Route: Stradishall, Lavenham, and Ashdon (142km) (88mi) Start: Brookside
Author: Alex
A classic all-day summer ride into Suffolk to visit the picturesque village of Lavenham.
A direct route from Cambridge to Stradishall for coffee, then quiet lanes to Lavenham for lunch. Return via Long Melford and Ridgewell to Ashdon for tea. Then back to Cambridge via Bartlow and Balsham, with a long descent to Fulbourn.
Useful for any GPS unit. Contains no cuesheet entries, only track information (breadcrumb trail).
Compatible with most modern GPS units. Provides custom cue entries, but may consume more space than FIT.
FIT is the best format for turn-by-turn directions on modern Garmin Edge Devices.
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Direction: east from Cambridge.
Elevation gained: 646m.
Counties and unitaries visited: Suffolk (47%), Cambridgeshire (37%) and Essex (15%)
This route passes through Cambridge (0km) (0mi) , Fen Ditton (5km) (3mi) , Cambridge (5km) (3mi) , Quy Waters (7km) (5mi) , Stow cum Quy (9km) (6mi) , Little Wilbraham (13km) (8mi) , Six Mile Bottom (16km) (10mi) , Brinkley (22km) (14mi) , Great Bradley (26km) (16mi) , Little Thurlow (29km) (18mi) , Little Thurlow Green (30km) (18mi) , Cock and End (35km) (22mi) , Farley Green (36km) (22mi) , Wickhambrook (38km) (23mi) , Attleton Green (38km) (24mi) , Wickhambrook (38km) (24mi) , Ashfield Green (40km) (25mi) , Hargrave (44km) (28mi) , Chevington (46km) (28mi) , Whepstead (51km) (32mi) , Lawshall (57km) (35mi) , Audley End (58km) (36mi) , Shimpling (61km) (38mi) , Bridge Street (64km) (40mi) , Lavenham (67km) (42mi) , Long Melford (75km) (47mi) , Liston (77km) (48mi) , Foxearth (80km) (50mi) , Pentlow (83km) (51mi) , Clare (88km) (55mi) , Stoke-by-Clare (91km) (57mi) , Ashen (92km) (57mi) , Ridgewell (94km) (58mi) , Wesley End (96km) (60mi) , Stambourne (97km) (60mi) , Steeple Bumpstead (102km) (63mi) , Helions Bumpstead (106km) (66mi) , Camps End (111km) (69mi) , Steventon End (113km) (70mi) , Ashdon (115km) (71mi) , Bartlow (117km) (73mi) , Balsham (124km) (77mi) , Fulbourn (133km) (83mi) and Cambridge (136km) (85mi) .
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