Why Old Path Matter – a talk by Mary-Ann Ochota

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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Clean the stones

The Icknield Way has three stone plinth milestones along the Icknield Way. One at each end, Ivinghoe Beacon and Knettishall Heath and one in the middle at Balsham.  These plinths have been in place since 1992 – see Early Icknield Way.  Over the last 30 years they have become rather more ‘natural’, so the committee

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Maggie’s Icknield Way

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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The Roman Roads of East Anglia – Lidar Discoveries

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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BBC Audio – Ramblings

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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Clearance at Sewell

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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