Walks from Biggleswade
Bedfordshire · South East England
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Biggleswade Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Biggleswade by train.
Biggleswade to Sandy
Flat arable farmland, grassy tracks, woodland trails, thatched villages and low greensand ridge.
Warnings: Airshow closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Biggleswade to Royston
Bedford to Biggleswade
A flat-ended route with a considerable hill between Willington and Northill. A high proportion is on tarmac (disused railway cycle track then quiet village roads); off-tarmac stretches through the woods can be very muddy and greasy. Follows the disused Bedford to Cambridge railway (now a cycle track) and the Greensand Ridge Walk.
Willington Dovecote and Stables: Outstanding 16th-century stone dovecote and stable building (National Trust; 30 mins to visit).
Lunch: Pubs at Willington and Northill (the Northill pub is the last refreshment before Biggleswade).
Warnings: The footpath crossing of the dual-carriageway A1 is dangerous; use the right-hand fork to the culverts under the road rather than walking across. Crossing the busy A603 in Willington needs care. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Biggleswade Circular via Old Warden Aerodrome
Flat farmland, woodland, greensand ridge, riverside path, Iron Age hillfort site and RSPB nature reserve.
Source: An alternative variant of Biggleswade to Sandy (Saturday Walkers Club).
Biggleswade Circular via Shuttleworth Collection
Flat farmland, grassy tracks, woodland, greensand ridge, RSPB nature reserve, riverside path and thatched villages.
Warnings: Airshow closures apply.
Source: A longer variant of Biggleswade to Sandy (Saturday Walkers Club).
Biggleswade to Arlesey
Flat river meadows, conservation site, riverside paths and gentle farmland.
Warnings: Can be boggy.
Source: A shorter variant of Sandy to Arlesey (Saturday Walkers Club).