All posts tagged DISTANCE: Over 30 miles

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 lovely ride 32 mile ride through Chilterns countryside.

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

ROUTE PASSES:  Flaunden; Chesham; Little Missenden; Holmer Green; High Wycombe; Chalfont St Giles; Little Chalfont.

TAKES IN: Chipperfield Common.

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

A 34 mile ride to Hatfield, with nearly 7 miles traffic free.

START: Timberlake pay and display car park,WD24 4LL. 

ROUTE PASSES:  Meriden; Garston; Bricket Wood; How Wood; Hatfield; Sandridge; St Albans.

TAKES IN: Alban Way, Bricket Common, Verularium Park.

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

075: Little Berkhamsted

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A lovely, challenging 40 mile ride to the east of Watford on bridlepaths, tracks and roads.

START: Timberlake pay and display car park,WD24 4LL. 

ROUTE PASSES:  Colney Street; London Colney; Water End; Welham Green; Essendon; Little Berkhamsted; Epping Green; Newgate Street; Northaw; Potters Bar; Shenley; Radlett; Patchetts Green.

TAKES IN: Northaw Great Wood.

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

073: Brookmans Park

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Explore some lovely countryside and villages to the east of Watford with this challenging 40 mile ride, on roads and bridlepaths.

START: Timberlake pay and display car park,WD24 4LL. 

ROUTE PASSES:  Letchmore Heath; Radlett; Shenley; Enfield; Northaw; Brookmans Park; London Colney; Colney Street; Bricket Wood; Meriden.

TAKES IN: Fir and Pond Woods.

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

A 33 mile challenging ride into the Chilterns on a road route to Wendover Woods.

START: The Common, Chipperfield WD4 9BS. 

ROUTE PASSES: Chenies; Chesham; Swan Bottom; St Leonards; Wendover; Cholesbury; Ashley Green; Ley Hill; Flaunden.

TAKES IN: Chipperfield Common; Wendover Woods.

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

A scenic challenging 34 mile road ride into the Chilterns exploring some of the valleys and hills.

START: The Common, Chipperfield WD4 9BS.

ROUTE PASSES: Chenies; Amersham; Hyde End; Great Missenden; Heath End; Hughenden; Cryers Hill; Widmer End; Holmer Green; Little Missenden; Chesham.

TAKES IN: Chipperfield Common.

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

A 34 mile trip to Emily’s Tea Shop in Whitwell with a mix of lovely scenery, quiet lanes, old train lines and cycle paths with plenty of off-road sections.

START: Active Dacorum Hub, Grovehill Adventure Play Area, Redbourn Road HP2 7BA. 

ROUTE PASSES: Redbourn; Harpenden; Chiltern Green; Whitwell; Wheathampstead.

TAKES IN: Nickey Line; Harpenden-Luton Greenway; Lea Valley Walk.

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