Piccotts End La. R Relax in the beautiful surroundings of Gadebridge Park, Dacorum’s principal park. o Grove Hill Park u Hemel Old Town is steeped in history Ave. n Rail to Luton Unwind by the River Gade or admire the glorious flower display in the historic M1 d Cycle route to History of the Nickey Line Luton Tassell Hall A5183 w & The Midlands providing a glimpse of days gone by with o Walled Garden with views of St Mary’s Church, regarded as one of the most Aycliffe Drive o St Cuthbert Mayne The Dee Gaddesden Row The North A1081 its attractive Victorian, Georgian and Tudor Grovehill Thames d Cupid Green Lane 1863 Act for Boxmoor to Hemel Hempstead Railway L The King’s School Catholic Juniorcomplete School Norman churches in Hertfordshire. Activities include bowls and crazy golf a n are available during the summer, with a play area and skate park for young people, architecture housing many excellent pubs, e Walking & Cycling Hunting Gate 1866 Act extending line to Midland Railway at Harpenden The Cavendish School open all year. See www.dacorum.gov.uk for details of special events. cafes, bistros and restaurants. You will ise also find a diverse selection of specialist e R 1877 Line opened between Hemel Hempstead and Luton Tassell Hall Gade Valley JMI ag W Wheatfield n St Luke’s School Walk Valley Ver The Park Rise Aycliffe Drive Luton Road Melsted Road ar Gadebridge Park Thriftfield shops including antiques, quality giftware, e The Nickey Line n v Dunstable Road ers Fletcher Way Primary School e 1888 Harpenden Junction south curve opened, taking trains to Harpenden Station En furniture and bicycles! The Old Town High St d Roa d Eastbrook Primary Shenley Westfield the green route from Gadebridge Street is home to the Old Town Hall Theatre Holtsmere End Lane 1905 New halts built at Redbourn, Cupid Green and Heath Park Scout Spring Park Fletcher Way School Road Bury Wood Skateboard with art, music and theatre productions. Washington Avenue High Wood Ambrose Wood 1929 Bus service replaced some trains Bloomfield Road Wood H Hemel Hempstead via Redbourn BMX park Townsend Harpenden Rise Harpendenbury e Wharfdale n Aycliffe Drive Golf Course a BUPA Hospital Hemel Old Town Astley Cooper M1 Farm Park Mount L Paston Rd 1947 Passenger service withdrawn, goods service continues Linden Road Roundwood Park e to Harpenden e Luton s al St Agnells Lane School The Nickey Line o Sm rd Dunstable Road & Primary Schools r ithfie b Old Town ld te The North N Hillside Road t s 1950’s and 1960’s Line gradually cut back for New Town construction Aysgarth Road m e e High Street Leighton Buzzard Road e A r W Park Hill Locker’s Park Chapel Street t To Highfield St Mary’s S 1968 Hemelite Company bought the line to transport materials for the manufacture of wnsend Lane The 7 mile (12 km) branch line linked the h Lambourn Gdns School Church c Randall Oval r Crouch Hall Lane Queensway u Park Allandale building blocks Bettespol Meadows Claygate Ave Snatchup Th h Woodhall oreton End L e Ni Herbert Street C ane cke Midland Railway at Harpenden to Boxmoor near Cambrian Way Wood M y Li The Lea Primary S A4147 Holtsmere End Infant 1979 Line closed Cavan Road ne Highfield t Ma Allandale Highfield Brockswood Primary Redbourn School ry’s Fletcher Way & Junior School Pre-School The Old George StreetRo Pennine Way School Infant & Hemel Hempstead. Passenger services ended ad A Bury Road r 1985 Opened as a footpath and cycleway, becoming National Cycle Network Route 57 Ambrose Town Hall Randalls Cattsdell Mendip Way k Jnr School Asquith Cupid Green ley Road Astley Road West Herts College Pennine Way Lybury Lane Nursery o Grover Cl. Gaddesden Lane rigi e in 1947 but a section of the line carried freight A4146 B nal tr ay lin Dacorum Campus Playing Fields Adventure Little Revel End The Ver Valley Walk ar H ack of railw The Nickey Line Lane ns Clarence Road o c D u Westfield Road Farm en Wordsworth Road l Playground Shenley Road e ly t Civic Centre t NCN 6 site of b i until 1979. Much of the track bed still remained George Street Ride Redbourn Road Pancake Douglas Road u n Dacorum Borough Christchurch Road Godwin’s Halt s g Cycle route under Primary Bellgate Primary Wood Townsend Lane Broadfields h Council The Nickey Line La construction to Luton Cotterells Hill School B487 Byron Road n intact when it was bought by Dacorum and St Lords Meadow e and Milton Keynes, Solway Library Dacorum Way Allandale St Pauls Saturn Way and ultimately to Combe St Redbourn Road Flamsteadbury Lane Albans councils in the early 1980’s and opened Alexandra Road Church Yew Tree Household Waste Road Harpenden Lane Knott Wood The Lake District Library Thumpers Wood Common Redbourn St Hilda’s School Queensway Dione Rd Recycling The Aubreys Fort Redbourn Road North Luton Road Shenley Road St James Road Centre (earthworks) Redbourn Lamb Lane M Cattsdell site of for walking and cycling. e idla A4147 Townsend Road n Common u d Roa Neptune Drive Hemelite Works Ox Lane d Eastman Way n Marlowes T d Rothamsted e Townsend Lane d v S Roa Jupiter Drive h Hunters Oak a t Paul’s Yew Tree Wood Crown Street o Tennyson Road Bohemia r R A e Hotel Ver Experimental Farm The route forms a pleasant green corridor with a t Water Gardens Downside e St Mary’s f Lea Road e o Jupiter Drive C High Street Maple Road Yew Tree Wood has the characteristics of an ancient The Nickey Line Church r n Woodhall Lane Jupiter Drive h site of c a e Beaumont’s Halt Hemel Hempstead Road Church Fish Street g L rural aspect along much of its length –providing JMI School semi natural woodland and is particularly noteworthy r n n r Hemel Hempstead Road End The Ver Valley Walk o u Crescent Road y Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourn L S T Lydekker Leighton Buzzard Road e site of The Nickey Line for the group of yew trees taxus baccata that give the Waterend Waterhouse Street u r The Nickey Line Village Museum attractive countryside or woodland walks as well n Hemel Hempstead e Lane Park Ox Lane Alexandra Road e Salisbury Ave e Queensway Chequer Lane Roseberry Avenue v Station wood its name. Yew is Europe’s longest lived tree with s Harpenden Hillfield Road A L B487 Hemel Hempstead Road End Musicale r Keens Field e a M1 B487 River Ver Kirkwick Ave v some individuals estimated to be up to 4000 years old. n e i as generally traffic-free access to school and Highfield Lane EastmanWay Brooke r e Reservoir take care w Adeyfield k Hemel Hempstead o D subway Redbourn fl r The Park crossing road e a caravan site Sun Lane General Hospital y r Redbourn Lane a Road The Nickey Line P Industrial Estate work. Although there are steep embankments o Widmore Wood M B487 e Rothampsted Ave Marlowes m h St Nicholas’ St George’s School d T i The Nickey Line picnic area Church or cuttings and several bridges have been Ellingham Road W take care site of Redbourn Manland Primary The Nickey Line Sauncey Ave Swallowdale Lane crossing road railway station A5183 School Hemel Hempstead blind corner removed there is level access for cyclists and Wood End Farm High Street Cherry Tree Lane Coldharbour Lane St Nicholas Carlton Road H King Harry Street cyclists Sir John Lawes Primary Harpenden School wheelchairs along most of the route (steps are Flower’s use ramp Memorial Hospital High Street Green Industrial Estate to avoid steps School Wolsey Road Hemel Hempstead Farm Paradise Stewart Road Manland Way shown on the map). Wildlife along the Line Skateboard Amenbury Lane Park Lane CrossWay Hemel Hempstead’s award winning town centre boasts a BMX park Playing A4147 Adeyfield Road Turners Hill tremendous range of shops and services specifically designed Fields The Nickey Line is a green corridor for wildlife High Street The Nickey Line forms part of Route 57 Road Sauncey Ave Paradise Windmill for its many visitors within a family friendly pedestrianised linking the woodlands and fields along the track. Harpenden Waveney Road area. Stroll through the town centre or adjacent Water Gardens Foxes are regularly seen and if you are really lucky National Cycle Network Vaughan Road of the Sustrans National Cycle Network Broadfield Museum The Nickey Line (traffic free) Track Fields and Open Land Carlton Road West Way A5183 Deacon’s Breadcroft Lane and admire the display planting and works of art, a tradition you may glimpse a badger on its dusk patrol or a Route Number Rothamsted Library site of Spring Rothamsted Manor Park Harpenden which continues through Harpenden to sparrow hawk flying at speed. In spring the warblers House Town Hall East begun in the early days of the New Town. Pub / Restaurant Toilet The Nickey Line (on road) Bridge Parks and Woodland Station Station Broadfield Infant arrive from their winter quarters and blackcaps, Road Road railway station Station Road t Manland Ave Wheathampstead and Welwyn Garden City. Turners Hill & Junior School Maylands Public n Road Hobletts Manor Infant Mark Road chiffchaffs and whitethroats can be heard singing as e Wood Halls c St Albans Road Lane & Junior School Supermarket / Shop Football Ground Cycle Routes (signed on quiet road) Street / Minor Road Residential area B652 s NCN 57 Maylands Ave The Ver Valley Walk e they establish territories and seek mates.