The Greensand Ridge Walk

Walk Sandy to Gamlingay 5 5.3 miles/8.5km

1 Taking care, cross the High Street into 4 Turn left and follow the road to the Thornton Cherrycroft. Turn right into Stonecroft and Arms. Following the road to the left of the pub, left along an alleyway to the bridge over the pass the 12th century church of St. Mary’s and East Coast Mainline and onto the Pinnacle cross the parkland around Woodbury Hall. Recreation Ground. The Greensand Ridge At the stile turn right and then immediately has now been rejoined. Follow the path left onto a grassed track. Continue on the across the meadow and through the woodland waymarked path across the Tetworth Estate, bearing left up the hill. passing Tetworth Hall. 2 Follow the waymarked route around the 5 At the road (Tetworth Hill) turn right and with Pinnacle and turn right to follow Sand Lane care follow the road across the cross roads into for 500m to a bridlegate on your left. Head the hamlet of Gamlingay Cinques. The walk down the ridge through the meadow, and ends at the Wildlife Trust’s Cinques Common car continue on the track, crossing a concrete park on the right. To connect into Gamlingay road to Fernbury Farm. where there is a post offi ce, shops and public houses, walk down Cinques Road then turn right 3 At Fernbury Farm leave the Roman Road, to reach the village centre on Church Street. turning right to follow a fi eld edge path Additional parking and more local facilities can and continue to follow the path across the be found at the Eco Hub on Stocks Lane. meadows climbing up to the village of Everton. Sandy Sandy was once an important Roman centre. Caesar’s Camp, near the Pinnacle, is in fact an ancient British fort, which may have been used by the Romans. Galley Hill, further south, dates back to the Iron Age, over 2000 years ago. These forts were strategically located on the edge of the greensand ridge, overlooking the lower land at the break in the ridge.

Tempsford Airfi eld Tempsford Airfi eld was very important in World War 2 as it was used extensively by the Special Operations Executive for dropping agents and equipment in German occupied Europe. Much of the airfi eld has now reverted to agricultural land. Muntjac deer

www.greensandridgewalk.co.uk To Peterborough Sandy Heath Transmitter The Sandy Heath Transmitter Walk 5 is visible from much of east Bedfordshire. It transmits TV and radio programmes and is Tetworth Waresley Hill also used for both mobile and Wood terrestrial telephone links. Sand The land around the Wood Gamlingay transmitter has been quarried Tetworth Wood and is being restored to Tempsford Hall 5 heathland. Airfield (Disused) Gamlingay Hassells Hedge Gamlingay Woodbury Cinques Hassells Hedge is A1(T) Hall an ancient boundary which follows White Gamlingay the route of the Fernbury Wood Community Farm Eco Hub Baldock – Sandy 3 – Godmanchester Roman Road. St. Mary's Church

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