leighton Buzzard its sandy soil, the walk begins at Canal Bridge in Linslade and follows the river Ouzel...

...past the Rushmere estate...

...then on to Stockgrove Country Park.

Footpaths and bridleways then take ramblers to Woburn, through the Woburn Abbey estate...

...to Eversholt and then on to Ampthill, Maulden, Clophill, Haynes, Northill Everton and Gamlingay.

A series of circular walks have also been created, linking the main route with other sites in Bedfordshire.

• More details on the whole walk
• The Leighton Buzzard Home Page
• Bletchley Park Home Page
• The Shuttleworth Collection - Home Page
• The Ramblers' Association
• The Long Distance Walkers Association
• The Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users' Association
• Heath and Reach P3 group

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email: c.p.valentine@open.ac.uk

Copyright © 1996 Chris Valentine
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