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Wendens Ambo via Chrishall v3 (72km) (45mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: Rupert
A varied route to Wendens Ambo via Chrishall. With a longer return via Saffron Walden.
This variant adds a short loop on the less used roads around Duddenhoe End and adds a longer route home via Saffron Walden.
This route is in the route collection Alternative routes to Wendens Ambo
Issues on this route:
(3km) (2mi) Closure Southern busway cycle path closure
(5km) (3mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
(5km) (3mi) Diversion DNA path diverted at north end.
Elevation gained: 368m over 72km 45mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 62km/38mi |
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1%-3%: 7km/4mi |
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3%-6%: 2km/1.4mi |
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6%-9%: 0.8km/0.48mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Great Shelford (6km/4mi), Little Shelford (8km/5mi), Newton (12km/7mi), Thriplow (14km/9mi), Fowlmere (16km/10mi), Crawley End (24km/15mi), Chrishall (24km/15mi), Lower Pond Street (27km/17mi), Upper Pond Street (28km/17mi), Duddenhoe End (28km/18mi), Cooper's End (30km/18mi), Littlebury Green (37km/23mi), Audley End (40km/25mi), Saffron Walden (42km/26mi), Little Walden (46km/29mi), Chapelend (47km/29mi), Hadstock (50km/31mi), Linton (52km/32mi), Great Abington (56km/35mi), Sawston (61km/38mi), Great Shelford (65km/40mi) and Cambridge (68km/42mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Newton, The Queen's Head (11km/7mi), Newton, Days Bakery and Farmshop (11km/7mi), Wendens Ambo, The Mixing Shed Cafe (card only) (33km/21mi), Saffron Walden, The Temeraire (42km/26mi), Saffron Walden, Mocha Café (42km/26mi), Saffron Walden, Goat and Grass (42km/26mi), Hildersham, Flourish farm cafe (53km/33mi) and Stapleford, Granary Cafe (64km/40mi).
We welcome corrections and updates.