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Letters GRW and deer emblemGreensand Ridge Walk

Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire

64 km / 40 miles
A route taking in woods and farmland along the dissected Greensand Ridge which rises from the clay vales on either side, passing Woburn Abbey and Ampthill Park where it connects with the John Bunyan Trail. A route description and schematic map leaflet are available from the Central Bedfordshire website linked to below..

At Leighton Buzzard, the Two Ridges Link (8 miles and included on OS mapping) provides a link via the Grand Union Canal to Ivinghoe Beacon and the Ridgeway National Trail/Icknield Way Path. At Gamlingay, the waymarked Clopton Way (11 miles and on OS mapping) goes on to Wimpole Hall from whence the waymarked Wimpole Way (13 miles and on OS mapping) takes the walker to Cambridge.

The waymarked Marston Vale Timberland Trail (14 miles) is a circular route coincident with the Greensand Ridge Walk between Ampthill Park and Lidlington.

(July 2026)

Details:

Waymark: Letters GRW and deer emblem
Path Type: Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark: Letters GRW and deer emblem
Attributes: Easy
Downland/Wolds
Start: SP915251 - Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Finish: TL226533 - Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
Web Sites: Central Bedfordshire Council - Greensand Ridge Walk Greensand Ridge Walk part 1 [YouTube video] Greensand Ridge Walk part 2 [YouTube video]

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps):
OS Landranger 152, 153, 165
OS Landranger Active 152, 153, 165
OS Explorer 192, 193, 208
OS Explorer Active 192, 193, 208

Connected Paths:

Paths Marked on OS mapping
Clopton Way Grand Union Canal Walk Icknield Way Path John Bunyan Trail Marston Vale Timberland Trail Milton Keynes Boundary Walk Two Ridges Link Click to show 4 more Paths Marked on OS mapping
Other Paths
Cross Bucks Way Long Path North Bedfordshire Heritage Trail Seven Parishes Millennium Circular Walk Skylark Ride St Bernard's Way Click to show 3 more Other Paths

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GPX Route File
Greensand Ridge Walk GPX Exchange Format Route File
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Route Profile:

66.4 km (41.3 miles)
750 m (2,461 ft) ascent
158 m (518 ft)  maximum height
Greensand Ridge Walk - Route Profile
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