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Newmarket Road P&R to Wicken (45km) (28mi)
Start: Newmarket Road Park and Ride
Author: Rupert
Ride out to Wicken Fen via Burwell and back via Upware. A slightly longer version of the Reach ride.
This route avoids a difficult footbridge on the Lodes Way (the bridge over Burwell Lode). There is a short section of busy road just west of Wicken.
This route is in the route collection Centenary Ride Collection
Elevation gained: 99m over 45km 28mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 44km/27mi |
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1%-3%: 0.7km/0.41mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Quy Waters (1km/1mi), Stow cum Quy (3km/2mi), Bottisham (5km/3mi), Swaffham Bulbeck (8km/5mi), Swaffham Prior (10km/6mi), Reach (13km/8mi), Burwell (16km/10mi), Wicken (22km/14mi), Upware (28km/17mi), River Bank (30km/18mi), Lode (37km/23mi), Stow cum Quy (41km/25mi), Quy Waters (43km/27mi) and Cambridge (44km/27mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Burwell, Village Green Coffee Shop (15km/9mi), Wicken Fen, Docky Hut Cafe (21km/13mi) and Lode, Anglesey Abbey (38km/23mi).
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