3.1 miles (4.9 km) with 36m total ascent
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The footbridge mentioned in point 4 |
Directions
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Map for Walk 3: The Water End Loop Created on Map Hub by Hertfordshire Walker Elements © Thunderforest © OpenStreetMap contributors There is an interactive map below the directions |
1: From Brookmans Park station (location - https://w3w.co/sheets.frog.toast) head N along Station Road for 200m until you reach Bradmore Lane on your left.
2: Just before you reach Bradmore Lane there is a path on the left (location - https://w3w.co/horses.save.drop). This is North Mymms footpath 9, which doubles back on the way you have just walked to take you S, parallel to the railway track.
3: Continue along this route for 580m until you reach a bridge crossing a brook (location - https://w3w.co/forces.object.damp), which is usually dry, but which can be flooded after heavy rain. Immediately after the bridge turn right and enter a field owned by the Royal Veterinary College. A footpath, North Mymms footpath 11, has been fenced off to the S of the brook. Follow that path for 300m with the field on your left and the hedge on your right as you head W until you reach the end of the field (location - https://w3w.co/sides.match.salad).
4: At the corner of the field you will see a stile on your right leading to a bridge crossing the same brook. Cross this bridge and, once on the other side, look out for a footpath gate on your left (location - https://w3w.co/refers.change.driver). Go through this gate and continue through Brick Kiln Wood with the brook running on your left for 580m. The path soon opens out with fields on your right. Keep the hedge and brook to your left and continue. Ignore the first footpath on your left and keep heading W until the path swings to the left. At this point you join a raised walkway which continues along a boardwalk to the concrete footbridge over Mimmshall Brook (location - https://w3w.co/pads.rather.eating). Cross the bridge to reach Warrengate Road
5: Turn right on Warrengate Road and walk N to the hamlet of Water End. After 580m you will reach The Woodman Inn on your right.
* Here you have an option of taking the footpath on your right immediately before The Woodman Inn, North Mymms footpath 7, and visiting the swallow holes (see the yellow route on the map above). If you take this option follow the path round over the swallow holes climbing through the woods at the other side to reach a field.
At the field turn right and follow North Mymms footpath 8 round to the right with the field on your left and the hedgerow on your right. Head for the SW corner of this field and cut through the hedgerow to reach Bradmore Lane (location - https://w3w.co/deal.bliss.green). Turn left and follow the lane to Station Road where you turn right, cross the railway bridge and return to Brookmans Park.
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The swallow holes at Water End |
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The swallow holes at Water End |
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7: Ignore the first footpath on your right and take the second, North Mymms footpath 30 (location - https://w3w.co/total.power.hopes). Turn right on this footpath and head E for 210m keeping the hedge on your right and the field on your left. Ignore the footpath that crosses your way and continue heading to a way marker in the corner of the field.
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Turn left at the marker post where the path swings to the left |
9: Turn right on North Mymms footpath 32, and, keeping the hedge on your right and the fields on your left, follow the path round to the SSW for 500m to Bradmore Lane (location - https://w3w.co/deal.bliss.green). Turn left on Bradmore Lane and follow the lane E for 830m to Station Road where you turn right to return to Brookmans Park.
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