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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As spring arrives we have refreshed and added to the circular walks linked to the Icknield Way. Time to get your walking boots out. The walks are available on the county routes pages: If you have any other circular walks linked to the Icknield Way that you would like to add, please contact Info@IcknieldWayTrail.org.uk
Pace are organising a charity BIG walk on 10th May. They have various length walks with the longest walk using the Icknield Way from Dunstable to Ivinghoe Beacon before joining the Ridgeway to Wendover. The shorter walks are from points on the Ridgeway to Wendover. Since 1990, Pace has been changing the lives of children
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As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations you are invited to attend a talk by Mary-Ann Ochota entitled “Why Old Paths Matter” 2pm, Saturday 19th October 2024 Market Hill Rooms, Fish Hill, Royston SG8 9JL Mary-Ann Ochota is a well-known and widely respected British broadcaster who specialises in anthropology, archaeology, and social history. A Fellow
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We have another intrepid walker who has now completed walking the Icknield Way, this time raising awareness and money for Luton Foodbank. Please donate to help ensure no-one in Luton goes hungry. A very interesting and amusing photographic diary has been completed. Well worth a read and laugh. Link: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/maggie where can also donate to
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Last month I posted a link to John’s 70 year walk. On Sunday 5th May he started on his journey from Thame, Bucks planning to arrive in Thetford, Norfolk on the 19th May – his 70th birthday. On this way passing the “The Parish of The Icknield Way Villages” west of the M11 where he
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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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