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Leighton Buzzard to Woburn Leighton Buzzard to Woburn Planning Your Walk www.greensandridgewalk.co.uk WALK 1 Public Transport 1 Begin at the road bridge on Leighton Road which turn right and follow the fence line. Follow the crosses the canal. Walk northwards along the waymarked path until you get to the corner of the Walk 1 can be accessed by train at Leighton Buzzard. A regular The towpath of the Grand Union Canal to The field by a wood. At this point turn left over a stile Monday to Saturday bus service operates in Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding area, please phone for further details. Globe Public House. and footbridge and into another field. King’s There is a Sunday and bank holiday service (route 31). Wood National Nature Reserve is on the A Monday to Sunday service operates through Woburn (routes Greensand 2 Pass the pub and turn right through a kissing gate right hand side. into a large meadow. This section of the walk 10, 160 and 165) and Tuesdays only (routes 130 and 139). can become flooded at certain times of the year. 6 Cross the road with care and follow the cross-field For bus times 01234 228337 (office hours) Immediately turn left, heading down the bank and footpaths until you reach Sheep Lane. At the road 0871 200 22 33 Ridge Walk onto the boardwalks. At the end of the boardwalks turn left and after 150m turn left again through a For train times 08457 484950 turn sharp right and walk across the field to the gate and along a grass ride. edge of the river. At this point head for the bridge Parking and Toilets 7 Enter the wood following the bridleway known that crosses over the river. LEIGHTON BUZZARD as Nun’s Lane to a junction with a large sandstone Car parking is available at various points along the route, TO WOBURN 3 Cross the bridge and head straight across the field marker. Turn right and follow the path to the road, denoted by P on the map, including the railway stations. to a track. Turn left, through the kissing gate and left passing Job’s Farm. 8.5 miles/13km again to join a large, sandy track known as Firs Path. Accommodation 8 At the road turn left and continue along the Keep following this path with the wood on your pavement for 400m. By the former Maryland There are several guest houses and B&Bs along the route. right and river on your left until you emerge into College there is a fingerpost on the opposite side For further details on accommodation, please contact: a large meadow. Continue to follow the path up of the road. Cross the road with care and follow the hill and through the wood to the crossroads. i Dunstable Tourist Information Centre 01582 890270 the waymarked path across a field and then along i Bedford Tourist Information Centre 01234 215226 4 Turn left along Bragenham Lane for 50m and turn the fence line. i Sandy Tourist Information Centre 01767 682728 right onto the footpath. Follow the waymarked From this path, take the first left to go into Woburn, path to Oak Wood. Useful Maps or the second left to follow the Greensand Ridge Oak Wood is part of Stockgrove Country Park. Walk to the fire station on George Street. The walk is covered by Ordnance Survey Landranger sheet no. To visit the Park, follow the signposted path which 153 & 165 and Explorer sheet no. 192, 193 & 208 is off the bridleway. Further Information Pass the pond and over the bridge. Continue on the main path until you reach a T- junction. Turn If you encounter any problems or would like further right up the hill, through the conifers and past the information on any of our other trails please contact us at: cottages and clock tower. This brings you out Bedfordshire County Council onto Brickhill Road. Countryside Access Services design: out of the bleu 01767 319028 County Hall, Cauldwell Street 5 Turn right and after 20m turn left through the layby and down a narrow path. Follow the bridleway Bedford MK42 9AP around the edge of Rammamere Heath. On 01234 228324 leaving the heath, head towards Rammamere farm. Go through the gate and into open fields. Cross RURAL TRANSPORT Grand Union Canal PARTNERSHIP one field but do not go through the gate. Instead Grand Union Canal, Leighton Buzzard. All details correct on date of printing, August 2007 Union Canal Walk 1 Leighton Buzzard to Woburn Grand R iver Ouzel 8.5 miles/13km A418 d a o A4146 R y r u lb u o S Station Linslade Road Little C h d u sebery Av d 2 Old r Ro a c R o h R e Corbettshill A505 Brickhill R w ok d t e S Farm Linslade N Globe PH 3 Great Linslade Sewage 1 Works Brickhill Grand Vimy Union Oak Road Rd Canal Wood Leighton 2 Back Wood Str Bri River Ouzel e Stockgrove dge W et 3 4 e Bassett Rd Rushmere KEY s 5 t Country Park S Park t Leighton Leighton 1 r e Lock café e Buzzard Rammamere t Greensand Ridge Road Farm No Heath 1 Walk rth Street Rammamere Buttermilk Leighton Heath Wood Alternative and 6 Buzzard Heath King's extension routes and Reach Lowe's Wood Wood Road Charle Linslade 7 Wood Village or housing The Linslade area was part of Job's Farm Buckinghamshire until 1965, Grand Union Canal Lake or water with the river marking the old The Grand Union Canal was 8 A4146 County boundary. In the originally named the Grand Woodland distance you can see Old Junction Canal, and work on Linslade Church, which shows its construction started in 1793. A4012 Woburn the position of the original It runs for 93 miles from Parkland WatlingA5(T) Street village of Linslade. Braunston, Northamptonshire to Brentford on the River Railway Thames. Stockgrove Country Park The George Street Evergreens Church Stockgrove Country Park opened to the public in 1972 and is owned by Bedfordshire and Scale Buckinghamshire County Councils and managed by the Greensand Trust. It covers 80 acres with Public house 0 12 km a variety of habitats including a lake, marshes, ancient oak woodland, conifer plantations, meadows and heaths. The lake is noted for its colourful mandarin ducks; on the meadows green woodpeckers approx. Farm may be seen feeding on ants among the wildflowers and grasses. Woburn 0 1 mile Oak Wood, despite its name, consists of 100 acres of predominantly conifer plantations. Some Woburn village has a delightful Georgian town centre, and is Parking remnants of ancient heath survive here, and in places the trees have been cleared to encourage its well worth visiting. The Woburn Heritage Centre in the old regeneration. At the southern end there is an attractive valley of wet woodland with small ponds church of St. Mary’s in Bedford Street will tell you about the Public toilets This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the and a stream. Some very rare marsh plants grow here. Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown history of the village and surrounding area. copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Bedfordshire County Council 100017358 2007..