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Route collection: Alternative routes to Ashwell

A collection of alternative routes to visit Ashwell and return to Cambridge.

These offer alternatives to the usual direct route via Bassingbourn.

Ashwell via Wimpole

43 miles 69 km

Start: Brookside

Beds Herts

An anticlockwise loop to Ashwell, out via Chapel Hill and Wimpole Hall, return via Bassingbourn, Shepreth and the A10 cycleway.

Ashwell via Wendy

50 miles 80 km

Start: Brookside

Herts

An alternative route to Ashwell via Wimpole that diverts through Wendy. The diversion bypasses most of the B-road but adds a few extra miles.

Ashwell via Reed

55 miles 89 km

Start: Brookside

Herts

A clockwise loop to Ashwell via Great Chishill and Reed, returning via Littlington, Bassingbourn and Melbourn.

Gamlingay and Ashwell

46 miles 74 km

Start: Brookside

Beds Herts

A simple circuit that can be ridden in either direction - and with just one climb over Chapel Hill.