A 7 mile ride, mostly on quiet lanes and cycle paths, with some side streets and traffic free sections and a short stetch of road which is busier at peak, commuter times.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL).
ROUTE PASSES: Meriden; Bricket Wood; Garston.
TAKES IN: Bricket Wood Common.
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An easy 11 mile ride through back streets and cycle paths to “lang leah” granted to the abbot of St Albans in the time of Edward the Confessor.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL) across the road from the Rugby Club.
ROUTE PASSES: Meriden; Leavesden; Abbots Langley.
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An 11 mile ride on quiet streets and lanes, and lovely off-road sections with one potentially busy section that has a cycle path alongside it.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL) is across the road from the Rugby Club.
ROUTE PASSES: Colney Street; Bricket Wood; Meriden.
TAKES IN: Bricket Wood Common.
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Quiet lanes and a bridleway on this 7 mile ride to the North West of Watford.
START: Outside the Harvester, at the roundabout at the junction of Baldwins Lane and the A412. (WD3 3RX).
ROUTE PASSES: Chandler’s Cross; Loudwater.
TAKES IN: Whippendell Woods.
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A short 9 miles ride into the countryside that defies the M1, mostly off-road tracks with quiet on-road sections.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL), across the road from the Rugby Club..
ROUTE PASSES: Aldenham; Patchetts Green; Bushey.
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A flat, easy 8 mile ride, with traffic free sections that shows how close the Green Belt is to Watford.
START: Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.
ROUTE PASSES: Carpenters Park; Bushey; Watford.
TAKES IN: Ebury Way; Merryhill Greenway.
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A traffic free and flat 6.5 mile ride to the Rickmansworth Aquadrome and back using the Ebury Way and the canal towpath.
START: Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.
ROUTE PASSES: Batchworth Lock, Rickmansworth WD3 1JJ; Aquadrome, Frogmoor Lane, Rickmansworth WD3 1NB.
TAKES IN: Ebury Way; Grand Union Canal.
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A traffic free and flat 6.8 mile ride from the Aquadrome to the Watford Cycle Hub using the Ebury Way and canal towpath.
START: Outside the Café in the Park, Aquadrome, Frogmoor Lane, Rickmansworth WD3 1NB.
ROUTE PASSES: Batchworth Lock, Rickmansworth WD3 1JJ; Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.
TAKES IN: Ebury Way; Grand Union Canal.
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A flat and traffic free 5.7 mile ride to Batchworth Lock and back using the Ebury Way.
START: Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.
ROUTE PASSES: Batchworth Lock, Rickmansworth WD3 1JJ.
TAKES IN: Ebury Way; Grand Union Canal.
For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS