Rail Trails Walk: Cole Green Way & Panshanger Park (10.5 miles / 17km - Moderate, Booking Required)

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.