Not all the way to London but a pleasant 18 miles excursion on quiet streets and lanes you never knew existed.
START: Oxhey Activity Park, Wiggenhall Road WD18 OHZ.
ROUTE PASSES: Radlett Road Playing Fields; Patchetts Green; Elstree; Stanmore; Bushey Heath.
TAKES IN: Bricket Wood Common.
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Back streets and lanes 13 miles ride to Bedmond.
START: The pay and display Avenue car park at the end of Hempstead Road, WD17 4WP.
ROUTE PASSES: Cassiobury; Leavesden; Bedmond; Abbots Langley; Hunton Bridge.
TAKES IN: Cassiobury Park.
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A 14 mile ride into the Chilterns on quiet lanes.
START: Cassiobury car park, Gade Avenue, Watford WD18 7LG.
ROUTE PASSES: Cassiobury; Belsize/Chipperfield; Sarratt.
TAKES IN: Cassiobury Park; Whippendell Woods.
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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 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.
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A 16 mile ride through the green belt between Watford and Radlett/Borehamwood.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park at the roundabout at the junction of Radlett Road and Colonial Drive, WD24 4J.
ROUTE PASSES: Patchetts Green; Aldenham; Colney Street; Smug Oak; Meriden.
TAKES IN: Bricket Wood Common.
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A surprising 18 mile excursion down the Colne River Valley, through the rural hinterlands of Hillingdon and back though South Oxhey, much of this off-road.
START: Watford Cycle Hub, Chaffinch Lane, Watford, WD18 9QD.
ROUTE PASSES: Rickmansworth; Harefield; Ruislip; Northwood Hills; South Oxhey.
TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Ebury Way; Bayhurst Country Park.
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A 13 mile ride on quiet lanes and canal towpath.
START: Cassiobury Park pay and display car park, Gade Avenue WD18 7LG.
ROUTE PASSES: Bucks Hill; Chipperfield; Belsize; Sarratt; Chandler’s Cross; Croxley Green.
TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Whippendell Wood; Cassiobury Park; Chipperfield Common.
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A lovely 12 mile ride on quiet lanes. All on road.
START: Opposite the Harvester pub in Baldwins Lane, WD3 3RX.
ROUTE PASSES: Chipperfield; Belsize; Sarratt; Croxley Green.
TAKES IN: Chipperfield Common, Whippendell Woods.
For full details of this route and to download the GPS file and cue sheet see RideWithGPS