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 through a small triangular enclosure to a second such gate, through which I turned right. I soon came to a gate in a fence - I normally take the path going uphill to the left of the fence but as it was somewhat overgrown the last time I used it instead I went through the gate and turned left along the far side of the fence. On reaching a hedgerow I turned 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.
Approaching the path along the fence on Whipsnade Downs
The path continuing along Whipsnade Downs
The path through the small triangular enclosure
The path along the top of Whipsnade Downs
The bridleway after I turned right
The bridleway back to Whipsnade, just after 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
The bridleway after I turned left just before reaching Whipsnade
Landpark Lane
Common Road, Kensworth
Once again this was a really enjoyable walk - 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.