🥾 Walking route
STOOP Link Path 5 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path
Hertfordshire
- 📏 3.8 km · 2.4 mi
- ⛰ +61 m
- ⏱ 60 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance3.8 km · 2.4 mi
- Elevation+61 m
- Duration60 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainGentle field and woodland paths with modest ascent
- Best seasonSpring to autumn
- DogsDog friendly, keep on lead near livestock and roads
About this walk
This 3.8 km link path forms part of the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP), a network of walking routes circling the town and its rural fringes. Starting near Knebworth, the trail heads out through quiet Hertfordshire countryside towards Norton Green Pond, gaining a gentle 61 metres of ascent along the way.
The route sits within easy reach of Knebworth Country Park, whose grounds are a well-known local landmark, along with The Barns Restaurant and The Garden Terrace Tea Room for a pre or post-walk refuel. Burleighcroft Wood adds a pocket of woodland character close by, while the modern Gravity venue offers another option for rounding off the day.
As a linear route of around an hour, it works well as a one-way stretch of a longer STOOP circuit or as a gentle standalone outing. The going is straightforward and the gradients modest, making it accessible for most walkers looking for a manageable slice of the Hertfordshire countryside between Knebworth and Stevenage.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
2 waypoints along the way
- 1
Start: Knebworth
- Start
The start of the route.
- 2
Norton Green Pond
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Knebworth Country Park
~236 m off the route
The Barns Restaurant
~387 m off the route
Burleighcroft Wood
~468 m off the route
The Garden Terrace Tea Room
~393 m off the route
Gravity
~468 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).