The Greyhound, Wiggingtom This is one of a series of walks through the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Chilterns Country The Greyhound in Wigginton is a friendly traditional village inn Beauty (AONB). with a wide selection of real ales, wines and fine food. En-suite accommodation is also available and the pub has disabled access. Cyclists and walkers are welcome. Phone 01442 824631. The Chilterns Conservation Board works to conserve the natural www.greyhoundtring.co.uk beauty of the Chilterns and to increase public understanding and enjoyment of them. There are many other walks and rides in the Beacon View Walk The Beacon View Walk Chilterns: Visit www.chilternsaonb.org or call 01844 355500.
The Beacon View walk goes through Tring Park on King Charles Walk Description: Long: 6.5m (10.5km) Visit www.chilternsociety.org.uk or call 01494 771250 for Ride. Tring Park is a historic landscape with remnants of an Short: 2m (3km) early 18th century landscape. It is managed by the Woodland information on the Chiltern Society's walk programme, to obtain Trust and is open access for walkers. Cyclists and horse riders Chiltern Society footpath maps or to join the Society. Walk Time: Long: allow 2 1/2 hours can enjoy the Park by using the King Charles Ride. The Park has Short: allow 1 hour woodland areas, chalk grassland and affords fine views of Tring and Ivinghoe Beacon, a prominent grassy hill. Pub, restaurant and B&B in Wigginton: Start /Finish: The Greyhound, Chesham Road Criss-crossed by historic transport routes, this area has been The Greyhound, Wigginton: a friendly, traditional village inn Wigginton, Herts well used by travellers since the first settlements appeared in with a wide selection of real ales, wines and fine food. Walkers prehistoric times. and cyclists are welcome. Open The Ridgeway, thought to be Britain’s oldest road, follows the for food seven ancient chalk ridge route used by prehistoric man. The path has days a week. been used as a transport route for droving livestock, traders and invaders for over 5,000 years. Starting in Avebury, Wiltshire, The Enjoy log fires, locally sourced Ridgeway travels on the high ground to Ivinghoe Beacon. produce and a In the Dark Ages The Ridgeway was a main route for the Saxons warm welcome. and Vikings who fought many battles along it. In medieval times Why not stay it was used by drovers bringing livestock from Wales and the West over and explore Country to Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. the area at leisure? There The Icknield Way, travelling along a similar route to The are 3 large en-suite rooms. Ridgeway, is thought to date back to Neolithic times (4,000 – 2,000 BC). It was the trade route of the Iceni, an early British Tel. 01442 824631 www.greyhoundtring.co.uk tribe, linking the Norfolk Coast to the downlands of south central England. This trail runs through Wigginton and Tring Park and can be identified by a stone axe depicted on waymark disks. For further walks and rides in the area visit The Beacon View Walk also takes in the highest part of the Grand www.chilternsaonb.org/activities.asp Union Canal. Completed in 1797 the canal linked London with www.chilternsaonb.org the coalfields of the Midlands. After the building of the railways the use of canals for transporting coal and bricks declined. Now the canal is used for recreation and is a haven for wildlife.
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cross Fox Road and a second road called the Twist. t v i u h r o y g u i h e S r s v y r e g p c The Ridgeway crosses the A41 dual carriageway on a high u n o S n i C a p e n level award winning bridge. p c n d a n r w a m o O n r s e d i C r h Join the Grand Union Canal and follow the towpath all h © t O T the way to Cow Roast. Pass the Cow Roast Marina. Cross the canal and then the old main road from Tring to Berkhamsted. Take the vehicle track to the right of the N Cow Roast Inn scale:
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sign off this when the track narrows and continue straight, through Lower Wood, ignoring all side paths Please be considerate in the countryside - keep to until you arrive back at the Greyhound. footpaths, especially through crops, and leave farm gates as you find them. Beware of traffic on country roads.