Free maps on line. Visit http://hertsdirect.org/maps for a free map of the entire rights of way network for Hertfordshire. You can zoom in on any area that interests you. Just great for planning local circuits.
The way we were ... Check out how the landscape of your favourite walk has changed over the past 50 or 100 years via a new online mapping service. http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ lets you search Ordnance Survey maps produced between 1850/1944 and 1945/1996, as well as town plans from 1850 to 1996.
Route planning. Help is around for those who don’t feel too confident about planning a route straight off the map. Visit http://www.walkinginherts.co.uk/ for more than 150 free walks to download, along with details of maps, books and walking groups in the area.
And if you’re heading further afield try http://www.walkingininengland.co.uk/ for similar information about other counties.
The Ramblers. The UK's leading organisation for walkers.
Youth Hostel Association. Economical group, individual or family accommodation in some of the most spectacular countryside in the UK.
Woodland Trust. A new community forest right on our doorstep.
The National Trust Britain's premier heritage organisation
English Heritage. Protects and promotes England's spectacular historic environment
Want to know more about the Nickey Line, the disused railway that once ran from Harpenden to Hemel via Redbourn and which often forms part of our local walks? Check out the Friends of the Nickey Line. As well as info for walkers and cyclists (and railway buffs!) , their site has details of how to become a Friend and offers an interesting range of walks and talks.
The way we were ... Check out how the landscape of your favourite walk has changed over the past 50 or 100 years via a new online mapping service. http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ lets you search Ordnance Survey maps produced between 1850/1944 and 1945/1996, as well as town plans from 1850 to 1996.
Route planning. Help is around for those who don’t feel too confident about planning a route straight off the map. Visit http://www.walkinginherts.co.uk/ for more than 150 free walks to download, along with details of maps, books and walking groups in the area.
And if you’re heading further afield try http://www.walkingininengland.co.uk/ for similar information about other counties.
The Ramblers. The UK's leading organisation for walkers.
Youth Hostel Association. Economical group, individual or family accommodation in some of the most spectacular countryside in the UK.
Woodland Trust. A new community forest right on our doorstep.
The National Trust Britain's premier heritage organisation
English Heritage. Protects and promotes England's spectacular historic environment
Want to know more about the Nickey Line, the disused railway that once ran from Harpenden to Hemel via Redbourn and which often forms part of our local walks? Check out the Friends of the Nickey Line. As well as info for walkers and cyclists (and railway buffs!) , their site has details of how to become a Friend and offers an interesting range of walks and talks.
