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Route Essex
Thaxted, Terling, and Ashdon (142km) (88mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Alex
A classic all-day summer ride deep into Essex to visit Terling.
Heads out to Thaxted via Saffron Walden and Debden, then takes a fairly direct route to Terling via Great Bardfield. Returns via Finchingfield, and includes a short dogleg to visit the tea shop in Ashdon.
This route is in the route collection Longer all-day summer rides
Elevation gained: 1038m over 142km 88mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 110km/69mi |
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1%-3%: 22km/13mi |
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3%-6%: 8km/5mi |
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6%-9%: 1.2km/0.8mi |
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9%-12%: 0.49km/0.3mi |
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>12%: 0.22km/0.14mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Great Shelford (4km/3mi), Little Shelford (7km/4mi), Whittlesford (10km/7mi), Duxford (14km/8mi), Ickleton (17km/11mi), Littlebury (23km/14mi), Audley End (25km/15mi), Saffron Walden (26km/16mi), Purton End (30km/19mi), Debden (32km/20mi), Debden Green (35km/22mi), Cutlers Green (37km/23mi), Thaxted (39km/24mi), Bardfield End Green (40km/25mi), Little Bardfield (43km/27mi), Great Bardfield (46km/28mi), Great Saling (53km/33mi), Blake End (56km/35mi), Gransmore Green (57km/36mi), Bannister Green (60km/37mi), Hornells Corner (63km/39mi), Great Leighs (65km/40mi), Fuller Street (68km/42mi), Terling (71km/44mi), Fairstead (73km/46mi), Rank's Green (76km/47mi), Young's End (79km/49mi), Willows Green (82km/51mi), Bartholomew Green (84km/52mi), Little Common (84km/52mi), Rayne (85km/53mi), Church End (93km/58mi), Shalford (94km/59mi), Sand Hill (95km/59mi), Wethersfield (96km/60mi), Finchingfield (100km/62mi), Little Sampford (104km/64mi), Great Sampford (106km/66mi), Radwinter (110km/68mi), The Common (111km/69mi), Ashdon (115km/72mi), Bartlow (119km/74mi), Balsham (126km/78mi), Fulbourn (135km/84mi) and Cambridge (138km/86mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Duxford, Cafe 19 (13km/8mi), Ickleton, Riverside Café (17km/11mi), Saffron Walden, The Temeraire (26km/16mi), Saffron Walden, Mocha Café (26km/16mi), Saffron Walden, Goat and Grass (26km/16mi), Great Bardfield, The Vine (46km/28mi), Great Bardfield, The Blue Egg (47km/29mi), Ashdon, Village Museum (cash only) (115km/71mi) and Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (126km/78mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.