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Ashwell via Wimpole (70km) (43mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Ray
An anticlockwise loop to Ashwell, out via Chapel Hill and Wimpole Hall, return via Bassingbourn, Shepreth and the A10 cycleway.
A short stretch of B-road to Eyeworth to pick up a quiet lane into Ashwell. Option to return via Melbourn and Fowlmere if you don't fancy the A10 cycleway.
This route is in the route collection Alternative routes to Ashwell
Elevation gained: 234m over 70km 43mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 65km/40mi |
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1%-3%: 4km/2mi |
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3%-6%: 0.7km/0.44mi |
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6%-9%: 0.31km/0.2mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Roman Hill (5km/3mi), Barton (5km/3mi), Haslingfield (8km/5mi), Barrington (11km/7mi), Orwell (15km/9mi), Old Wimpole (18km/11mi), Arrington (20km/13mi), Croydon (22km/14mi), Tadlow (27km/16mi), Wrestlingworth (29km/18mi), Eyeworth (30km/19mi), Ashwell (38km/24mi), Steeple Morden (41km/26mi), Morden Green (43km/26mi), Litlington (44km/28mi), Bassingbourn (47km/29mi), Kneesworth (48km/30mi), Meldreth (51km/32mi), Shepreth (54km/34mi), Foxton (57km/35mi), Harston (59km/37mi), Hauxton (62km/38mi) and Cambridge (64km/39mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Barrington, Village Hall (cash only) (11km/7mi), Wimpole Hall, The Old Rectory Restaurant (18km/11mi) and Ashwell, Days bakery (takeaway shop) (37km/23mi).
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