Chiltern Walks: King's Langley to Aldenham
Crossing The River Colne
Start: King’s Langley Station, Station Road, Kings Langley, WD4 8LF
Finish: St. John The Baptist Church, Church Lane, Radlett, Watford, WD25 8BE
Distance: 10.4 km (6.5 miles)
Elevation change: +126m / -119m. Net +7m
Hertfordshire Way section covered: King’s Langley to Aldenham: 10.4 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Hertfordshire Way, Abbey Line Trail, St. Bernard’s Way, Manor Stroll
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 6, 61
Pubs / Cafes on route: None
Map: St Albans & Hatfield Map | Hemel Hempstead & Welwyn Garden City | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 182
Links: King’s Langley, Bricket Wood, River Colne, Aldenham
The Hertfordshire Way offers an incredible opportunity to circumnavigate one of England's home counties, revealing its hidden charms and surprising variety. This circular long-distance footpath, stretching around 273 km (170 miles), guides walkers through the county's most picturesque landscapes, proving that green spaces are never far, even in this area close to London. We walked the Chilterns part of the Hertfordshire Way in 15 sections over a couple of years. We used my “Greater Chilterns” definition that takes the trail from the River Lea near Wheathampstead to the River Colne near Garston. This route is one of those 15 circular walks.
The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
We parked at the end of the route at Aldenham and took an Uber to the start of the walk at King’s Langley. You can also do it by a combination of a bus to Bushey and a train to King’s Langley but it was a mid-winter’s day and we were short on time.
Exit from the eastern side of King’s Langley station and walk north past the car park to reach Egg Farm Lane. Take a right to follow the lane up the hill and over the M25. At 1.5 km into the walk you’ll reach a path junction at the corner of a field. Take a left to follow the field-edge path in a north easterly direction. Take a right onto Bedmond Road then a left onto Love Lane. Keep heading east as Love Lane turns into a path crossing fields. Keep following the Hertfordshire Way until you reach Chequers Lane.
Briefly follow Chequers Lane in an easterly direction then take the first path on the right heading south to High Elms Lane. Take a left to follow High Elms Lane to the A405 North Orbital Road. Take a right to find the underpass then cross under the A405. Follow Bucknalls Lane in an easterly direction, crossing over the M1 bridge. Near the end of Bucknalls Lane before it becomes Oaks Path, take a right to keep on the Hertfordshire Way through Bricket Wood into the Munden Estate.
Once in the Munden Estate look out for the path on the right cutting diagonally across the estate in a southerly direction. This will lead you onto a footbridge over the River Colne. This is the eastern boundary of the “Greater Chilterns Area” and nearly the end of the Chilterns section of the Hertfordshire Way. After the Colne continue following the Hertfordshire Way for 1.7 km until you reach St. John The Baptist Church in Aldenham Village.
Hertfordshire Way next section clockwise: Chiltern Walks: Boxmoor and Kings Langley