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Walk 3097 - Markyate and Flamstead Circular Walk

Region   Chilterns AONB
County/Area   Hertfordshire
AuthorDonald Morton
Length7.0 miles / 11.4 km
Ascent400 feet / 121 metres
Gradeeasy/moderate

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Markyate and Flamstead are two Hertfordshire villages which lie on the old Roman Watling Street, later the basis of the A5. Markyate being halfway between St Albans and Dunstable owed its erstwhile prosperity to its facilities for refreshing travellers. Flamstead was a market town from the Middle Ages. Now that they are bypassed by the A5 they have become quiet oases with many historical buildings remaining. This circular walk all through wide open country goes out from Flamstead and through a landscape fashioned by Capability Brown and returns from Markyate more directly by a route overlooking the Ver valley.

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 ExplorerSheet 173
OS LandrangerSheet 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.

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


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Chilterns AONB
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