Walk 245: Nomansland South Loop

6 miles (9.7 km) with 64m of total ascent

Sandridge bridleway 9 between points 14 & 15 in the walk

This is a great walk if you like wide open views and stretches of woodland. It starts on Nomansland Common then heads west before looping south then returning through Langley Wood in Heartwood Forest. It includes sections of The Ver Valley Walk and The Hertfordshire Way.

Walk 165: Amwell Loop

3.6 miles (5.8km) with 54m of total ascent

 

This walk starts and finishes at the car park on Nomansland Common then loops through woodland before reaching the hamlet of Amwell where there is a short detour if you want to visit the Elephant & Castle pub. A couple of stretches of the walk are along country lanes without pavements, but when we tested this walk we didn't meet any traffic.

Walk 164: Heartwood Forest Outer Loop

4.2 miles (6.8 km) with 84m of total ascent

The gate leading out of Langley Wood at point 3 in the walk

This walk follows the boundary to the south, west, and north of Heartwood Forest. It starts and finishes in the free car park before looping through Langley Wood (which is carpeted in bluebells in the spring), then follows a bridleway along the southern edge of the forest and then heads along the western edge to reach Nomansland Common. There are three pubs in Sandridge village. The Green Man, The Queens Head, and The Rose and Crown. There is also Heartwood Tearooms attached to the village store.

Walk 54: Symondshyde Loop

5.6 miles (9 km) with 104m total ascent

One of the old byways along the route

This walk follows old deep and shaded byways which weave their way through fields and woodland. We rerouted it in May 2021 because parking at the old start point was discouraged. The walk used to be a 3.5 mile loop from Coleman Green. Now it’s a 5.9 mile loop from the car park on Nomansland Common south of Wheathampstead. We think the new route is a much better walk.

There is one pub along the way, the John Bunyan at Coleman Green, and another, the Elephant & Castle at Amwell, which is 900m from the start/finish point (location - https://w3w.co/answer.shock.season). You pass the '3 Brewers' brewery along the way.