People have walked the Icknield Way for thousands of years. A well trodden path, it is part of an ancient trading route along the chalk ridge across southern England, from the Norfolk coast across East Anglia, on to the plains of Wiltshire down to the coast in Dorset. My name is John Simmons a member […]
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A free to attend talk by Dr David Ratledge on recent historic Lidar discoveries in East Anglia 2pm, Saturday 14th October 2023Davies Memorial Hall, The Street, Herringswell,Suffolk IP28 6ST The past ten years have seen a transformation in our understanding of Britain’s Roman road network, as a consequence of Lidar data becoming freely available.Dr Ratledge
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Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside. In this episode she walks with David Falk, Green Access Manager at Suffolk County Council on parts of the Icknield Way in Suffolk. This section goes through a large pine forest and open heathlands and is lovely walking terrain. Listen to the
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A belated thanks to the North Chiltern Path Maintenance Volunteers (NCPMV) who, in August, cleared a section of the Icknield Way in Sewell just north of Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Map 3 of the Icknield Way Walkers Guide. The volunteer group is run by the Chiltern Society and does path improvement activities across the Chilterns. If you
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In September 1992, the Icknield Way Association formally unveiled a “mile stone” at Balsham to mark the route of the Icknield Way. More details of this event are available in the IWA page. Additional stones of the same design are at each end of the route – Ivinghoe Beacon and Knettishall Heath. We believe these
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The Icknield Way Association has wardens responsible for sections of the route to ensure the route is kept in good order. We current have vacancies for the following sections: The warden duties are ideal for someone who lives near the section of route so they can walk the section of route several times a year
The Bedfordshire Ramblers group runs a team called Ripple who regularly meet to do maintenance on the rights of way network. Last week they replaced five broken waymark posts on the Icknield Way path across Whipsnade golf course. The path here takes a sharpe left turn at the Bucks/Beds boarder and then runs over several
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The views across Dunstable Downs towards Ivinghoe Beacon have changed. UK Power Networks has removed the 33kV lattice tower line which has significantly changed the views. Note the Icknield Way disc in the UKPN ‘before’ photo below. Read more details in the UKPN press release including comments from the Chilterns Conservation Board and National Trust.
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The Icknield Way path in Dagnall from Studham Road up to Whipsnade golf club has been improved. Representations were made to Edlesborough Parish Council and Buckinghamshire county council about the condition of the path but no-one could determine the landowner. Then in December contractors arrived, cut back the vegetation and installed a new surface on
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The Icknield Way Path website has had a refresh. The previous version was created on some old unsupported software and it has now been refreshed. As part of the work have updated information and corrected broken links. As you will be aware this website is focused on walkers. Equestrians and mountain bikers should go to
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