St Mary's Church, Hitchin

The Chiltern Society's grand loop through four counties of beechwood and chalk, grown from a Millennium project into 177 miles.

0.2 km E · spans 5 counties

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

0.7 km N

Hertfordshire's grand circuit from the Royce Stone at Royston — chalk streams, commons and country houses for nearly 200 miles.

5.6 km E · Hertfordshire

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

6.5 km SW · spans 4 counties

Rows of lavender and sunflowers you can walk and cut on a chalk hillside at Ickleford, above Hitchin, at their best in high summer.

7.1 km NE

A chalk hilltop of beech and ash woodland, crossed by the Icknield Way.

8.7 km W