SearchRoute Essex Suffolk
Sturmer and Thaxted (103km) (64mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
Heads out via Fulbourn and Six Mile Bottom and then loops through Sturmer to visit Thaxted. Returns via Saffron Walden and Coploe Hill.
Issues on this route:
(88km) (55mi) Narrow Footbridge at Hinxton Ford
(100km) (62mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(101km) (63mi) Closure Southern busway cycle path closure
(100km) (62mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(101km) (63mi) Closure Southern busway cycle path closure
Elevation gained: 691m over 103km 64mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 86km/54mi |
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1%-3%: 11km/7mi |
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3%-6%: 5km/3mi |
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6%-9%: 0.7km/0.41mi |
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9%-12%: 0.07km/0.05mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Fulbourn (7km/5mi), Great Wilbraham (12km/8mi), Little Wilbraham (15km/9mi), Six Mile Bottom (18km/11mi), West Wratting (26km/16mi), Withersfield (32km/20mi), Great Wratting (36km/22mi), Kedington (39km/24mi), Calford Green (41km/25mi), Sturmer (41km/26mi), Steeple Bumpstead (45km/28mi), Smith's Green (47km/29mi), Tinkers Green (52km/32mi), Little Sampford (56km/35mi), Bardfield End Green (60km/37mi), Thaxted (62km/38mi), Cutlers Green (64km/40mi), Debden Green (66km/41mi), Debden (69km/43mi), Purton End (71km/44mi), Saffron Walden (74km/46mi), Audley End (76km/47mi), Catmere End (80km/50mi), Ickleton (85km/53mi), Hinxton (87km/54mi), Duxford (89km/55mi), Whittlesford (91km/56mi), Little Shelford (96km/59mi), Great Shelford (97km/60mi) and Cambridge (99km/62mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Sturmer Garden Centre (41km/26mi), Saffron Walden, The Temeraire (75km/46mi), Saffron Walden, Mocha Café (75km/46mi), Saffron Walden, Goat and Grass (75km/46mi), Ickleton, Riverside Café (84km/52mi) and Duxford, Cafe 19 (card only) (89km/55mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.