Hiking routes around Watford

No national or international trail comes within 15 km; the longest-distance routes here are regional. London Outer Orbital Path passes through Watford: 24 sections with 244 km mapped in all, 53 km of them within 15 km. Grand Union Canal Walk passes through Watford: 7 sections with 273 km mapped in all, 43 km of them within 15 km. Hertfordshire Way has more of its length here than any other route: 58 km within 15 km, of 311 km in all. Of the routes listed here, the longest is The Chiltern Way, 367 km long. Regional routes account for the largest share: 367 of the 671 km of waymarked route within 15 km. Most of the 48 local routes are short walks: 32 of them are under 10 km. Operators named on the routes listed here include Brent Council, Chiltern Society and London Borough of Harrow.

• Hertfordshire WayRegional58 km within 15 km · 311 km in all
• London Outer Orbital PathRegional · LOOP · 24 sections53 km within 15 km · 244 km in all · Erith to PurfleetTfL Transport for London
• Grand Union Canal WalkRegional · 7 sections43 km within 15 km · 273 km in all
• Chiltern Heritage TrailRegional37 km within 15 km · 81 km in allChiltern Society
• The Chiltern WayRegional · CW29 km within 15 km · 367 km in allThe Chiltern Society
• Hillingdon TrailLocal24 km within 15 km · about 29 km in all · Cranford to Harefield
• Capital RingRegional · 16 sections23 km within 15 km · 125 km in allTfL
• London LOOP (Section 16)Regional · LOOP · 6 sections19 km within 15 km · Elstree to CockfostersBrent Council
• South Bucks WayRegional18 km within 15 km · 37 km in all · Coombe Hill to Denham
• London LOOP (Section 15)Regional · LOOP · 4 sections17 km within 15 km · Hatch End to ElstreeLondon Borough of Harrow
• Watling Chase Timberland TrailLocal16 km within 15 km · Elstree and Borehamwood station to Smallwood
• Celandine RouteLocal15 km within 15 km · about 18 km in all · Pinner to Grand Union Canal at Cowley

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 15 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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