Route: Sturmer and Thaxted (98km) (61mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
Heads out via Fulbourn and Balsham and then loops through Sturmer to visit Thaxted. Returns via Saffron Walden and Coploe Hill.
Busy section of road between Fulbourn and Balsham.
- Useful for any GPS unit. Contains no cuesheet entries, only track information (breadcrumb trail).
- Compatible with most modern GPS units. Provides custom cue entries, but may consume more space than FIT.
- FIT is the best format for turn-by-turn directions on modern Garmin Edge Devices.
Direction: south-east from Cambridge.
Elevation gained: 492m.
Counties and unitaries visited: Cambridgeshire (57%), Essex (31%) and Suffolk (10%)
This route passes through Cambridge (0km) (0mi), Fulbourn (6km) (4mi), Balsham (17km) (10mi), West Wickham (21km) (13mi), Withersfield (26km) (16mi), Great Wratting (30km) (19mi), Kedington (33km) (20mi), Calford Green (34km) (21mi), Sturmer (35km) (22mi), Steeple Bumpstead (39km) (24mi), Smith's Green (41km) (25mi), Tinkers Green (46km) (29mi), Little Sampford (50km) (31mi), Bardfield End Green (54km) (34mi), Thaxted (56km) (35mi), Cutlers Green (58km) (36mi), Debden Green (60km) (37mi), Debden (63km) (39mi), Purton End (65km) (40mi), Saffron Walden (68km) (42mi), Audley End (70km) (44mi), Catmere End (74km) (46mi), Ickleton (79km) (49mi), Hinxton (81km) (50mi), Duxford (83km) (52mi), Whittlesford (85km) (53mi), Little Shelford (89km) (56mi), Great Shelford (91km) (56mi) and Cambridge (93km) (58mi).
This route passes the following possible refreshment stops:
Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (17km) (11mi),
Sturmer, Sturmer Nurseries (35km) (22mi),
Ickleton, Riverside Café (78km) (48mi),
Duxford, Graystones Cafe (83km) (51mi),
Duxford, Cafe 19 (83km) (52mi) and
Duxford, Graystones Cafe (84km) (52mi).
Essex
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