SearchRoute: Ashdon and the Camps (76km) (47mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Ray
Out via Coploe Hill and Saffron Walden. Back via Horseheath and Balsham.
A few hills and lots of quiet lanes. Option to return from Fulbourn via the Tins if you don't want to tackle the final hill.
Direction: south-east from Cambridge.
Elevation gained: 571m.
Counties and unitaries visited: Cambridgeshire (77%) and Essex (22%)
This route passes through Cambridge (0km) (0mi), Great Shelford (5km) (3mi), Little Shelford (8km) (5mi), Whittlesford (12km) (7mi), Duxford (15km) (9mi), Hinxton (17km) (11mi), Ickleton (19km) (12mi), Littlebury (26km) (16mi), Northend (27km) (16mi), Saffron Walden (28km) (18mi), Sewards End (32km) (20mi), Ashdon (39km) (24mi), Steventon End (41km) (25mi), Camps End (43km) (27mi), Castle Camps (45km) (28mi), Shudy Camps (48km) (30mi), Mill Green (49km) (30mi), Cardinal's Green (50km) (31mi), Horseheath (51km) (32mi), Streetly End (52km) (32mi), Balsham (56km) (35mi), Fulbourn (65km) (41mi) and Cambridge (68km) (42mi).
This route passes the following possible refreshment stops: Duxford, Graystones Cafe (15km) (10mi) and Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (57km) (36mi).
Essex