Stone Age Walk, Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate
Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills
200
XP
about 1 h 9 min walking
Take a stroll through history. This walk will take you past Five Knolls; a series of ancient burial mounds which are thought to have been here for over 4,000 years.
265 m
204 m
142 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
96 m
Drop
74 m
Highest
242 m
Lowest
150 m
Which way round
Clockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 13% for 250 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 4.3 km, climbs 13% for 250 m near the end, no steep descents.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 0.0–0.6, from 209 m to 155 m.
How the 4.9 km splits
Flat
1.8 km
Climbing
1.8 km
Descending
1.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
Dunstable Downs Countryside Walk, Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate
Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 0.4, 2.2, 4.6…10.3 km
Dunstable Downs Five Knolls Wildlife and Heritage All Access Route, Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate
Starts here too · Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 2.73.12 km
Icknield Way Path
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 2.1, 2.7, 3.2…198.87 km
NCN National Route 574
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 2.7, 4.6, 4.84.32 km
Icknield Way Cycle Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 2.7, 3.3, 3.8235.35 km
The Chiltern Way
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 2.2, 2.7, 3.3366.73 km
Whipsnade and Dunstable Downs Walk, Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate
Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 3.7, 4.6, 4.77.18 km
Tree Cathedral Walk, Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 4.04.55 km