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Essex Suffolk
Route Essex Suffolk
Balsham and Baythorne v2 (100km) (62mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
A clockwise route to Balsham and Baythorne. Takes a longer route out via Dullingham and a more direct route home.
Includes a diversion via Hadstock to avoid the Linton roadworks.
Issues on this route:
(86km) (54mi) Narrow Steps Unsurfaced Path between Babraham and Abington
(86km) (54mi) Steps Footbridge over A11 between Babraham and Abington
(96km) (60mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(86km) (54mi) Steps Footbridge over A11 between Babraham and Abington
(96km) (60mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
Elevation gained: 541m over 100km 62mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 80km/50mi |
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1%-3%: 15km/9mi |
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3%-6%: 4km/2mi |
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6%-9%: 0.31km/0.19mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Stow cum Quy (9km/6mi), Bottisham (11km/7mi), Swaffham Bulbeck (14km/9mi), Dullingham (23km/14mi), West Wratting (30km/19mi), Balsham (32km/20mi), West Wickham (36km/23mi), Withersfield (42km/26mi), Great Wratting (46km/28mi), Kedington (48km/30mi), Boyton End (52km/32mi), Wixoe (54km/33mi), Baythorne End (54km/34mi), Birdbrook (57km/35mi), Finkle Green (58km/36mi), Steeple Bumpstead (61km/38mi), Helions Bumpstead (65km/40mi), Camps End (71km/44mi), Bartlow (75km/46mi), Hadstock (78km/48mi), Linton (79km/49mi), Hildersham (83km/52mi), Little Abington (84km/52mi), Babraham (87km/54mi), Sawston (89km/56mi), Great Shelford (93km/58mi) and Cambridge (96km/60mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (32km/20mi), Baythorne Hall, Tarka's Cafe (53km/33mi), Linton, The Linton Kitchen (79km/49mi), Abington, Jeremiah's Cafe (84km/52mi) and Stapleford, Granary Cafe (92km/57mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.