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A 32 mile ride the National Trust Ashridge Estate through lovely Chilterns countryside.

START: Blackwells, 10 The Common, Chipperfield, WD4 9BS.  

ROUTE PASSES:  Bovingdon; Ley Hill; Ashley Green; Aldbury; Ringshall; Little Gaddesden; Berkhamsted; Bourne End.

TAKES IN: Ashridge Estate; Chipperfield Common.

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

A 22 mile pleasant ride on country lanes through farm land but with a few busy sections of road.

START: Car park at The Nap, Kings Langley WD4 8ET.  

ROUTE PASSES:  Bedmond; St Albans; Harpenden; Redbourn; Hemel Hempstead.

TAKES IN: Nickey Line.

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

A 41 mile ride, all on road, to Caddington through lovely Chilterns scenery.

START: Blackwells, 10 The Common, Chipperfield, WD4 9BS.  

ROUTE PASSES:  Nash Mills; Hemel Hempstead; Redbourn; Pepperstock; Caddington; Markyate; Flamstead; Piccots End; Felden.

TAKES IN: Chipperfield Common.

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

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.

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

Picturesque 30 miles road ride to Ivinghoe Beacon taking in Ashridge.

START: Active Dacorum Community Hub, Redbourn Rd, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7BA. 

ROUTE PASSES: Studham; Dagnall; Ringshall; Ivinghoe; Aldbury; Nettleden; Great Gaddesden.

TAKES IN: Ashridge.

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

A flat, easy, 14 miles ride on the Nickey Line and quiet roads to Harpenden.

START: Active Dacorum Hub, Grovehill/Woodhall Farm Adventure Playground, Redbourn Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7BA.

ROUTE PASSES: Redbourn; Harpenden.

TAKES IN: Nickey Line.

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

A flat, easy, traffic free 7 mile ride on the Nickey Line to Redbourn.

START: Active Dacorum Hub, Grovehill/Woodhall Farm Adventure Playground, Redbourn Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7BA.

ROUTE PASSES: Redbourn.

TAKES IN: Nickey Line.

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

A 22 mile pleasant ride on country lanes through farm land but with a few busy sections of road.

START: Car park at The Nap, Kings Langley WD4 8ETCar park at The Nap, Kings Langley WD4 8ET.

ROUTE PASSES: Bedmond; Potters Crouch; St Albans; Harpenden; Hemel Hempstead.

TAKES IN: Gorhambury.

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

045: Great Gaddesden

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A 31 mile ride into the Chilterns on mainly quiet lanes and canal towpath.

START: Car park at Hempstead Road/The Avenue Roundabout, Watford WD17 4NR.

ROUTE PASSES: Cassiobury; Hunton Bridge; Abbots Langley; Bedmond; Hemel Hempstead; Great Gaddesden; Potten End; Bourne End; Apsley; Kings Langley.

TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Cassiobury Park.

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

005: All Around Herts

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A 47 mile ride linking dismantled railways, cycle paths and canal towpaths, with over 35 miles traffic free and with a height climbed of only approximately 1500′ this is lovely ride.

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

CAN JOIN ROUTE AT: Meriden; Bricket Wood; St Albans; Hatfield; Welwyn Garden City; Wheathampsted; Harpenden; Redbourn; Hemel Hempstead; Kings Langley.

TAKES IN: Alban Way; Ayot Greenway; Ebury Way; Nickey Line; Grand Union Canal.

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