Walks from Biggleswade

Flat arable farmland, grassy tracks, woodland trails, thatched villages and low greensand ridge.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Airshow closures apply.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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 (National Trust)

Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)

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.

Flat farmland, woodland, greensand ridge, riverside path, Iron Age hillfort site and RSPB nature reserve.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: An alternative variant of Biggleswade to Sandy (Saturday Walkers Club).

Flat farmland, grassy tracks, woodland, greensand ridge, RSPB nature reserve, riverside path and thatched villages.

Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Warnings: Airshow closures apply.

Source: A longer variant of Biggleswade to Sandy (Saturday Walkers Club).

Flat river meadows, conservation site, riverside paths and gentle farmland.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be boggy.

Source: A shorter variant of Sandy to Arlesey (Saturday Walkers Club).