Icknield Way Trail

The Icknield Way Trail is a 170-mile multi-use route running through seven counties from the Chilterns into East Anglia. and following or shadowing the ancient Icknield Way. It was developed as a cycling route based on the Icknield Way Path, with which it shares much of its route.

A number of small loops have been added to enable the Trai8l to be ridden on horseback.

The Icknield Way claims to be ‘the oldest road in Britain’, consisting of prehistoric pathways, ancient when the Romans came. The waymarkers for the Icknield Way Trail and Path therefore depict a stone-age axe.

The Trail runs from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire, as does the Icknield Way Path, and runs east-north-eastwards through or along the borders of:

• Oxfordshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Bedfordshire
• Hertfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Essex
• Suffolk

It finishes at Knettishall Heath in the north of Suffolk, near in Thetford, and where the Peddars Way begins, ready to head north through Norfolk.

The trail links the Peddars Way National Trail in Suffolk with the Ridgeway National Trail in Buckinghamshire, which in turn links with The Ridgeway. Wherever possible the Icknield Way Trail follows the walkers' route, the Icknield Way Path, but diverges at several locations to ensure the Icknield Way Trail follows bridleways, byways and, where necessary, roads. Walkers can pass over footpaths and therefore can access more direct and/or scenic routes.

Outside links

• Icknield Way Trail
• The Icknield Way Trail at the LWDA