Walking Britain Hertfordshire Walks,Walking Routes & Hiking Trails
The Hertfordshire walks listed below range from easy circular walks to more demanding longer routes. All walks are free to download and print and all routes have GPS files. The walks cover most of the attractive countryside of the County including the Ashridge Estate near Tring and the areas that lie within the boundaries of the Chilterns AONB. Routes pass many historic buildings including churches, country houses and wartime establishments. Many of the walks include sections of long distance footpaths including the Hertfordshire Way, the Icknield Way and the Harcamlow Way. For those who like walking along waterways, there are routes along the Grand Union Canal and beside the many rivers that lie within the County boundaries.
| Walk | Description | Grade | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2062★ | Cassiobury Park & Grand Union Canal, Watford | easy | 2.00 |
| 2457★ | Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City | easy | 2.00 |
| 1507★ | Grandad's walk from Chipperfield Common | easy | 2.00 |
| 3352★ | The Greenwich Meridian, near Ware | easy | 3.25 |
| 3503★ | Circular from Berkhamsted | easy | 4.00 |
| 1122★ | St Albans to Childwick Green | easy | 4.00 |
| 1022★ | Sandridge Circular | easy | 4.00 |
| 2799★ | Ayot Green circular | easy | 4.25 |
| 1532★ | Wheathampstead circular | easy | 4.50 |
| 3025★ | Ashridge Estate Circular | easy | 4.50 |
| 2944★ | Ayot St Lawrence to Ayot St Peter circular | easy | 4.60 |
| 1297★ | Berkhamsted and Northchurch Commons | easy | 5.00 |
| 3403★ | Chipperfield to Kings Langley Circular | easy | 5.00 |
| 1679★ | Telegraph Hill & Pegsdon from Hexton | easy | 5.00 |
| 1833★ | Great Gaddesden from Jockey End | easy | 5.20 |
| 1503★ | Clothall short circular from Weston | easy | 5.50 |
| 2110★ | Ash Valley Circular | easy | 5.50 |
| 1609★ | Hertfordshire Way from Aldenham to Bricket Wood | easy | 5.50 |
| 1399★ | Berkhamsted & Northchurch Commons | easy | 5.50 |
| 3511★ | A circular from Aldenham to Watling Street | easy | 5.50 |
| 3578★ | Hertford and Ware Circular | easy | 5.50 |
| 2496★ | Cow Roast and Aldbury from Tring Station | easy | 5.50 |
| 2338★ | The Upper Mimram Valley from Ayot St Lawrence | easy | 5.70 |
| 1372★ | Ayot St Lawrence circular | easy | 6.00 |
| 1007★ | The Ashridge Estate circular | easy/mod | 6.00 |
| 1504★ | Potten End Circular | easy/mod | 6.00 |
| 1402★ | Burnham Green, Tewin and the Mimram Valley | easy | 6.00 |
| 1663★ | Cottered Warren & Wakeley from Aspenden | easy | 6.40 |
| 1599★ | Therfield Heath circular | easy/mod | 6.50 |
| 2064★ | Ivinghoe Beacon from the Ashridge Estate | easy/mod | 6.50 |
| 2907★ | Hemel Hempstead Circular | easy | 6.50 |
| 2221★ | Circular from St Paul's Walden to Little Almshoe | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 2708★ | Cuckolds Cross & Whitwell from St Paul's Walden | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 3122★ | Moor Park to Rickmansworth | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 1931★ | Rickmansworth circular via Croxley Green and Watford | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 2306★ | Furneux Pelham Circular | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 2999★ | Mansions & Parklands from Great Gaddesden | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 3097★ | Markyate and Flamstead Circular | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 1810★ | Graveley and Warren's Green from Weston | easy/mod | 7.00 |
| 2107★ | Reed to Nuthampstead Circular | easy/mod | 7.25 |
| 1265★ | Clothall & Roe Green from Wallington | easy/mod | 7.25 |
| 1118★ | Roe Green and Sandon circular from Therfield | easy/mod | 7.30 |
| 3661★ | Essendon & Little Berkhamsted Circular | easy/mod | 7.40 |
| 3098★ | Wendover Woods from Tring | easy/mod | 7.50 |
| 2411★ | Albury Circular | easy/mod | 7.50 |
| 2795★ | Circular from Great Gaddesden to Little Gaddessden | easy/mod | 7.50 |
| 1815★ | Hertfordshire Way between Chipperfield and Bovingdon | easy/mod | 7.50 |
| 2071★ | Ivinghoe Beacon and the Bridgewater Monument from Tring | easy/mod | 8.00 |
| 2399★ | The Chilterns above Tring (short version) | easy/mod | 8.00 |
| 2945★ | Lea Valley from Batford to Mill Green | easy/mod | 8.50 |
| 3123★ | Hertford East to Rye House | easy/mod | 8.60 |
| 1607★ | Sandridge via Coleman Green to Brocket Hall Circular | easy/mod | 9.00 |
| 1741★ | Rye House circular via Roydon and Stanstead Abbots | easy/mod | 9.10 |
| 1343★ | St Albans & Gorhambury | moderate | 9.50 |
| 1125★ | Widford & Cold Christmas Circular | easy/mod | 9.50 |
| 2441★ | Lea Valley from Mill Green to Ware | easy/mod | 9.50 |
| 1812★ | Therfield to Royston & Reed Circular | easy/mod | 10.00 |
| 1024★ | Essendon to Bayford Circular | easy/mod | 10.00 |
| 2220★ | Hertfordshire Way from Nuthampstead to Great Hormead | easy/mod | 10.00 |
| 1725★ | St Margaret's circular via Widford | moderate | 10.20 |
| 1723★ | Broxbourne circular via Roydon | moderate | 10.30 |
| 3537★ | Hemel Hempstead, Great Gaddesden, Nettleden & Potten End | moderate | 10.80 |
| 2910★ | Hill walking from Hexton | moderate | 12.00 |
| 1999★ | The Chilterns above Tring | moderate | 12.00 |
| 3239★ | Bishop's Stortford to Roydon (Stort Navigation) | moderate | 12.00 |
| 1139★ | Harpenden to St Albans via Redbournbury Watermill | moderate | 12.00 |
| 1698★ | Lea Valley from Ware to Enfield Lock | easy/mod | 12.50 |
| 1625★ | Hill walking from Hexton including Lilley Hoo | moderate | 13.00 |
| 2970★ | The Beane Valley from Walkern to Hertford | moderate | 14.25 |
Walks that start in adjacent counties / areas.
Walks that start in adjacent counties or areas but cross the boundary and include sections of the route within Hertfordshire
| Walk | Description | Starts In |
|---|---|---|
| 1604★ | Long Marston from Cheddington circular | Buckinghamshire |
| 1149★ | Chesham to Rickmansworth (Chess Valley walk) | Buckinghamshire |
| 1071★ | Chalfont & Latimer, Chalfont St Giles & Chorleywood | Buckinghamshire |
| 1536★ | Sarratt Bottom and Chenies from Little Chalfont | Buckinghamshire |
| 1568★ | Chalfont and Latimer to Chorleywood via Flaunden | Buckinghamshire |
| 1943★ | Cheddington to Tring via Marsworth | Buckinghamshire |
| 3409★ | The Three Counties Tops | Bedfordshire |
★ GPS file ☩ Route profile
