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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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
The Icknield Way Association has wardens responsible for sections of the route to ensure the route is kept in good order. We currently 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
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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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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