We’re a Ramblers group aimed mainly at people in their 20s, 30s and slightly older, offering led walks and social events across Herts, Beds and south Cambs.
This walk is for up to 25 people, including the leader.
All aboard! The second of our series of walks following former railway lines in our area, this time taking on the Cole Green Way between Welwyn Garden City and Hertford, after exploring Panshanger country park.
From Hertford North station we'll head to Panshanger Park to enjoy its landscaped scenery, lakes and ancient trees - including the historic Great Oak - and hopefully be treated to a magnificent dispay of daffodils. We then make our way to the edge of WGC via woodland to find the start of the Cole Green Way, the former route of the Welwyn to Hertford branch line of the Great Northern Railway.
We'll follow this now rural leisure path its entire length back to Hertford, stopping for our packed lunches at the former Cole Green station where the old platforms are still visible. Handily there is also a pub just off the trail here so we'll take on board some refreshments! Once in Hertford we'll wind through the town via its castle and other historic buildings, heading back to Hertford North alongside the River Beane.
Dogs are welcome on a lead.
Booking your place: If you would like to join, you must book in advance using the Stag Walkers Meetup group - see Notes for how to book & what to bring. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking so that someone else can take your place.
Please do not turn up for a walk without booking, as places are limited.
Unless you opt in to further communications, we will only use contact information you provide to get in touch about the walk.
Please car-share or use public transport if possible. To offer a lift or ask for one from a fellow walker, please use the Meetup event page.
This is a circular walk.
Please be aware of the walk grade: walks are graded Easy, Leisurely, Moderate or Strenuous
Use our Meetup group to book your place on the walk: https://www.meetup.com/StagWalkers/
Book your place via the Stag Walkers Meetup group by clicking the ‘Attend’ button on the event page. If the walk is full, click ‘join waitlist’ and you will be added if a place becomes available. If you’re on the waitlist, please check back regularly to see if you have been added to the attending list.
Please:
DO NOT book onto a walk unless you are pretty sure you will be able to make it.
UPDATE YOUR RSVP. We understand ‘life happens’ so if you need to change your RSVP please do this at least 24 hours before the walk and before booking closes to enable someone else to take your place.
DON’T NO-SHOW on the day unless it is absolutely unavoidable (we do understand ‘life happens’) because it prevents others from enjoying a walk if it is fully booked.
*TAKE NOTE that if you no-show and/or cancel after the booking closing deadline three times, without extenuating circumstances, we will decline further bookings from you for a period of six weeks.*
Bring a packed lunch/snacks and drinks, appropriate clothing for the conditions and optionally a basic first aid kit.
Please follow NHS guidelines and do not attend the walk if you are unwell.
We are a Ramblers group, non members are welcome to try us out for two or three free walks before joining Ramblers as a full member.
As a charity we ask that non-members consider making a voluntary donation to Ramblers until they become a full member. We suggest £3-4 per walk. You can donate in person or online.
The Ramblers’ Association is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Company registration number: 4458492. Registered Charity in England and Wales number: 1093577. Registered office: First Floor, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE.
Hertford North station car park, North Road, Hertford SG14 1NB (entrance on Beane Road). Parking £3.30. If travelling by public transport from stations to the north, the train from from Stevenage arrives at 09.42
