スラプトンでの 周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

Not super easy to find the way into the park if you don't know it, so make a bee-line for Bee Hire and you'll see the pathway on the right.

A surfaced shred use path that runs along the edge of Linslade Woods. Useful for local access or a local fitness loop

This part of Grovebury Road is a one way buses only link. As of 2023 as two-way cycleway has been provided to unable you to travel both ways by foot or cycle

The tool station is a useful addition

One of Central Bedfordshire Cycle Repairs stations has been installed. The station includes a stand to mount a bike on, an integrated multi-valve pump and a series of tools, such as screwdrivers, spanners, hex keys, and tyre levers.

Meeting point for Leighton Buzzard Road Cycling Club (http://lbrcc.com/) and a monument to Leighton Buzzard's history. This work of art, by David Mayne, was officially unveiled September 2005 and has the title of 'Fly Past'. The monument is approximately 8 feet high and 8 feet wide and the design depicts the heritage of the town to the present day. The centre of the design represents the propeller of a Vimy bomber biplane which were constructed until 1919 at the Morgan & Co. factory at Vimy Road (i.e. the land where the current Tescos supermarket is sited). Surrounding the propeller are a number of disks, each of which carry designs (on both sides), representative of the towns heritage (see photos below). The designs on these disks were the result of workshops with the pupils of Leighton Middle School, the Leighton Buzzard Arts Society and the residents of Tudor Court. A circular ring of carved paving runs around the base of the monument containing the name of the town at various different points in history.

Peaceful, road traffic free, great wildlife = perfect cycling 👍

From this point on the Grand Union Canal you can take the linking cycle path to the River Ouzel Cycle Trail (https://www.komoot.com/highlight/2852096) or follow the Grand Union Canal. Both are well surfaced and suitable for walking or cycling. From the linking Cycle Path you can view Twelve Arches Weir (originally built with 12 arches, later expanded to 15) which discharges overflow water from the Grand Union into the River Ouzel - Quite an impressive sight after recent heavy rain