SearchRoute Essex Suffolk
Clare via Linton, Bumpsteads and Ridgewell (96km) (60mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
A classic route to Clare via Linton and the Bumpsteads mostly avoiding main roads.
Takes a short return route via Weston Colville and Six-mile Bottom - can extend the return route via Dullingham and Swaffham Bulbeck if you want to avoid the busy road from Six-mile Bottom.
Issues on this route:
(5km) (3mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(15km) (9mi) Narrow Steps Unsurfaced Path between Babraham and Abington
(15km) (9mi) Steps Footbridge over A11 between Babraham and Abington
(15km) (9mi) Narrow Steps Unsurfaced Path between Babraham and Abington
(15km) (9mi) Steps Footbridge over A11 between Babraham and Abington
Elevation gained: 435m over 96km 60mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 81km/50mi |
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1%-3%: 13km/8mi |
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3%-6%: 3km/1.7mi |
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6%-9%: 0.05km/0.03mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Great Shelford (6km/3mi), Sawston (11km/7mi), Babraham (14km/9mi), Little Abington (16km/10mi), Linton (20km/13mi), Bartlow (24km/15mi), Camps End (29km/18mi), Helions Bumpstead (33km/21mi), Steeple Bumpstead (37km/23mi), Stambourne (41km/26mi), Wesley End (43km/27mi), Ridgewell (45km/28mi), Ashen (47km/29mi), Clare (51km/31mi), Chilton Street (55km/34mi), Brockley Green (59km/37mi), Kedington (60km/38mi), Great Wratting (63km/39mi), Great Thurlow (66km/41mi), Temple End (68km/42mi), Carlton Green (71km/44mi), Weston Green (72km/45mi), Weston Colville (74km/46mi), Six Mile Bottom (81km/50mi), Little Wilbraham (85km/53mi), Stow cum Quy (88km/55mi) and Cambridge (91km/56mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Stapleford, Granary Cafe (8km/5mi), Clare, Platform One Cafe (51km/32mi), Quy, The White Swan (87km/54mi) and Teversham, Darwin Nurseries (90km/56mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.