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Essex Suffolk
Route Essex Suffolk
Thaxted and Sturmer (96km) (60mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
An extended anticlockwise circuit around Haverhill. Heads out via Saffron Walden and returns from Sturmer via Balsham and Fulbourn.
This is a reverse version of the Sturmer and Thaxted v2 route.
Issues on this route:
(5km) (3mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(16km) (10mi) Narrow Footbridge at Hinxton Ford
(16km) (10mi) Narrow Footbridge at Hinxton Ford
Elevation gained: 663m over 96km 60mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 75km/47mi |
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1%-3%: 16km/10mi |
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3%-6%: 5km/3mi |
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6%-9%: 0.36km/0.22mi |
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9%-12%: 0.04km/0.02mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Great Shelford (6km/4mi), Little Shelford (8km/5mi), Whittlesford (11km/7mi), Duxford (14km/9mi), Hinxton (17km/10mi), Ickleton (18km/11mi), Catmere End (23km/15mi), Audley End (28km/17mi), Saffron Walden (29km/18mi), Purton End (33km/20mi), Debden (35km/21mi), Debden Green (37km/23mi), Cutlers Green (39km/25mi), Thaxted (41km/26mi), Bardfield End Green (43km/27mi), Little Sampford (48km/30mi), Tinkers Green (52km/32mi), Smith's Green (57km/35mi), Steeple Bumpstead (58km/36mi), Sturmer (62km/38mi), Calford Green (63km/39mi), Kedington (65km/40mi), Great Wratting (67km/42mi), Withersfield (70km/44mi), West Wickham (76km/47mi), Balsham (80km/50mi), Fulbourn (89km/55mi) and Cambridge (92km/57mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Duxford, Cafe 19 (14km/9mi), Saffron Walden, The Temeraire (29km/18mi), Saffron Walden, Mocha Café (29km/18mi), Saffron Walden, Goat and Grass (29km/18mi), Thaxted, Parrishes Restaurant (41km/25mi), Sturmer, Sturmer Nurseries (62km/38mi) and Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (80km/50mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.