Pete's Walks- Kensworth, Roe End and Bison Hill (shortened version) (page 5 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 (this route uses Alternative 1 on the Google map)
Eventually I reached a wire fence where, now finishing my search for wildlife, I continued with the fence on my right. Through a metal-kissing-gate, I continued half-right to a second such gate, through which I turned right. I soon came to a fence corner, where I turned left and followed the fence uphill. On reaching a hedgerow I went through a gate on my right and followed the hedge past a few trees standing just inside a huge grass field. On coming to a corner after one or two hundred yards, I turned left through a gate, and started along a bridleway heading towards Whipsnade. This soon crossed a surfaced drive (going to Chute Farm) and a short way further on I kept left at a fork.
The path continuing along Whipsnade Downs
The path after I turned right and then left - the fence is the boundary between Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Downs
The path after I turned right
The bridleway back to Whipsnade, just before crossing the drive to Chute Farm
The bridleway now had woodland to the right, and then briefly had a wood either side. It then ran along to the right of a field, before continuing past a mobile home park on the right. A little further on I came to a junction where a bridleway went left. I took that bridleway, which ran between hedges for a few hundred yards to reach a road. Here I went left a short way, then turned right into Land Park Lane. I followed this all the way to its end, where I turned right and followed Common Road, Kensworth, back to my starting point.
The bridleway back to Whipsnade
The bridleway back to Whipsnade
The bridleway back to Whipsnade
The bridleway back to Whipsnade
The bridleway after I turned left just before reaching Whipsnade
Land Park Lane
Land Park Lane
Common Road, Kensworth
This was a really enjoyable walk - yet again I was reminded of how fortunate I am to have such wonderful countryside on my doorstep. Combining the walk with a spot of butterfly and orchid hunting worked well too. At this time of year there is so much wildlife to see, I do need to combine my walking and wildlife spotting to some extent, otherwise I'd do fewer walks than I'd like to or miss out on some of the wildlife I want to see.