SearchRoute Suffolk Essex
Steeple Bumpstead and Sturmer (73km) (45mi)
Start: Brookside
Author: David S
An anticlockwise circuit around Haverhill to the south east of Cambridge.
Anti-clockwise recommended to have downhill from Balsham to Fulbourn. Short off-road section between Babraham and Abington with a steep footbridge.
There is a similar route starting from Babraham P&R.Issues on this route:
(11km) (7mi) Narrow Steps Unsurfaced Path between Babraham and Abington
(12km) (7mi) Steps Footbridge over A11 between Babraham and Abington
(12km) (7mi) Steps Footbridge over A11 between Babraham and Abington
Elevation gained: 428m over 73km 45mi.
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Distance covered at each grade:
<1%: 54km/34mi |
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1%-3%: 15km/10mi |
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3%-6%: 3km/1.9mi |
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6%-9%: 0.33km/0.2mi |
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This route passes through Cambridge (0km/0mi), Babraham (10km/6mi), Little Abington (13km/8mi), Linton (17km/10mi), Bartlow (20km/13mi), Castle Camps (26km/16mi), Helions Bumpstead (28km/17mi), Steeple Bumpstead (32km/20mi), Sturmer (36km/22mi), Calford Green (37km/23mi), Kedington (39km/24mi), Great Wratting (41km/25mi), Withersfield (44km/28mi), West Wratting (52km/32mi), Balsham (55km/34mi), Fulbourn (64km/39mi) and Cambridge (66km/41mi).
This route passes within about 1kmhalf a mile of the following possible refreshment stops: Sturmer Garden Centre (36km/22mi) and Balsham, The Old Butchers Cafe (54km/34mi).
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