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Berkhamsted Heritage Walk Plaque

Heritage Walk and Blue Plaque Guide

This short walk, which starts and ends at the railway station, takes you through the heart of the town.

Although it cannot cover all places worth visiting or describing, we hope it will provide a flavour of the town and spur you on to explore more of Berkhamsted, its historic waterway and its surrounding countryside.

Most of the buildings referred to have blue plaques with numbers that correspond with those against the entries in this leaflet.

Audio Trail Walk 1

This Berkhamsted Audio Trail is a six mile (can be shortened to 4 mile) circular walk through and around the historic town of Berkhamsted. The route includes the Railway Station, part of the Grand Union Canal, Sugar Lane or Garden Field Lane, Long Green, Sandpit Green, Kingshill Way, Butts Meadow and Castle Street, with the availability of downloadable audio commentary points along the way. The Parish Paths Partnership has recently installed two new benches along the route at Sugar Lane and Tompkins Meadow, with fantastic views over the surrounding countryside (please see below).

There is parking nearby at the Railway Station or town centre car parks. Public transport links are detailed on the route map.

The Audio Trail has been produced by Berkhamsted Town Council and the local community as part of the Parish Paths Partnership, a programme delivered by the Countryside Management Service and funded by Hertfordshire County Council

Audio Trail Walk 2

This 5 1⁄2 miles circular walk from the Railway Station takes in some historic sites dating back to WW1 including The Inns of Court WW1 Memorial on New Road and the WW1 practice Trenches used by the Inns of Court Regiment before being sent to fight in France. The Walk also takes in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at Kitchener’s Field through to Berkhamsted Common, Ashridge Park and Alpine Meadow before returning through Castle Hill and back to the Railway Station.

The Audio Trail has been produced by Berkhamsted Town Council and the local community as part of the Parish Paths Partnership, a programme delivered by the Countryside Management Service and funded by Hertfordshire County Council

Audio Trail Walk 3 Graham Greene's Common

Berkhamsted Audio Trail No 3 is a 3½ mile (can be shortened to 2¼ mile) circular walk starting and ending at the Railway Station and taking in various parts of Berkhamsted and Northchurch Common which feature significantly in the works of Graham Greene. The route includes Kitchener’s Field, the carpark at the top of New Road (an alternative start and finish point) the Common, Frithsden Beeches and the WW1 practice trenches. Downloadable audio commentary points, incorporating Greene’s own writing, describe what to look out for along the way.

There is parking nearby at the Railway Station, town centre car parks or in the carpark at the top of New Road. Public transport links are detailed on the route map.

The Audio Trail has been produced by Berkhamsted Town Council, Northchurch Parish Council and the local community as part of the Parish Paths Partnership, a programme delivered by Groundwork Hertfordshire and funded by Hertfordshire County Council

Audio Trail Walk 4 In the Devil's Own Footsteps

Berkhamsted Audio Trail No 4 is a 4.3 mile linear walk starting at Berkhamsted Railway Station and ending at Bovingdon Memorial Hall. The route traces areas “fought over” by the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps (“The Devil’s Own”), who were stationed in Berkhamsted for the duration of WW1. The route includes the Moor, Butts Meadow, Kingshill Way, Sandpit Green, Swing Gate Lane, the Bourne Gutter, Lower Farm, Coles Hill Wood, Bourne End Lane and Bovingdon Airfield. Downloadable audio commentary points, incorporating first hand descriptions by the Corps’ Commanding Officer, describe what to look out for along the way.

There is parking nearby at the Railway Station, or town centre car parks. Public transport links are detailed on the route map.

The Audio Trail has been produced by Berkhamsted Town Council, Bovingdon Parish Council and the local community as part of the Parish Paths Partnership, a programme delivered by Groundwork Hertfordshire and funded by Hertfordshire County Council

Audio Trail Walk 5 The Devil's Own Trail

This short walk starts outside the platform 4 subway exit at Berkhamsted train station. The walk includes Berkhamsted Castle, Kitcherner’s Field, Station forecourt, Totem Pole, The Moor, Water Lane and then finishing at the Court House/St Peter’s Church.

The Audio Trail has been produced by Berkhamsted Town Council and the local community as part of the Parish Paths Partnership, a programme delivered by the Countryside Management Service and funded by Hertfordshire County Council

Graham Greene Trail

This walk introduces those places in Berkhamsted which had an influence on Graham Greene’s life and work. –

For more information visit the Graham Greene Trail website.

Berkhamsted Waterways Walk

This walk starts at the station and explores the sections of the River Bulbourne and Grand Union Canal which run through the town.

For more information visit The Chilterns AONB website.