BEGINNERS HIKE 16km Ivinghoe Beacon and the Forests of the Chiltern Hills

📏 Key Info: • Distance: 9 miles (16km) • Grading: Beginners with some hills • Ascent: 330m • Hiking time: 3.5 to 4 hours • Cost: £32 (includes guided hike + return train) • Refunds: Payments are non-refundable and non-transferable. If you follow our [Resale Process] and your place is rebooked, we’ll issue a refund. • Toilet Breaks: On the train, at the mid-afternoon stop, and at the end pub 📍 Meeting Point • Location: Euston station. Meet in front of the main ticket office - MAP • Time: Meet 8:50am, leave 9:10am for the 9:25am train • Return: 5:28pm arrival back in London (you’re committed until then) 🌟 Highlights • Hike to the start of the Ridgeway Trail — Britain’s oldest road (5,000 years) • Views of the huge 147m White Lion chalk carving at Whipsnade • Scenic hills in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty • The Bridgewater Monument — 33m memorial tower built in 1832 • Explore Aldbury, a traditional “chocolate-box” English village 🥾 Hike Description We set out into the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, following a mix of beech woodland, chalk uplands, and ridge trails. Part of our route follows the ancient Ridgeway Trail, a 5,000-year-old trading path often called Britain’s oldest road.