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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To lanes north west of Rickmansworth a 9 mile ride, mostly on quiet roads with a section of off-road track and towpath.
START: Outside the Cafe in the Park, Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Frogmoor Ln, Rickmansworth WD3 1NB.
ROUTE PASSES: Chorleywood; Loudwater; Croxley Green.
TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Rickmansworth Aquadrome.
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An unusual 9 mile route from Rickmansworth to Heronsgate, including off-road and canal towpath sections.
START: Outside the Cafe in the Park, Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Frogmoor Ln, Rickmansworth WD3 1NB.
ROUTE PASSES: Chorleywood; Heronsgate.
TAKES IN: Grand Union Canal; Rickmansworth Aquadrome.
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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