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Five Knolls – Icknield Way Loop from Dunstable

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Five Knolls – Icknield Way Loop from Dunstable

Tanya Walker planned a hike

February 28, 2022

Five Knolls – Icknield Way Loop from Dunstable

Moderate

03:30

13.1km

3.7km/h

150m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

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Bus stop

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813 m

Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery

Highlight • Historical Site

The Five Knolls are prehistoric burial mounds or barrows. There are two pond barrows, which are circular flat areas surrounded by raised banks. The mounds are believed to be from …

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1.32 km

Medieval Rabbit Warrens, Chilterns National Landscape

Highlight • Historical Site

These mounds were not burial places but medieval rabbit warrens. The first mound or more southerly mound is rectangular, while the next mound is a 105-foot (32-m) long bank. After …

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1.71 km

Icknield Way Trail

Highlight • Trail

The 110 mile long Icknield Way is an ancient road which runs along the side of the Downs, its history dating back 6,500 years. Connecting East Anglia to important sites …

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2.28 km

London Gliding Club and Strip Lynchets

Highlight • Historical Site

London Gliding Club / Strip Lynchetts
The club was inaugurated in 1930. In 1939 Geoffrey Stephenson was the first person to glide across the Channel when he flew from Dunstable …

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2.46 km

With breathtaking views, scheduled monuments to explore, and several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Dunstable Downs is a fantastic place to spend some time. Situated within the Chilterns Area …

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2.62 km

Windcatcher at Dunstable Downs Visitor Centre

Highlight • Monument

The Windcatcher on Dunstable Downs provides ventilation for the visitor centre.
nationaltrust.org.uk/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate/trails/walk-in-the-steps-of-history-giants

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2.72 km

Armada Beacon

Highlight • Historical Site

During Elizabethan times the country was on a state of alert, this time from the Spanish. Overshadowed by fear of invasion, fire beacons were placed along the coast as an …

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13.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.94 km

3.55 km

3.26 km

1.42 km

837 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.00 km

3.10 km

2.39 km

2.32 km

799 m

464 m

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Five Knolls – Icknield Way Loop from Dunstable

Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery

Medieval Rabbit Warrens, Chilterns National Landscape

Icknield Way Trail

London Gliding Club and Strip Lynchets

Dunstable Downs

Windcatcher at Dunstable Downs Visitor Centre

Armada Beacon

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