The Hertfordshire Border Walk is long-distance walking route around the border of

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, following the traditional county border. It keeps close to the border as far as practical, often running along it. It was developed as a walking route in celebration of the county for the

Association of British Counties The Association of British Counties (ABC) is a non-party-political society formed in 1989 by television personality Russell Grant to promote the historic counties of the United Kingdom. It argues that the historic counties are an important part ...

.Hertfordshire Border Walk
at the Long Distance Walkers Association The route is a circular route with a starting and finishing point at

Chorleywood Chorleywood is both a village and a civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Na ...

Station. It is 171 miles long (currently longer due to a diversion for the

HS2 High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...

works). It was first walked in 2018 over the course of nine days.Hertfordshire Border Walk
on ''WildþingUK'' The walk is not currently waymarked. It incorporates sections of a number of waymarked routes, including the

Chiltern Way The Chiltern Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in the Chiltern Hills of southern England. It was created by the Chiltern Society as a Millennium project. Route The Chiltern Way runs for around .Hertfordshire Way The Hertfordshire Way is a circular walk around the county of Hertfordshire, England. The total length is which was originally fully waymarked in the anticlockwise direction but is now waymarked in both directions. One section has two optiona ...

, Icknield Way Trail and

Hertfordshire Chain Walk The Hertfordshire Chain Walk is located in Hertfordshire, England, and consists of 15 linked circular walks. These walks, each of which is between 4.25 and 9 miles, make up a total distance of 87 miles. The tracks pass through villages in East ...

, along with many local paths.

Gallery

File:Hastoe hamlet - geograph.org.uk - 90120.jpg, Hastoe File:Telegraph Hill, Hertfordshire 7.JPG, On Telegraph Hill, near Lilley File:Entering Ashwell, Hertfordshire.jpg, Entering Ashwell File:The River Stort (Herts bank).jpg, By the River Stort

References

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External links

Hertfordshire Border Walk blogroll
on ''WildþingUK'' Long-distance footpaths in England Footpaths in Hertfordshire County-themed walking routes in the United Kingdom