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Icknield Way Trail – Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery loop from Dunstable

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East Of England

Central Bedfordshire

Icknield Way Trail – Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery loop from Dunstable

Moderate

42

runners

Icknield Way Trail – Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery loop from Dunstable

01:11

9.61km

140m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Some sure footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Chilterns National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

5.90 km

View from the Dunstable Downs

Highlight • Natural Monument

Lovely double track along the Dunstable Downs with stunning views across to Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

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2

6.18 km

Dunstable Downs Viewpoint

Highlight (Segment) • Cafe

Great views on the central segment of the Dunstable Downs Traverse. Mainly grassy chalk downland suitable for MTB or gravel bike

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3

6.77 km

Armada Beacon

Highlight • Historical Site

During Elizabethan times the country was on a state of alert, this time from the Spanish. Overshadowed by fear of invasion, fire beacons were placed along the coast as an …

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4

7.67 km

Icknield Way Trail

Highlight • Trail

The 110 mile long Icknield Way is an ancient road which runs along the side of the Downs, its history dating back 6,500 years. Connecting East Anglia to important sites …

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5

8.06 km

Medieval Rabbit Warrens, Chilterns National Landscape

Highlight • Historical Site

These mounds were not burial places but medieval rabbit warrens. The first mound or more southerly mound is rectangular, while the next mound is a 105-foot (32-m) long bank. After …

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6

8.22 km

View of Dunstable Downs

Highlight • Natural Monument

7

8.38 km

Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery

Highlight • Historical Site

The Five Knolls are prehistoric burial mounds or barrows. There are two pond barrows, which are circular flat areas surrounded by raised banks. The mounds are believed to be from …

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8

8.46 km

View of Dunstable Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

B

9.61 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.03 km

1.87 km

925 m

680 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.26 km

1.54 km

740 m

712 m

251 m

< 100 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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