Old Railway & River Lea
Loop Walk · Hertfordshire
300
XP
about 2 h 34 min walking
After a brief visit to the remains of Wheathampstead railway station, the walk follows the Ayot Greenway (route of the Permanent Way) to Ayot Green. The return journey follows the course of the River Lea.
316 m
165 m
13 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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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
87 m
Drop
80 m
Highest
133 m
Lowest
74 m
Walking time
about 2 h 34 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main climb: km 6.6–7.4, from 96 m to 133 m.
How the 12.1 km splits
Flat
6.1 km
Climbing
2.8 km
Descending
3.2 km
Link it with other walks
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Lea Valley Walk
Shares 4.3 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 1.3, 1.5…90.95 km
Lamer & Ayot St Lawrence
Shares 4.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.4, 9.5…11.94 km
WGC100 Centenary Walk
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 6.320.61 km
Devil's Dyke & Nomansland
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 1.3, 2.47.32 km
The Romans & Nomansland
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 1.312.09 km
Hertfordshire Way
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.4, 11.9310.49 km
Lea Valley Circle
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 1.15.54 km
Above the Lea Valley
Crosses at km 1.310.31 km