Walk 2708 - Cuckolds Cross & Whitwell from St Paul’s Walden

This Hertfordshire walk mainly uses old green lanes to go through a varied landscape of fields, woods and hedgerows to arrive at the Holt and then by footpaths to Cuckolds Cross. After that there is a section of larger arable fields where you join the Hertfordshire Way to reach Whitwell, an expanded village with an interesting older centre. The final leg passes through a rare breeds farm and The Bury, birthplace of the late Queen Mother. There are pubs in St Paul’s Walden and Whitwell. At times when footpaths have been ploughed and not restored a compass may be useful, but is by no means essential.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

	OS Explorer	Sheet 182
	OS Landranger	Sheet 166

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

Walks from the same start

Walk 2221
A Circular Walk from St Paul’s Walden to Little Almshoe
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

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Walk 1372 - 3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Ayot St Lawrence, a circular walk
Grade - easy
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km

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Grade - easy
Length - 5.7 miles / 9.3 km

Walk 2799 - 5.2 miles / 8.3 km away
A circular walk from Ayot Green
Grade - easy
Length - 4.3 miles / 6.9 km

Walk 1532 - 5.3 miles / 8.5 km away
Wheathampstead - a circular walk
Grade - easy
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km

Walk 2945 - 5.4 miles / 8.6 km away
A Lea Valley Walk - Batford to Mill Green
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1810 - 6.3 miles / 10.1 km away
Graveley and Warren's Green from Weston
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 1503 - 6.4 miles / 10.3 km away
Clothall - a short circular walk from Weston
Grade - easy
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km

Walk 2970 - 6.7 miles / 10.8 km away
The Beane Valley from Walkern to Hertford
Grade - moderate
Length - 14.3 miles / 23.2 km

Walk 2457 - 7.3 miles / 11.6 km away
Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City
Grade - easy
Length - 2.0 miles / 3.3 km

Walk 1022 - 7.5 miles / 12.0 km away
Short walk from Sandridge
Grade - easy
Length - 4.0 miles / 6.5 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.