All posts tagged TYPE: Confidence Builder

A flat and almost totally traffic free 7 mile ride to Batchworth Lock and back using the Ebury Way and canal towpath.

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

ROUTE PASSES: Batchworth Lock (WD3 1JJ); Croxley Green.

TAKES IN: Ebury Way, Grand Union Canal.

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

A 6 mile ride into the countryside that defies the M1, both on and off-road.

START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL) across the road from the Rugby Club.

ROUTE PASSES: Aldenham; Patchetts Green.

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

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.

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

A 7 mile route mainly on quiet roads, a bridleway and canal towpath.

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

ROUTE PASSES: Cassiobury Park; Cassiobury; Chandler’s Cross.

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

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

A 5 mile ride mostly on quiet wooded lanes but with a slightly busier section on Sarratt Road and two short off-road sections.

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

ROUTE PASSES: Chandler’s Cross.

TAKES IN: Whippendell Woods.

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

Surprisingly rural 4 mile ride around Croxley Green. Large part traffic free using canal towpath and tracks.

START: Junction of the Rickmansworth Road and bridge over the Grand Union Canal, near the Harvester Restaurant (WD3 3RX).

ROUTE PASSES: Croxley Green.

TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal.

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

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.

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

A surprisingly rural, 5 mile ride around Croxley on canal towpath, tracks and quiet lanes with one busy road to cross.

START: Outside Harvester, Baldwin Lane WD3 3RX.

ROUTE PASSES: Croxley Green.

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

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

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

An all on road 9 mile scenic ride to Chipperfield.

START: Whippendell Wood car park, Grove Mill Lane. 

ROUTE PASSES: Belsize; Chipperfield.

TAKES IN: Whippendell Woods, Chipperfield Common.

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