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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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 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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