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Balsham and Clare (105km) (65mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
An anticlockwise route to Clare with a diversion to visit Balsham and Horseheath. Returns via Dullingham and Swaffham Bulbeck.
Option for a shorter return via Six-Mile Bottom.
Issues on this route:
(5km) (3mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(30km) (19mi) Kerbs Narrow Footpath cut-through at Horseheath
(30km) (19mi) Kerbs Narrow Footpath cut-through at Horseheath
Elevation gained: 538m over 105km 65mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 88km/55mi |
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1%-3%: 14km/9mi |
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3%-6%: 3km/2mi |
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6%-9%: 0.21km/0.13mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Great Shelford (5km/3mi), Sawston (10km/6mi), Great Abington (16km/10mi), Hildersham (19km/12mi), Balsham (23km/15mi), West Wickham (28km/17mi), Streetly End (29km/18mi), Horseheath (29km/18mi), Cardinal's Green (31km/19mi), Mill Green (32km/20mi), Nosterfield End (34km/21mi), Castle Camps (35km/22mi), Helions Bumpstead (38km/23mi), Steeple Bumpstead (41km/26mi), Stambourne (46km/28mi), Wesley End (48km/30mi), Ridgewell (49km/31mi), Ashen (52km/32mi), Clare (55km/34mi), Chilton Street (59km/37mi), Brockley Green (63km/39mi), Kedington (64km/40mi), Great Wratting (67km/42mi), Great Thurlow (70km/43mi), Temple End (72km/45mi), Carlton Green (75km/46mi), Carlton (76km/47mi), Brinkley (79km/49mi), Burrough End (80km/50mi), Westley Waterless (81km/50mi), Dullingham (84km/52mi), Swaffham Bulbeck (92km/57mi), Bottisham (94km/58mi), Stow cum Quy (98km/61mi), Quy Waters (100km/62mi) and Cambridge (100km/62mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Stapleford, Granary Cafe (7km/5mi), Hildersham, Flourish farm cafe (18km/11mi), Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (23km/15mi), Clare, Platform One Cafe (56km/35mi), Quy, The White Swan (97km/60mi) and Teversham, Darwin Nurseries (99km/62mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.