Harpenden White Horse Pub 4 Mile Walk

by steve montgomery
4 years ago
Near Harpenden, GB

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1 Leave the pub car park and turn right walk past the pub and take 2nd track between the triangle of grass and keep on the track into the signed footpath into rothhampsted park past the lodge on the left. Beyond the buildings stay on path ignoring tarmac path on right and kissing gate/ footpath on the left. Continue for a few paces and turn right at gateway onto the bridle path (if you see the fork in the road Gatsbys mansion you have gone too far.
2 Follow the grass bridle path with the fence on your right further along the bridle path swings left – follow this until you get to two wide metal gates , pass through to the left of these and until you reach a surfaced track.DO NOT turn sharp right to join this track but instead turn left for a few metres until you reach a crossroad of tarmac paths with a fingerpost on the right. Get a good view of the manor house rooftops from here. Turn right at these crossroads following the tarmac track signed as public bridleway towards the Nickey line follow the track between fields and as it bends right turn left onto smaller track and then with gates ahead turn right onto a stone track between fences. Afeter a couple of bends the stone track continues with a wood immediately on the left (Knott Wood)
3 Continue along the stone path between fences with the wood on the left, at the end of the wood turn left at crossroads with blue finger post towards rebourne and hemel – this is the nickey line. At the end of this stretch the path deepens between banks and comes out at the redbourn road, tirn left for a few paces and take care crossing over the road. Then go a few paces turn right and cross again. Turn left and follow the nickey line until it passes a concrete entrance, 10 yards past the entrance turn left through or beside the kissing gate and cross the road at the crossing point.
4. Take the flight of steps ahead and g through the kissing gate and cross the field diagonally (approx 11:00 o clock) following a line of single wooden pylons. At the top of the field go through the gap in the hedge to a second field where you will see two paths, take the right hand one which is a grass track following the line of the hedge on the right, continue until you reach a hedgerow and a t junction. Turn right for 20 paces and then turn left at the waymaker post along a narrow path past woodland with twisted tree trunks until you reach the golf course.
5 The next stretch of the walk follows the edge of the golf course – then turn right following the line of the hedge on your right, follow this path past several tees and greens and about 20 yds before you reach the access path turn right on path (signed on tree trunk) through woodlands at the far end you will reach a surface path for the golf course – keep ahead to join this with a fence on your right. Where it ends tiurn right with fence on the right until you reach a kissing gate.

6 Go through kissing gate keeping to the edge of the paddock keeping the fence on your right – you can see hammonds end house from here. At the end of the paddock in the right hand corner go through the kissing gate onto the lane. Turn left onto the lane and follow it past a yard, then clubhouse and car park on the right until you reach the road. Turn right and follow road back to the white horse.