Bedfordshire Ultra 2021

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 156.53 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 47h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 930 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 928 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 224 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 18 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 173 m - Start on Swannells Wood
  2. 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 169 m - Turn left onto Church Road
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 166 m - Turn right onto Church Road
  4. 4 : km 0.64 - alt. 156 m - Turn left onto Byslips Road
  5. 5 : km 3.04 - alt. 175 m - Turn slight right onto Lynch Hill, B4540
  6. 6 : km 4.18 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto A5183
  7. 7 : km 4.54 - alt. 133 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 5.26 - alt. 158 m - Turn right onto Millfield Lane
  9. 9 : km 6.21 - alt. 162 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 6.29 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 6.51 - alt. 146 m - Turn right onto Mancroft Road
  12. 12 : km 6.92 - alt. 142 m - Turn left onto Woodside Road
  13. 13 : km 8.34 - alt. 160 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 8.7 - alt. 148 m - Turn right onto Newlands Road, B4540
  15. 15 : km 9.01 - alt. 148 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 9.04 - alt. 149 m - Keep left
  17. 17 : km 9.19 - alt. 156 m - Keep left
  18. 18 : km 9.66 - alt. 163 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 10.6 - alt. 156 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 10.67 - alt. 158 m - Keep right
  21. 21 : km 10.76 - alt. 157 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 10.8 - alt. 156 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 10.87 - alt. 155 m - At roundabout, take exit 2
  24. 24 : km 10.98 - alt. 158 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 10.98 - alt. 158 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 11.02 - alt. 158 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 11.06 - alt. 158 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 11.19 - alt. 147 m - At roundabout, take exit 2
  29. 29 : km 11.31 - alt. 136 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 11.35 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 11.49 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 11.65 - alt. 112 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 11.65 - alt. 111 m - Keep left
  34. 34 : km 11.66 - alt. 111 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 12.12 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 12.19 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Parkway Road
  37. 37 : km 12.23 - alt. 105 m - Keep left
  38. 38 : km 12.7 - alt. 127 m - Keep left
  39. 39 : km 12.92 - alt. 112 m - Turn right onto Kimpton Road, A505
  40. 40 : km 12.94 - alt. 113 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A505
  41. 41 : km 13.89 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  42. 42 : km 13.92 - alt. 121 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Eaton Green Road
  43. 43 : km 14.41 - alt. 153 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Eaton Green Road
  44. 44 : km 15.19 - alt. 140 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Eaton Green Road
  45. 45 : km 15.37 - alt. 150 m - Keep right onto Eaton Green Road
  46. 46 : km 15.4 - alt. 150 m - At roundabout, take exit 3
  47. 47 : km 16.27 - alt. 147 m - Keep left onto Brick Kiln Lane
  48. 48 : km 16.3 - alt. 149 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 17.51 - alt. 151 m - Turn right onto Luton Road
  50. 50 : km 17.76 - alt. 155 m - Keep left onto Mangrove Road
  51. 51 : km 18.13 - alt. 163 m - Keep right onto Mangrove Road
  52. 52 : km 18.26 - alt. 165 m - Turn slight right
  53. 53 : km 18.54 - alt. 165 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 19.5 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 20.03 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto Lilley Bottom
  56. 56 : km 20.92 - alt. 121 m - Keep right
  57. 57 : km 21.61 - alt. 125 m - Turn slight right
  58. 58 : km 22.68 - alt. 136 m - Turn slight left
  59. 59 : km 22.95 - alt. 139 m - Turn slight right
  60. 60 : km 23.65 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Icknield Way
  61. 61 : km 23.73 - alt. 136 m - Turn right
  62. 62 : km 23.81 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Streatley Road
  63. 63 : km 24.07 - alt. 135 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 26.16 - alt. 80 m - Turn slight left
  65. 65 : km 26.59 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  66. 66 : km 26.74 - alt. 73 m - Keep right
  67. 67 : km 28.66 - alt. 71 m - Turn sharp left
  68. 68 : km 31.03 - alt. 59 m - Keep right onto Higham Road
  69. 69 : km 31.06 - alt. 60 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bedford Road, A6
  70. 70 : km 31.66 - alt. 57 m - Keep left onto Barton Road
  71. 71 : km 34.2 - alt. 90 m - Turn right onto Flitton Road
  72. 72 : km 34.21 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  73. 73 : km 34.23 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Flitton Road
  74. 74 : km 34.69 - alt. 81 m - Turn right
  75. 75 : km 35.41 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  76. 76 : km 35.56 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  77. 77 : km 35.56 - alt. 86 m - Turn slight left
  78. 78 : km 35.74 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  79. 79 : km 36.26 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto Silsoe Road
  80. 80 : km 36.84 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Ampthill Road
  81. 81 : km 36.97 - alt. 64 m - Keep right
  82. 82 : km 37 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight right onto Newbury Lane
  83. 83 : km 37.57 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto High Street
  84. 84 : km 37.57 - alt. 58 m - Turn left
  85. 85 : km 37.9 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto A6
  86. 86 : km 37.9 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Warren Lane
  87. 87 : km 39.32 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto A507
  88. 88 : km 42.98 - alt. 44 m - Keep left onto A507
  89. 89 : km 43 - alt. 45 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Ampthill Road
  90. 90 : km 43.55 - alt. 48 m - Keep right onto Ampthill Road, A507
  91. 91 : km 43.59 - alt. 47 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A507
  92. 92 : km 44.92 - alt. 45 m - Keep left onto A507
  93. 93 : km 44.97 - alt. 46 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Shefford Road
  94. 94 : km 45.12 - alt. 43 m - Keep right onto Shefford Road
  95. 95 : km 45.14 - alt. 43 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Shefford Road
  96. 96 : km 45.77 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  97. 97 : km 45.99 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight right onto North Bridge Street
  98. 98 : km 46.27 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Stanford Road, B658
  99. 99 : km 46.49 - alt. 40 m - Keep right onto B658
  100. 100 : km 46.5 - alt. 40 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto B658
  101. 101 : km 46.54 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right onto Stanford Road, B658
  102. 102 : km 53.09 - alt. 35 m - Keep left onto B658
  103. 103 : km 53.12 - alt. 35 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Hitchin Road
  104. 104 : km 57.29 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight right onto A603
  105. 105 : km 57.53 - alt. 23 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A1
  106. 106 : km 57.64 - alt. 22 m - Keep right onto London Road
  107. 107 : km 57.96 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto West Road
  108. 108 : km 58.35 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto St. Neots Road
  109. 109 : km 58.63 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Engayne Avenue
  110. 110 : km 58.83 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
  111. 111 : km 58.85 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Waverley Avenue
  112. 112 : km 58.9 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Waverley Avenue
  113. 113 : km 59.08 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Delamare Close
  114. 114 : km 59.15 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Waverley Avenue
  115. 115 : km 59.32 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
  116. 116 : km 59.46 - alt. 24 m - Keep right
  117. 117 : km 59.58 - alt. 23 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  118. 118 : km 59.7 - alt. 22 m - At roundabout, take exit 2
  119. 119 : km 60.06 - alt. 21 m - Keep right
  120. 120 : km 61.07 - alt. 19 m - Turn slight left
  121. 121 : km 61.2 - alt. 22 m - Turn sharp left onto Park Lane
  122. 122 : km 61.45 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto The Hill
  123. 123 : km 65.28 - alt. 26 m - Keep left
  124. 124 : km 65.96 - alt. 38 m - Keep right
  125. 125 : km 67.6 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  126. 126 : km 68.69 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Renhold Road
  127. 127 : km 69.6 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp right
  128. 128 : km 70.82 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Church End
  129. 129 : km 71.3 - alt. 38 m - Keep right onto Church End
  130. 130 : km 71.31 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Oldways Road
  131. 131 : km 71.52 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  132. 132 : km 71.59 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Oldways Road
  133. 133 : km 72.32 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Bedford Road, B660
  134. 134 : km 72.33 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp right
  135. 135 : km 72.5 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left onto Thurleigh Road
  136. 136 : km 75.76 - alt. 60 m - Turn left
  137. 137 : km 76.18 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  138. 138 : km 77.05 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight right
  139. 139 : km 77.12 - alt. 80 m - Turn left onto Milton Road
  140. 140 : km 77.93 - alt. 81 m - Turn left onto Thurleigh Road
  141. 141 : km 78.17 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Coplowe Lane
  142. 142 : km 79.08 - alt. 59 m - Turn right
  143. 143 : km 79.29 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto Coplowe Lane
  144. 144 : km 79.49 - alt. 57 m - Keep right onto Coplow Lane
  145. 145 : km 79.51 - alt. 57 m - Turn slight right onto The Avenue
  146. 146 : km 79.69 - alt. 54 m - Turn left
  147. 147 : km 79.98 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  148. 148 : km 80.17 - alt. 57 m - Keep right onto The Avenue
  149. 149 : km 80.2 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  150. 150 : km 80.26 - alt. 55 m - Turn left onto Captains Close
  151. 151 : km 80.28 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Captains Close
  152. 152 : km 80.76 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right onto Rushden Road, A6
  153. 153 : km 81.38 - alt. 42 m - Keep left onto Rushden Road, A6
  154. 154 : km 81.41 - alt. 43 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Rushden Road, A6
  155. 155 : km 82.75 - alt. 76 m - Keep left onto Rushden Road, A6
  156. 156 : km 82.95 - alt. 79 m - Keep left
  157. 157 : km 83.88 - alt. 56 m - Turn slight right
  158. 158 : km 84.11 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Kennell Hill
  159. 159 : km 85.2 - alt. 51 m - Keep left onto Colworth Road
  160. 160 : km 85.42 - alt. 55 m - Keep right
  161. 161 : km 85.45 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  162. 162 : km 85.68 - alt. 52 m - Turn left
  163. 163 : km 86.08 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  164. 164 : km 86.22 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  165. 165 : km 86.49 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
  166. 166 : km 86.53 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto Yelnow Lane
  167. 167 : km 87.6 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Yelnow Lane
  168. 168 : km 89.42 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  169. 169 : km 90.15 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
  170. 170 : km 90.75 - alt. 81 m - Turn right
  171. 171 : km 91.84 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto High Street
  172. 172 : km 92.04 - alt. 51 m - Turn sharp left onto Odell Road
  173. 173 : km 92.36 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  174. 174 : km 92.75 - alt. 45 m - Turn left
  175. 175 : km 92.92 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  176. 176 : km 93 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Roman Paddock
  177. 177 : km 93.07 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto High Street
  178. 178 : km 93.23 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Church Walk
  179. 179 : km 93.48 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Hall Close
  180. 180 : km 93.67 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Carlton Road
  181. 181 : km 93.8 - alt. 41 m - Keep left onto Carlton Road
  182. 182 : km 94.54 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto The Causeway
  183. 183 : km 95.53 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Turvey Road
  184. 184 : km 95.74 - alt. 58 m - Turn left
  185. 185 : km 96.68 - alt. 60 m - Keep left
  186. 186 : km 98.1 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Grove Road
  187. 187 : km 98.2 - alt. 53 m - Turn left onto May Road
  188. 188 : km 98.22 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Barncroft
  189. 189 : km 98.41 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto High Street, A428
  190. 190 : km 98.7 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Newton Road
  191. 191 : km 99.19 - alt. 60 m - Turn left
  192. 192 : km 102.21 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Turvey Road
  193. 193 : km 102.85 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  194. 194 : km 104.96 - alt. 74 m - Turn sharp left
  195. 195 : km 106.2 - alt. 54 m - Keep right
  196. 196 : km 106.52 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Newport Pagnell Road, A422
  197. 197 : km 106.59 - alt. 69 m - Turn right onto Hay Lane
  198. 198 : km 107.67 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp right
  199. 199 : km 107.68 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp left
  200. 200 : km 108.51 - alt. 50 m - Turn left
  201. 201 : km 108.52 - alt. 50 m - Turn sharp right onto Meadow Farm Road
  202. 202 : km 108.6 - alt. 51 m - Keep left
  203. 203 : km 109.64 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  204. 204 : km 109.78 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  205. 205 : km 110.47 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp left
  206. 206 : km 110.5 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
  207. 207 : km 111.85 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  208. 208 : km 113.02 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  209. 209 : km 113.26 - alt. 58 m - Turn left onto Upper Shelton Road
  210. 210 : km 113.31 - alt. 58 m - Turn right
  211. 211 : km 114.06 - alt. 45 m - Keep left
  212. 212 : km 114.46 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Lower Shelton Road
  213. 213 : km 114.77 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  214. 214 : km 114.88 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  215. 215 : km 114.96 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  216. 216 : km 115.1 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left
  217. 217 : km 115.18 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  218. 218 : km 115.22 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left
  219. 219 : km 115.24 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Bedford Road
  220. 220 : km 115.49 - alt. 40 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bedford Road
  221. 221 : km 115.96 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Station Road
  222. 222 : km 118.64 - alt. 65 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto High Street
  223. 223 : km 119.97 - alt. 125 m - Keep right
  224. 224 : km 120.32 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Boughton End Lane
  225. 225 : km 120.33 - alt. 108 m - Turn sharp left
  226. 226 : km 120.58 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Woburn Road, A507
  227. 227 : km 120.69 - alt. 99 m - Turn sharp left
  228. 228 : km 120.96 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  229. 229 : km 122.34 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  230. 230 : km 122.73 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  231. 231 : km 123.19 - alt. 119 m - Turn right
  232. 232 : km 123.63 - alt. 117 m - Turn left
  233. 233 : km 123.88 - alt. 119 m - Turn right onto Eversholt Road
  234. 234 : km 124.1 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto High Street
  235. 235 : km 125.52 - alt. 90 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Mill Road, B5704
  236. 236 : km 128.29 - alt. 112 m - Turn left onto Bedford Street, B5704
  237. 237 : km 128.58 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  238. 238 : km 128.68 - alt. 118 m - Turn right onto Leighton Street
  239. 239 : km 131.59 - alt. 144 m - Turn right onto Bedfordshire Row FP1
  240. 240 : km 132.15 - alt. 152 m - Turn right
  241. 241 : km 132.17 - alt. 151 m - Turn left
  242. 242 : km 132.84 - alt. 135 m - Turn left
  243. 243 : km 133.33 - alt. 124 m - Keep right
  244. 244 : km 133.43 - alt. 124 m - Keep right
  245. 245 : km 133.78 - alt. 134 m - Turn slight right onto Brickhill Road
  246. 246 : km 133.94 - alt. 139 m - Keep left
  247. 247 : km 134.56 - alt. 129 m - Turn left onto Public Bike Route
  248. 248 : km 134.57 - alt. 129 m - Keep left onto Public Bike Route
  249. 249 : km 135.07 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Public Bike Route
  250. 250 : km 135.62 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  251. 251 : km 135.65 - alt. 119 m - Keep right
  252. 252 : km 135.72 - alt. 119 m - Turn left
  253. 253 : km 135.91 - alt. 111 m - Turn left
  254. 254 : km 135.98 - alt. 101 m - Keep left
  255. 255 : km 136.07 - alt. 93 m - Turn right
  256. 256 : km 136.44 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Linslade Road
  257. 257 : km 137.75 - alt. 84 m - Turn left
  258. 258 : km 138.33 - alt. 84 m - Turn right
  259. 259 : km 138.43 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Stoke Road
  260. 260 : km 139.8 - alt. 83 m - Turn sharp left
  261. 261 : km 139.83 - alt. 82 m - Turn sharp left
  262. 262 : km 141.34 - alt. 82 m - Turn sharp right
  263. 263 : km 141.88 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto Grovebury Road, A4012
  264. 264 : km 141.89 - alt. 85 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Chartmoor Road
  265. 265 : km 142.67 - alt. 87 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Billington Road
  266. 266 : km 143.25 - alt. 88 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Leighton Road, B440
  267. 267 : km 144.99 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Stanbridge Road
  268. 268 : km 145.41 - alt. 99 m - Turn right onto The Rye
  269. 269 : km 148.06 - alt. 98 m - Keep right onto The Rye
  270. 270 : km 148.08 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Totternhoe Road
  271. 271 : km 151.52 - alt. 125 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Dagnall Road, B4506
  272. 272 : km 151.92 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto B4540
  273. 273 : km 152.21 - alt. 164 m - Turn left
  274. 274 : km 152.23 - alt. 166 m - Turn right
  275. 275 : km 152.6 - alt. 222 m - Turn slight right
  276. 276 : km 153.42 - alt. 211 m - Turn left onto B4540
  277. 277 : km 153.72 - alt. 205 m - Keep right
  278. 278 : km 154.01 - alt. 199 m - Keep left
  279. 279 : km 154.8 - alt. 185 m - Turn slight right onto Dunstable Road
  280. 280 : km 155.7 - alt. 170 m - Turn right
  281. 281 : km 156.06 - alt. 180 m - Turn left
  282. 282 : km 156.44 - alt. 168 m - Turn sharp right onto Church Road
  283. S/E : km 156.53 - alt. 171 m

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Association or club
Ashridge and Little Gaddesden, Chilterns
↔11.90 km ↗+81 m ↘-79 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Aldbury (Hertfordshire)

Visit some of the quieter parts of the Ashridge Estate on the way to Hudnall Common and Little Gaddesden.

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