The Hertfordshire Chain Walk is located in Hertfordshire,

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, and consists of 15 linked

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walks. These walks, each of which is between 4.25 and 9 miles, make up a total distance of 87 miles. The tracks pass through villages in

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close to

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, the

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and the

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border. It also passes close to the

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and the

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. The Hertfordshire Chain Walk starts in the south of Hertfordshire; the first walk passes through the

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. Some of its path is shared with the

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; the chain walk then heads north to Little Berkhamsted and passes west of Hertford. The chain walk then continues northwards between Stevenage (to the west) and Buntingford; it again meets the

near Sandon and

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, south of Royston. The Chain Walk finishes at Ashwell and Morden railway station across the county boundary in

. The walk was devised by the East Herts Footpath Society.Walking in Herts
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