Walking The Chiltern Way Part 3 - Chalk Hill to Streatley

Start: White Lion Pub Watling Street, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU6 1RS
Finish: The Chequers, 171 Sharpenhoe Road, Streatley, Luton, LU3 3PS
Distance: 16.4 km (10.2 Miles)
Elevation: +184m / -149m. Net +35m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): Chiltern Way, Icknield Way, Chalgrave Heritage Trail, John Bunyan Trail
Other Routes Touched (cycle): Chilterns Cycleway, Icknield Way Trail (cycle route)
Pubs / Cafes on route: White Lion (at start), The Old Red Lion (1.8 km in), The Star (6.4 km in), Red Lion Sundon (9.1 km in), The Chequers (at end).
Map: OS Explorer Map (193) Luton and Stevenage
Links: Houghton Regis, Chalton, Sundon, National Trust Sharpenhoe, Streatley

This is the third of a series of point to point walks on the Chiltern Way. The full trail is a 134 mile (215 km) long distance path around the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). My friend Brian and I have been doing a section a year on or around the Winter Solstice since 2019. At the current rate we plan to be finished in December 2027. The Chiltern Way is well sign-posted however you should take a map or GPX route to keep on track and be prepared for all weathers. This post isn’t intended as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.

We had already covered this section of the Chiltern Way a couple of years before when walking the Chalk Hill to Pirton section of the Icknield Way. Not feeling the need to retrace these 16 km, we picked up again at Streatley (see part 4 of Walking The Chiltern Way).

Looking back at the map when writing the Chiltern Way posts it looks like the Chiltern Way between Chalk Hill and Streatley now takes a different route to the Icknield Way. Presumably this was due to the development of housing and distribution warehouses around the A5/M1 corridor.