014: Watford Green Ring

See how green Watford is on a mostly traffic free 7 mile ride with gentle gradients, taking in off-road sections, including canal towpaths, and around 1 mile of quiet roads. Hopefully the Green Ring will make cycling and walking a first choice for journeys where previously a car would have been used.  It links Croxley Business Park, Cassiobury Park, Town Hall and Library, Watford shopping centre, Watford Junction, Waterfields Recreation Ground, Watford High Street Station, Tesco and nearby retail parks, Oxhey Activity Park, Watford General Hospital and Ebury Way.

START: Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.

ROUTE PASSES: Croxley Business Park; Cassiobury Park: Town Hall and Library; Watford shopping centre; Watford Junction; Waterfields Recreation Ground; Watford High Street Station; Tesco and nearby retail parks; Oxhey Activity Park; Watford General Hospital.

TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Whippendell Wood; Ebury Way.

For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS

An 8 mile easy ride mainly on quiet roads, cycle paths and canal towpath.

START: The Cassiobury Park pay and display car park at the end of Gade Avenue, WD18 7LG.

ROUTE PASSES: Cassiobury; Hunton Bridge; Chandler’s Cross.

TAKES IN: Cassiobury Park; Grand Union Canal; Whippendell Wood.

For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS

055: Round Bricket Wood

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A 4 mile ride, mostly on quiet lanes and cycle paths with some side streets and traffic free sections.

START: Falcon Way, WD25 9AA. 

ROUTE PASSES: Bricket Wood; Garston Park.

TAKES IN: Bricket Wood.

For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS

A 7 miles ride on quiet roads and off-road exploring some of the cycle routes in West Watford..

START: Watford Cycle Hub, Chaffinch Lane WD18 9QD.

ROUTE PASSES: Waterfields Recreation Ground; Cassiobury Park.

TAKES IN: Cassiobury Park; Ebury Way.

For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS

A mostly traffic free, 4 mile off-road ride with a short section on road and a long section on canal towpath.

START: Whippendell Wood, Grove Mill Lane Car Park, WD3 4NA.

ROUTE PASSES: Cassiobury Park.

TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Whippendell Wood.

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A not too hilly 17 miles ride into classic English estate landscape, mostly on quiet roads.

START: Leavesden Country Park, WD5 0NX.

ROUTE PASSES: Garston; Bricket Wood; Potters Crouch; St Albans; Bedmond.

TAKES IN: Leavesden Country Park; Gorhambury Estate.

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With this 19 mile ride, step back in time onto some ancient bridleways that take you into Buckinghamshire and a detour to visit the Open Air Museum.

START: Outside the Harvester, Baldwins Lane WD3 3RX.

ROUTE PASSES: Croxley Green; Chorleywood; Maple Cross; West Hyde; Rickmansworth.

TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Rickmansworth Aquadrome.

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A pleasant 29 miles ride, mostly through countryside, to Burnham Beeches, not too hilly and all on road.

START: Outside the Café in the Park in the Aquadrome, Frogmoor Lane, Rickmansworth WD3 1NB. 

ROUTE PASSES: Chorleywood; Chalfont St Giles; Seer Green; Beaconsfield; Farnham Common; Fulmer; Gerrards Cross; Chalfont St Peter.

TAKES IN: Burnham Beeches, Rickmansworth Aquadrome.

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Up the hills to Bedmond with a 22 mile ride on quiet streets and lanes, cycle paths and a canal towpath.

START: Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.

ROUTE PASSES: Oxhey Park; Radlett Road Playing Fields; Meriden; Bricket Wood; Bedmond; Kings Langley; Hunton Bridge; Croxley Green.

TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Ebury Way; Whippendell Wood.

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A lovely 14 mile ride from Cassiobury Park to Chipperfield Common mainly on quiet roads, traffic free shared use paths and canal towpath with an alternative return through Whippendell Woods.

START: Cha Café, Cassiobury Park, WD18 7HY. 

ROUTE PASSES: Croxley Green; Sarratt; Belsize; Chipperfield.

TAKES IN: Chipperfield Common; Grand Union Canal; Cassiobury Park; Whippendell Woods.

For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS