Walks Day walks # 234

Hitchin Circular walk

Grassy lanes and woods across the most north easterly Chilterns ridge to Pegsdon Hills and Knocking Hoe. A motte-and-double bailey and an abandoned medieval village, alder and willow woodland, Oughton (chalk river), Hitchin’s old town with Tudor and Georgian buildings

Ordnance Survey Map screen friendly

SWC Walk 234 - Hitchin Circular • GPS Route © Saturday Walkers Club - www.walkingclub.org.uk

Bing Maps

Zoom in for OS Landranger (1:50,000) and OS Explorer (1:25,000) mapping
When zoomed in, try the excellent "Bird's Eye View"
Ordnance Survey (OS) mapping is available for mainland GB, and (OS Landranger scale only) the Isle of Man.
For Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or (Southern) Ireland, try OpenStreetMap (Outdoor Layer). Set maps to Google then select OSM Outdoor from the list of 'layers'.
"Portrait" and "Landscape" modes are disabled as printing is against the T&C's for Bing's OS mapping

OS Mapping

Map reading made easy pdf
1:25K Legend pdf
1:50K Legend pdf
Guide to GPS and OS coordinate systems pdf

Pegsdon Hills

View from Hitchin Hill to Charlton

Two walkers on the alternative descent-route

Hitchin Waterfall (the millstream overflow)

St. Mary's, Hitchin in dusk

Early lunch option?

Summer bales

Hitchin Circular walk

Ordnance Survey Map screen friendly

GPX Editor

Record map clicks

Reload map

Bing Maps

OS Mapping

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`GB only`		OS Tutorial 1:25K Legend 1:50K Legend Get OSM Maps free on your phone