If you are looking for a walk of between 2.5 and 5.5 miles in the superb countryside of Hertfordshire topped off by some good pub food, this is the book for you. Its handy size fits neatly into a pocket and it includes all the details you need. Contents include an introduction to each walk, details of distance and terrain, how to get to the start, recommended pub, food served and telephone number, numbered route directions, matching numbered route maps and details of places of interest nearby. There are also photographs to illustrate the pubs and some scenic views to be enjoyed.

The 15 walk locations are: Aldbury; Berkhampsted; Flaunden; Chandlers Cross; Redbourn; Sandridge; Tyttenhanger Green; Ickleford; Whitwell; Tewin; Walkern; Newgate Street; Cottered; Chapmore End; Standon.

On a fine day there is nothing quite like a drive to the country, followed by a leisurely walk and a hearty meal in a good local pub. With its hilly outcrops, rolling plains, wooded valleys and ancient history, Hertfordshire provides the perfect landscape. In this volume of 20 circular routes there are walks around historic St Albans with its impressive abbey; into the bluebell woods at Ayot St Lawrence, once home to George Bernard Shaw; past the church at Furneux Pelham, with window glass designed by William Morris and Sir Edward Burne-Jones; and through the pretty village of Sarratt, with its old houses, water pump and duck ponds. Other routes offer the walker a chance to explore Ashwell's village museum; discover a haunted Roman road at Frithsden; take in the views of the Chiltern Hills from Hexton; and see the sculptures in Henry Moore's garden at Perry Green.

The walks vary in length from 2 to 6 miles and are all based on good local pubs. Information such as how to get to the start and where to park are given. There are also photographs of places along the way and numbered sketch maps which correspond with numbered paragraphs in the text, so that walkers can see at a glance where they are.

The walk locations are: Ayot St Lawrence; Frithsden, Nettleden and Great Gaddesden; Aldbury; Sarratt; Aldenham; Little Berkhamsted; Hertingfordbury; St Albans; Much Hadham and Perry Green; Watton at Stone; Tewin, Burnham Green and Bull's Green; Ardeley; Whitwell and St Paul's Walden; Hexton; Lilley; Aspenden; Furneux Pelham; Rushden; Reed and Barkway; Ashwell.

As one of England's smallest counties at a mere 630 square miles, Hertfordshire packs in a tremendous variety of scenery. The chalk hills in the west and north and the boulder clay landscape of the east and centre are deeply cut by many rivers and streams. Through the chalk they sparkle and dash amid lush water meadows, the valley sides climbing up rounded bluffs to plateaux and wooded hills. Dry valleys, many of great beauty, abound in the chalk. Country houses abound in their superb parks and many are encountered on these walks such as Brocket Park, North Mymms, Knebworth, Kingswalden Bury and Rothamsted.

One of the AA County Walks series, this guide explores some of the best countryside in Hertfordshire. It includes 50 themed walks of between 2 and 10 miles, each with fascinating background reading. There are clear, easy-to-follow route descriptions and full colour detailed sketch maps for every walk. Each walk chapter is prefaced by a practical information panel and then a section with interesting information on what to look out for during the walk. Details of places to eat and drink are provided, including guidance for dog owners on where to walk and dog-friendly establishments.

The walk locations include: Therfield; Buntingford; Great Hormead; Anstey; Bishop's Stortford; Much Hadham; Little Hadham; Standon; Sawbridgeworth; Ashwell; Baldock; Deacon Hill; Lilley Hoo; Wallington; Kingswalden Park; Tewin; Beane Valley; Knebworth Park; Hunsdon; Thundridge; Hertford; Ware; Mymms Park; Little Berkhamstead; Hertford Heath; Cheshunt; Aldenham; Wheathampstead; Ayot St Lawrence; Welwyn Garden City; St Albans; Rickmansworth; Sarratt; Harpenden; Redbourne; Kings Langley; Markyate; Great Gaddesden; Ashridge Park; Berkhampsted; Tring; Long Marston; Aldbury; Marsworth.

The thirty circular walks in this all-colour guide combine some of the most beautiful scenery in Hertfordshire with the opportunity to enjoy a meal and a drink in a good local pub. All the strolls are under 4 miles in length and there is information about how to get to the start, where to park, and places of interest to visit nearby. In addition, there are photographs of the pubs and sights along the way, and sketch maps with numbering to match the text.

The book offers a wealth of local places to explore. There is Anstey, where the church has a stained glass window dedicated to the American airmen from the nearby Nuthampstead base who lost their lives in the Second World War; Great Munden, where the Plough is the only pub in the world to have its own working 1930's Compton cinema organ; Ayot St Lawrence, home to George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950; Wilstone, near the Grand Union Canal and its sustaining reservoirs, haven to an impressive variety of waterfowl; and Colney Street, where the Moor Mill pub retains much of its original apparatus, including two massive waterwheels.

The walk locations are: Therfield; Ickleford; Rushden; Anstey; Great Hormead; Charlton; Ardeley; Whitwell; Aston; Great Munden; Dane End; Codicote; Datchworth; Much Hadham; Ayot St Lawrence; Gustard Wood; Wilstone; Flamstead; Tewin; Wareside; Sawbridgeworth; Water End; Northchurch; Potten End; Brickendon; Goose Green; Tyttenhanger; Epping Green; Colney Street; Belsize.

To those who enjoy both walking and visiting country pubs this book should appeal. The pubs have been selected for their good food, and the routes give the walker the opportunity to experience the great variety of Hertfordshire's glorious countryside. The walks vary in length from 3.5 to 5.5 miles and each route is described in detail with its own accompanying sketch map. There is a photograph of each pub and information about its history and character, how to get there, parking facilities, food specialities and range of ales.

A best seller from the day it was first published, this collection of classic pub walks now appears in a new updated and revised edition. It contains 20 circular routes with walks through secluded villages including Barley, Ashwell and Whitwell, and beside peaceful rivers and canals such as the delightful River Colne and the Grand Union Canal. There are walks over the river meadows around Green Tye; across the heath of Berkhamsted Common; through St Paul's Walden and its associations with the late Queen Mother; and around Great Offley, with some of the finest views in the county.

The 20 walk locations are: Rickmansworth; Commonwood; Aldenham; Berkhamsted; Wilstone; Redbourn; Coleman Green; Essendon West End; Bayford; Burnham Green; Stapleford; Wareside; Green Tye; Whitwell; Benington; Great Offley; Pirton; Weston; Ashwell; Barley.

One of a range of 'no frills' local walking guide booklets which admirably achieve their objective of getting you out in the countryside amongst beautiful scenery on carefully chosen routes full of interest. The directions are clear and precise and the pencil drawn sketch maps are particularly attractive as well as practical. This guide describes eleven varied and interesting circular walks in Hertfordshire around the valley of the River Lee and the towns of Hertford, Ware and Hoddesdon. The walks are between 3 and 8.5 miles in length.

The locations are: Hertford Heath and Elbow Lane; Hertford, Ware and the River Lee; Watton at Stone and Sally Rainbow's Dell; Tonwell and Bengeo Lammas Land; Dobb's Weir and Lower Nazeing; Tonwell and the Chelsing Tributary; Stanstead Abbotts; Bramfield and Queen Hoo; Bramfield and Bury Lane; Thundridge, Wadesmill and Barwick Ford; Hertford, Bayford and Stratton's Folly.

Hertfordshire is justly proud of its villages. Within them or close by lies a rich heritage of ancient manor houses, thatched cottages, village greens and ponds, parish churches, rivers and footpaths. The twenty circular walks in this book introduce the walker to some of the most picturesque villages in the county such as Westmill, King's Walden, Ayot St Lawrence, Aldbury and Sarratt. Each walk instruction also includes details on how to get to the start, where to park and what food and drink are available locally. For greater clarity, the route descriptions are divided into numbered paragraphs which correspond with the numbers on the accompanying sketch maps.

The walks vary in length from 3 to 6.5 miles, some with shorter alternatives. There is also a seperate section about other places to visit nearby like the nature reserves run by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust - Therfield Heath, Telegraph Hill, Fir and Pond Woods, and Patmore Heath; the gardens of St Paul's Walden Bury, the late Queen Mother's family home; the house of the playwright George Bernard Shaw; and the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green where some of the great sculptor's works can be seen.

The walk locations are: Ashwell; Therfield; Anstey; Cottered; Westmill; Pirton; Charlton; King's Walden; Benington; Braughing; Ayot St Lawrence; Bramfield; Much Hadham; Aldbury; Sandridge; Great Amwell; Bayford; Northaw; Chipperfield; Sarratt.

The Hertfordshire village of Bricket Wood is situated between St Albans and Garston. The walks in this book explore the surrounding area and vary in distance between 2.5 and 5 miles. They are designed for all ages and abilities and are all circular using recognised footpaths. In springtime the walk through Jack Williams Wood with its carpet of bluebells is particularly attractive. There is also an informative walk entitled 'Know Your Village', which brings to light all the places of historical interest within Bricket Wood.

Each of the walks has detailed route instructions and sketch maps and there are some photographs, mainly of local buildings. This guide will help you discover the woodland, farmland, plants, wildlife including Muntjac deer, ponds and rivers of the area.

This Jarrold-Ordnance Survey Pathfinder Guide makes the ideal companion for country walks throughout these counties. Clear and easy to follow directions are accompanied by detailed 1:25,000 scale maps from Ordnance Survey and specially commissioned photographs. With 28 colour-coded routes to choose from, all tried and tested by seasoned walkers and varying from extended strolls to exhilarating hikes, there is a walk to suit all situations.

The guide introduces you to the area and highlights the most scenic walks. Details are included for useful organisations, refreshment stops and places to leave your car. Although we always recommend taking the appropriate OS Explorer map on all walks, in the case of the Pathfinder Guides this mapping is included, with the route clearly outlined in yellow, so additional maps are not required.

The walking routes include: Ampthill Park and Millbrook Warren; Pavenham; Ashwell; Ardeley, Benington and Walkern; Barkway, Reed and Earl's Wood; Bramfield Woods; Bridgewater Monument and Aldbury; Chipperfield and Kings Langley; Clophill, Wrest Park and Silsoe; Dunstable Downs and Totternhoe; Essenden and Little Berkhamsted; Hertford and the Cole Green Way; Prior Country Park; Houghton Conquest; Berkhamsted and Northchurch Common; Harrold Odel Country Park; Old Warden Park; Sandy and Everton; Sarrat and the River Chess; Sunden Hills and Sharpenhoe Clappers; Stockgrove Country Park; St Albans and the Ver Valley; The Ayots, Brocket Park and the River Lea; Turvey; Peter's green and upper Lea Valley; Ware, Stanstead Abbots and Great Amwell; Whitwell and St Paul's Walden; Woburn Park and Eversholt.

What better way to spend a leisurely few hours than to drive to the countryside, stretch your legs and then visit a good pub for some fine food? The 40 circular walks in this book show how this can be done. Each route, starting and finishing at or near a recommended pub, is between 3.5 and 7 miles in length and takes the walker through some of the most attractive and contrasting scenery these three counties have to offer.

In Bedfordshire there are routes through the grounds of Woburn Abbey and along the grand Union Canal. There is a waterside walk from Broom along the river Ivel and from Milton Ernest there are excellent views of the Great Ouse Valley. Buckinghamshire offers walks with spectacular views of the Vale of Aylesbury and glorious scenery from Clifton Reynes. There are also routes through the picturesque villages of Bledlow and Hambledon. Walks in Hertfordshire include one from the fine cathedral city of St Albans and the small village of Ardeley with its pretty village green.Other walks include the village of Ayot St Lawrence and Hadham Cross with its timber framed houses. All the walks include full detailed route directions and a sketch map.

The walk locations are: Bedfordshire - Old Linslade; Woburn; Turvey; Milton Ernest; Milton Bryan; Toddington; Studham; Thurleigh; Keysoe; Ireland; Shillington; Broom. Buckinghamshire - Brill; Chackmore; Quainton; Long Crendon; Waddesdon; Newton Longville; Clifton Reynes; Soulbury; Bledlow; Hambleden; Downley; Parslow's Hillock; Butlers Cross; Mentmore. Hertfordshire - Long Marston; Sarratt; Winkwell; Harpenden; St Albans; Tea Green; Ayot St Lawrence; Preston; Weston; Old Knebworth; Little Berkhamsted; Tewin; Ardeley; Hadham Cross.

Water always adds something special to a walk and both Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire offer notable waterside landscapes. The twenty circular routes in this book are between 2.5 and 6 miles in length. They take the walker part of the way along the banks of these waterways through some beautiful scenery. Each is carefully described and includes information such as how to get to the start, where to park and where to go for refreshments. There are colour photographs throughout illustrating some of the highlights to be seen along the way. All the walks are based on at least one pub. For greater clarity the route descriptions are divided into numbered paragraphs which correspond with numbers on the accompanying sketch maps.

You can stroll by delightful stretches of the Grand Union Canal at Leighton Buzzard, Berkhamsted and Kings Langley; walk by the Great Ouse at Tempsford and Oakley; visit the Ivel, Flit, Colne and New river; and enjoy the Marsworth reservoirs; and the lakes at Verulamium Park and Harrold-Odell Nature Park.

The 20 walk locations are: Odell and Two Lakes; Tempsford, the Great Ouse and the Ivel; Oakley and the Great Ouse; Biggleswade and the River Ivel; Shefford and the River Flit; Linslade, Grand Union Canal and the Ouzel; Leighton Buzzard, Grand Union Canal and the Ouzel; Luton and the source of the Lea; Arlesey and the River Hiz; Stapleford and the River Beane; High Wych and the River Stort; Hunsdon and the River Ash; Hertford and the River Lee; Marsworth reservoirs; Wheathampstead and the Lea; Berkhamsted and the Bulbourne; Cheshunt, the Lee and Stort and New rivers; St Albans and the River Ver; Kings Langley and the Grand Union Canal; Watford and the River Colne.

This comprehensive guide covers the whole of the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Chilterns. Within this area to the north and east of Luton, the escarpment, here known as the Barton Hills, includes some of the finest and yet least known downland in the Chilterns. While the interior is dominated by Lilley Bottom, a wide valley that becomes the Mimram Valley above Whitwell. To the southwest a more open ridge gradually gives way to the gentle rolling hills of central Hertfordshire. South of Luton between the Gade and Bulbourne valleys is a ridge dominated by the Ashridge Estate which rises to the Ivinghoe Hills and with its mixture of copious woodland, picturesque villages and lofty downs is probably the most popular walking area in the book. To the south of Rickmansworth the Colne Valley and hills offer surprisingly rural walks with fine views within twenty miles of central London.

The thirty walks in this book vary in length from 2 to 11 miles, but the majority are in, or have options in, the five to seven mile range popular for half day walks. Suggestions of possible combinations of walks are given for those preferring a full days' walk. Each walk text gives details of nearby places of interest and is accompanied by a specially drawn map of the route which also indicates local pubs and a skeleton road network.

The walk locations are: Rickmansworth; Chorleywood; Sarratt; Flaunden; King's Langley; Hemel Hempstead; Berkhamstead (2); Northchurch Common; Tring; Marsworth; Pitstone Hill; Aldbury Common; Picott's End; Redbourn; Markyate; Studham; Whipsnade Downs; Dunstable Downs; Dunstable; Toddington; Harlington (Beds); Barton-le-Clay; Lilley; Pegsdon (2); Great Offley; Hitchin; Preston; St Paul's Walden.

An omnibus of local walks covering both Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. Approximately 60 of the routes are in Buckinghamshire. This book is ideal for family outings and as a valuable reference book for residents wanting to explore their county in the best possible way - on foot. The wide choice of routes cover the whole county, so no matter where you find yourself, a walk in this book will not be far away.

The walks vary in length from 2 to 12 miles, the majority being in the 4/6 miles range. They are listed in the contents by length, making it easy to find routes to suit you. In addition to to route descriptions details are given of points of interest, places to eat and drink, and where to park the car. Sketch maps and route descriptions are on facing pages.