Driving roads around Hertfordshire ??

[SimonV8ster]

Are there any genuinely good driving roads in and around Hertfordshire area ??

[homicide]

Loads, where abouts do you live? if you are near baldock, take the a507 from baldock to buntingford,watch out for sharp bends and bikers. Or, take the road from hitchin to welwyn.

[oggs]

Loads around. Some cracking roads in Beds/ Bucks as well

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oggs said:

Loads around. Some cracking roads in Beds/ Bucks as well

Yep, especially the b660!

[oggs]

Scene of a few Dunstable Hoons the B660

Lovely around Shefford to Sandy

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oggs said:

Scene of a few Dunstable Hoons the B660

Lovely around Shefford to Sandy

Oh yes, spent many a happy hour hooning around shefford/sandy and also round about oldwarden/shuttleworth areas. The more i think about it, there are some excellent roads around this area!!

[SimonV8ster]

I don't live around there but theres a performance hire company whos based there, I just wondered what was around there as I don't know the area at all !!.

Sounds like there's a few places so won't discount it yet !!

Thanks for the responses.

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oggs said:

Loads around. Some cracking roads in Beds/ Bucks as well

On the subject of Bucks, do you know the back road (B485 I think) between Chesham to Great Missenden? Not all that long but lovely, uncrowded road with big widen open sweeping bends and some nice views.

[Chris71]

Whereabouts are you thinking?

You won't get any "wow, this is better than Snowdonia and Dartmoor put together" roads I don't suppose, but there are some entertaining twisty, reasonably quiet stretches.

As a starting point. Take the road from Welwyn to Hitchin, then continue along the road from Hitchin to Barton Le Clay and, instead of going all the way to the end, explore a few side turnings. The one near Higham Gobian is quite fun.

Another one that a lot of London dwellers rate is the B158 from Potters Bar to Hertford, it's a bit busy though during sociable hours. However, beyond there, the roads towards Bishops Stortford are rather entertaining (head for the Hadhams...) and, if you keep going, North West Essex has some cracking roads.

[Dagnir]

Good shout!

Just been up that way and good fun when you don't get stuck behind someone...

So thanks