Walk Dunstable Downs and Totternhoe from Dunstable Downs Visitors Centre

The highest point in Bedfordshire

This 6½ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Dunstable Downs Visitors Centre & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.

 

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Detailed walk route map PDF
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Vital Statistics:

Walk No.: bd100
Length: 6½ miles (10.5km)
Ascent: 637 ft (194m)
Time: 3 hours
Grade: Walk Grade 3 (Easy) Icon

 

 

 


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Icknield Way, a 166km (103 miles) linear footpath connecting Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire, England with Knettishall Heath in Suffolk, England. The Icknield Way is waymarked by a Flint Axe Emblem. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Icknield Way.


Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer 181 Chiltern Hills North, Aylesbury


An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 192 Buckingham & Milton Keynes is not currently available


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 165 Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard, Thame & Berkhamstead


An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 166 Luton & Hertford, Hitchin & St Albans is not currently available



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Dunstable Downs and Totternhoe from Dunstable Downs Visitors Centre

In no particular order . . .

Fields near Well Head, Dunstable Downs,

Fields near Well Head, Dunstable Downs,

Photo: Bruce Smith (5)

Well Head Gliding Club from Dunstable Downs,

Well Head Gliding Club from Dunstable Downs,

Photo: Bruce Smith (1)

Dunstable Downs from Five Knolls,

Dunstable Downs from Five Knolls,

Photo: Bruce Smith (3)

Beacon on Dunstable Downs,

Beacon on Dunstable Downs,

Photo: Bruce Smith (6)

Five Knolls, Dunstable Downs,

Five Knolls, Dunstable Downs,

Photo: Bruce Smith (2)

Five Knolls from the base of Dunstable Downs,

Five Knolls from the base of Dunstable Downs,

Photo: Bruce Smith (4)


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