BEDFORDSHIRE

Dunstable - Totternhoe

Dunstable - Totternhoe

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CHOCCY
Choccy

Description: A n etwork of byways between Totternhoe, Dunstable and Sewell.  Ancient monument and nature reserve. Remains of Norman motte and bailey castle in chalk grassland.  Click here for more info and a map.  Free car park and picnic site.  Few puddles esp in summer so take water for your dogs.
Walk lengths can be varied, for 30 mins to one and half hours.  For a one-and-a-half-hour walk take steep steps on left of the car park.  Turn right and go up and over Wheelbarrow Way, along Green Lane, round to Sewell Cutting disused railway and back up Quarry way
Directions: Follow signs for Totternhoe from A505, A4146 or B489
OS Grid reference: SP986218
Classification: Field
Terrain: Demanding - Some steep cliffs.  Gets very muddy in winter
Enclosed: No, but well away from roads, so I feel its safe for my engergetic Springers to run as far as they like
Livestock:

Yes - sometimes, and you may see horses and riders

Easy access for all dogs: No
Nearest car parking: Car park off Castle Hill Road - signposted by brown sign to 'Totternhoe Knolls' near a bus shelter

 


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