Thought to be the oldest track in Britain, dating from Neolithic times (4,000-2,000 BC). It was the trade route of the Iceni, an early British tribe, linking the Norfolk Coast to the downlands of south-central England.

County: Buckinghamshire
Distance: 105 miles
Difficulty of walk: Moderate
Estimated time to complete walk:
Terrain details: Signed route - on and off road.
Type of route: Linear
Starts: Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckingh(Grid reference: -)
Ends: Knettishall Heath, Suffol(Grid reference: TL952801)
Amenities available on route: A guide to accommodation and stabling is available. Public houses can be found at Whiteleaf, Little Hampden, Wiggington, Cow Roast and Aldbury. Shops are located at Princes Risborough, Wendover and Tring.
How to get there: Much of the route is quite close to the railway with fairly frequent services at most stations except on Sundays, when some lines have a very limited afternoon service only. There is a reasonable railway link between Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Royston, Great Chesterford (closed on Sundays), Dullingham (for Stetchworth), Newmarket, Kennett (for Kentford) and Thetford. Some of these connections will involve changes at Cambridge or Ely. There are also useful stations providing access to the route at Tring, Luton and Luton Leagrave. National Rail enquiry line - 08457 484950. It is important to realise that bus services to many of the rural communities along the route are few and far between - and these are often only weekday school and commuter services.County Councils provide travel information services which can be contacted as below. Bedfordshire 01234 228337 Buckinghamshire 0345 382000 Cambridgeshire 01223 717740 Essex 0345 000333 Hertfordshire 0345 244344 Norfolk 0500 626116 Suffolk 0645 583358
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