A 7 mile ride, mostly on quiet lanes and cycle paths, with some side streets and traffic free sections and a short stetch of road which is busier at peak, commuter times.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL).
ROUTE PASSES: Meriden; Bricket Wood; Garston.
TAKES IN: Bricket Wood Common.
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An easy 11 mile ride through back streets and cycle paths to “lang leah” granted to the abbot of St Albans in the time of Edward the Confessor.
START: Timberlake pay and display car park (WD24 4JL) across the road from the Rugby Club.
ROUTE PASSES: Meriden; Leavesden; Abbots Langley.
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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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A flat, easy 8 mile ride, with traffic free sections that shows how close the Green Belt is to Watford.
START: Watford Cycle Hub, The Pavilion, Chaffinch Lane, Watford WD18 9QD.
ROUTE PASSES: Carpenters Park; Bushey; Watford.
TAKES IN: Ebury Way; Merryhill Greenway.
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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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Fairly flat 21 mile ride, quiet streets and lanes with some busy sections of road and long sections of off-road, traffic free.
START: Watford Cycle Hub, Chaffinch Lane WD18 9QD.
ROUTE PASSES: Timberlake Pay & Display car park at the junction of Radlett Road and Colonial Way; Meriden; Colney Street; London Colney; Park Street; Bricket Wood.
TAKES IN: Ebury Way.
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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