Finding the way along the Icknield Way is a challenge. In Central Bedfordshire Council area they work with volunteer groups to install waymark posts to which the Icknield Way discs can be attached. Our friends in the Flitwick P3 [volunteer] group have been busy replacing some fallen waymark posts along the route at Sharpenhoe Clappers […]
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Dear Member Our Chair, Tom Chevalier, will be standing down from this post at this year’s AGM in October after 14 years of service. I’m delighted to say that Tom will be remaining on the Executive Committee and will continue to look after our website and Guidebook sales but we need to find someone to
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Lyn Dawes has completed another three sections over three days in the autumn of the Icknield Way. She has shared her photographs and beautifully descriptive account of walking between Wallington to Royston, Royston to Elmdon and Elmdon to Linton. See all parts on the Media page. I hope she will continue in 2026.
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A few weeks ago Aylesbury MP, Laura Kyrke-Smith, joined Doug Landman and Tom Chevalier from the Icknield Way Association at the newly-installed Great Chalk Way information board on Ivinghoe Beacon on the Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire borders to celebrate the launch last year of the longest oldest prehistoric coast to cast trail in Britain which is now seeking
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The Icknield Way Association is pleased to host a free talk in Toddington entitled: The Chilterns Heritage and Archaeology Partnership: What’s that CHAP been doing? by Dr Wendy Morrison, Heritage & Archaeology Manager for Chilterns National Landscape. CHAP is the Chilterns Heritage and Archaeology Partnership. This talk will outline some of the projects CHAP has carried out and
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This is a reminder that we will be conducting our second circular walk of the summer on Sunday 17th August. This will be a slight variation of the walk shown on the website. We’ll meet at 10.30am in the car park adjacent to the Heath Café, Therfield Heath, Royston. Laurence Rix will lead the walk and
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Those of you familiar with the eastern section of the Icknield Way will know that the route ends (or begins, if you prefer) at one of its most attractive sections. Knettishall Heath Nature Reserve, Knettishall Heath Nature Reserve | Suffolk Wildlife Trust , offers heathland, grazing ponies, and much more and is managed by Suffolk
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Hello to all our members and subscribers There are a number of circular walks on our website, and the committee members agree that we should get out and walk a few of them. Why not join us? We’ll be starting in the Hertfordshire section of the path, with the circular walks from Lilley and Therfield.
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Lyn Dawes has completed another section of the Icknield Way and shared her beautifully descriptive account of walking between Ickleford and Wallington. See both parts on the Media page.
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The Whipsnade white lion has stood proud on the Dunstable Downs for almost 100 years. Ivinghoe Beacon was used as a vantage point to check the accuracy of the outline. Whipsnade Zoo have plans to completely re-chalk the iconic white lion this summer, thanks to the commitment and dedication of a group of local volunteers.
