Walks you can reach from Luton by train
Bedfordshire · South East England
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St Albans City Circular via Ruins of Gorhambury House (Hertfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Luton.
Recommended
Time: 4h–8h
1 lunch spot: Ye Olde Fighting Cocks (30m–1h in)
6 end-of-walk rewards: the Six Bells, the Lower Red Lion, the Snug, the Boot, the Mad Squirrel Tap, or the Peahen
Warnings: A third urban.
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Harpenden to St Albans City (Hertfordshire)
8 minutes direct from Luton.
Recommended: Mostly fields and country lanes. Some beautiful new bluebell woods, stunning historic city streeets, commons, golf courses and parkland.
Time: 4h30–9h
4 lunch spots: Sandridge (2h–4h in) — the Green Man (excellent; reservations recommended), Heartwood Tea Rooms (busy!), the Rose & Crown, or the Queens Head (not great)
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Lower Red Lion, the Mad Squirrel Tap, the Peahen, the Snug, or the Boot
Best months: in April (bluebell season).
Warnings: A quarter urban.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Harpenden Circular via the Devil's Dyke (Hertfordshire)
8 minutes direct from Luton.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–6h30
3 lunch spots: the Swan (1h–2h in), the Bull (1h–2h30 in), or the Wicked Lady (2h–4h in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Marquis of Granby, or the Amble Inn
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Flitwick Circular via Old St. Mary's Church (Bedfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Luton.
River valley, wooded wetland fringes, quiet villages, rolling fields, escarpment ridge, nature reserve lakes and ancient woodland.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bedford Circular via Stevington Cross (Bedfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Luton.
Largely flat riverside paths, fields, woods, parks and pedestrianised town centre.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wellingborough Circular via Summer Leys Nature Reserve (Northamptonshire)
30 minutes direct from Luton.
River Nene towpath, gravel quarry-edge paths, fishing lakes, grassy fields, nature reserve, four villages and Swanspool Brook parkland.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Kettering Circular via Pytchley (Northamptonshire)
30 minutes direct from Luton.
Villages and countryside.
Time: 5h–10h
5 lunch spots: Broughton (3h30–7h in) — Best Plaice, the Red Lion, Broughton Fish and Chips, or the Broughton & Cransley WMC; plus the Overstone Arms (1h30–2h30 in)
Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.
London Bridge Circular (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Luton.
A walk through London's history around the square mile, past the Tower of London, St Paul's Cathedral and the Guildhall.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Two thirds urban. Several sets of steps, cobbled streets and narrow alleys.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Leagrave to Harlington (Bedfordshire)
3 minutes direct from Luton.
Meadows, solitary chalk hills, ancient woodlands, steep chalk escarpments, chalk downland, Neolithic hill forts, ancient trackways, rolling grassy fields and hilltop village.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Steep chalk escarpments.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Harlington to Flitwick (Bedfordshire)
8 minutes direct from Luton.
Steep rolling downlands, chalk escarpments, hilltop views, grassy fields, pastures and ancient woodland.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can be hilly.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wellingborough to Northampton (Northamptonshire)
30 minutes direct from Luton.
Riverside paths along the Nene, meadows, quarry lakes, arable fields, villages, urban riverside, nature reserve and raised flood embankments.
Warnings: Prone to flooding.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Lidlington to Flitwick (Bedfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Luton.
Undulating Greensand Ridge, mixed woods, open parkland, heathland, historic market town, ancient woodland and flat moors and wetland nature reserve.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).