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Metropolitan Walkers Group

The London-based hiking group for people in their 20s - 30s.

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Overview

Leaving Dunstable Town Centre we will head onto Totternhoe Nature Reserve and Castle Hill before heading onto Dunstable Downs. We will also pass by Whipsnade Tree Cathedral and The Golden Valley. Pub stop en route. Canalside pub at the end if it's sunny.

Please bring a packed lunch.

Travel: Take 9:21 from London St Pancras, arr. Luton 9:56. Buy a single to Luton and a single back from Berkhamsted to London. Meet the walk leader by the station entrance at Luton before boarding a bus to Dunstable Town Centre (Asda bus stop) along the Busway; these run every 7 mins. The walk will start once we are off the bus. 

Saturday, 26 July 2025
Start time:
10:30 am
Estimated finish time:
7:00 pm
Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
27.4km / 17.0mi
Ascent:
396.2m / 1300ft
Type:
linear

Starting point

Grid reference:
TL 01858 22217
Nearest postcode:
LU5 4GP
what3words:
tile.yappy.bunks
Start time:
10:30 am

Dunstable; Asda supermarket bus stop on Court Drive

Finishing point

Grid reference:
SP 99337 08124
Nearest postcode:
HP4 2AJ
what3words:
trash.tacky.intrigues
Estimated finish time:
7:00 pm

Berkhamsted

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking