Welher two

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Welher one is probably the best cycling route between Welwyn and Hertford, but an alternative that may be more interesting for walkers is to go through Panshanger Park. There are three or four kissing gates in Panshanger Park but this route could be cycled as well.
Leave the station via the footbridge taking the sign for Broadwater (photo 1). Turn right at the bottom of the footbridge stairs onto Hydeway, passing the old Shredded Wheat factory. Cross Broadwater Road and continue on Hydeway to Peartree Lane. Cross over and turn left onto Ravensfield Road - a slightly confusing junction (photo 2). Follow this to Bridge Road East and cross over onto Swallowfields, the B+Q store on your left (photo 3). Take the first right turn and then left immediately into Swallow End. This leads down to what remains of the railway between Welwyn and Hertford which is sadly no longer continuous as a route - what shortsightedness (photo 4). Instead the path crosses over it and leads to Watchmead. Turn right and follow Watchmead as it winds left (photo 5) and joins Black Fan Road (photo 6). The next section is rather dull for walkers: press on along Black Fan Road for 500m, passing two junctions on the way, till you reach Panshanger Drive. The entrance to Morrisons is on the right. Turn left onto Panshanger Drive and follow it for about 400m, crossing to the other side at a suitable crossing point . Just before the large roundabout, take the signed footpath to the right (photo 7). This is a pleasant leafy path that runs behind houses (photo 8). Cross Sylvan Way and continue in the same direction. After about 200m the path swings left, crosses Dalewood, a quiet cul de sac, then curves to the right past allotments before arriving at a track and a hedge which marks the edge of the town (photo 9). Carry straight on, across a field, past or through a wood (photo 10), and across another field, all on a well used path, until you reach Panshanger Lane.
Turn left and follow the road for 500m till you reach a gate into Panshanger Park (photo 11). There is a separate kissing gate marked 'Butterfield Way'. (This road section could be avoided by taking paths through the woods but they are not marked as public rights of way.) The paths in the Park on the other hand are permissive paths and this is completely safe, quiet and delightful. The path joins the main track, passes a timber barn, then as the track swings left you want to carry on in the same direction over rough grass down the slope (photo 12). The path follows the south side of the River Mimram and lake until it reaches a gate. Turn left here, cross the river, and at Riverside Cottage with its noisy generator turn right through a kissing gate. The path ahead is a broad stretch of open grassland (photo 13) and eventually comes to a large timber kissing gate into the car park serving the Park. Go through this onto Thieves Lane, turn right down to the busy A414 roundabout, turn left, and after a few yards take the path on the left leading up to the remains of Old Hertingfordbury Road (photo 14). After about 120m, there is footpath signed on the left that climbs steeply up the hill. Take this and follow it round to the right. The path runs between back gardens with good views across the town. After about 700m, it curves to the left and there is a right turn across a footbridge over the railway with Hertford North station down below (photo 15). Follow the path till it joins Royston Close, turn left onto Sele Road down to North Road. Turn right onto North Road and carry on into the centre of Hertford via St Andrews Street, The Wash and Maidenhead Street. The rest of the route to Hertford East station is through the town

Welher one is probably the best cycling route between Welwyn and Hertford, but an alternative that may be more interesting for walkers is to go through Panshanger Park. There are three or four kissing gates in Panshanger Park but this route could be cycled as well.
Leave the station via the footbridge taking the sign for Broadwater (photo 1). Turn right at the bottom of the footbridge stairs onto Hydeway, passing the old Shredded Wheat factory. Cross Broadwater Road and continue on Hydeway to Peartree Lane. Cross over and turn left onto Ravensfield Road - a slightly confusing junction (photo 2). Follow this to Bridge Road East and cross over onto Swallowfields, the B+Q store on your left (photo 3). Take the first right turn and then left immediately into Swallow End. This leads down to what remains of the railway between Welwyn and Hertford which is sadly no longer continuous as a route - what shortsightedness (photo 4). Instead the path crosses over it and leads to Watchmead. Turn right and follow Watchmead as it winds left (photo 5) and joins Black Fan Road (photo 6). The next section is rather dull for walkers: press on along Black Fan Road for 500m, passing two junctions on the way, till you reach Panshanger Drive. The entrance to Morrisons is on the right. Turn left onto Panshanger Drive and follow it for about 400m, crossing to the other side at a suitable crossing point . Just before the large roundabout, take the signed footpath to the right (photo 7). This is a pleasant leafy path that runs behind houses (photo 8). Cross Sylvan Way and continue in the same direction. After about 200m the path swings left, crosses Dalewood, a quiet cul de sac, then curves to the right past allotments before arriving at a track and a hedge which marks the edge of the town (photo 9). Carry straight on, across a field, past or through a wood (photo 10), and across another field, all on a well used path, until you reach Panshanger Lane.
Turn left and follow the road for 500m till you reach a gate into Panshanger Park (photo 11). There is a separate kissing gate marked 'Butterfield Way'. (This road section could be avoided by taking paths through the woods but they are not marked as public rights of way.) The paths in the Park on the other hand are permissive paths and this is completely safe, quiet and delightful. The path joins the main track, passes a timber barn, then as the track swings left you want to carry on in the same direction over rough grass down the slope (photo 12). The path follows the south side of the River Mimram and lake until it reaches a gate. Turn left here, cross the river, and at Riverside Cottage with its noisy generator turn right through a kissing gate. The path ahead is a broad stretch of open grassland (photo 13) and eventually comes to a large timber kissing gate into the car park serving the Park. Go through this onto Thieves Lane, turn right down to the busy A414 roundabout, turn left, and after a few yards take the path on the left leading up to the remains of Old Hertingfordbury Road (photo 14). After about 120m, there is footpath signed on the left that climbs steeply up the hill. Take this and follow it round to the right. The path runs between back gardens with good views across the town. After about 700m, it curves to the left and there is a right turn across a footbridge over the railway with Hertford North station down below (photo 15). Follow the path till it joins Royston Close, turn left onto Sele Road down to North Road. Turn right onto North Road and carry on into the centre of Hertford via St Andrews Street, The Wash and Maidenhead Street. The rest of the route to Hertford East station is through the town