Pete's Walks - Shortened version of Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail (page 3 of 5)

If you are considering walking this route yourself, please see my disclaimer. You may also like to see these notes about the maps and GPX files.

Google map of the walk

I turned right and followed the track, which soon passed a kennels near the top of Clipper Down. I continued on the track for about another mile as it ran through the woods of Ashridge, with a steep slope on my right. I passed one or two spots where there were nice views out to my right, towards Aldbury and its environs. I passed a wooden chalet and then the badly overgrown ancient burial mound on Moneyburyhill (where there was a noticeboard), before the track brought me to the Bridgewater Monument.

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge (just after the kennels)

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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View towards Aldbury, from the long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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The long track to the Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

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The Bridgewater Monument at Ashridge

I crossed the grass in front of the monument, and on the far side turned right along a bridleway that, after another path went left, re-entered the woods and started to descend towards Aldbury. After about a quarter of a mile, I came to a fork in the bridleway, where I kept left (straight on, really) instead of going down to Aldbury. This bridleway ran level through the woods for about half a mile, with a nice view to the right at one point, looking out over Aldbury. On reaching a junction, I went a few yards right, then turned left, following a narrower bridleway through the trees that crossed a drive and soon reached a road (near Tom's Hill). I continued along the bridleway on the other side, keeping straight on for about another half mile (as usual following the waymarks for the Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail). I then came to a junction, where I went slightly right for a few yards (the waymark for the Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail is in the middle of the fork, pointing straight on!), then turned left at a waymark post and (after another path came in sharply from the left) soon reached the huge open grassland part of Northchurch Common.

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The bridleway (centre) from the Bridgewater Monument down to Aldbury

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The bridleway from the Bridgewater Monument down to Aldbury

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The bridleway after I forked left from the bridleway to Aldbury

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View right, over Aldbury

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Further along the same bridleway

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The bridleway after I turned right and then immediately left

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The bridleway continuing after I crossed the road (near Tom's Hill)

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Further along the same bridleway