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Yeomans cafe has a gate at the back to a small outside area for your bike but you'll probably have to ask to unlock.

The road fords the River Ash here near Hadham Cross. There is a footbridge for pedestrians or cyclists who don't want wet feet.

Excellent takeaway for baguettes, cakes, coffee etc. A few outside benches opposite.

Uppers Coffee by the roundabout at the end of the high street is a good place for a refuel stop.

River, sheep and ducklings. Great place for a break, seems popular with cyclists and walkers.

After plenty of rain, good for washing the bike

Great place for a coffee and cake stop

Much Hadham is one of the oldest and prettiest villages in Hertfordshire. It boasts no less than four Grade I-listed buildings: St Andrew's Parish Church, Much Hadham Hall, Moor Place and the boundary wall at Yewtree Farmhouse at Hadham Cross. If you're seeking food while on a hike here, there's the Bull Inn or the Hoops Inn at the nearby hamlet of Perry Green, home to the Henry Moore Foundation Estate. There's also a local convenience store on the main Tower Hill road.

Nice open road - a great place to get some speed up when the wind is with you.

A quintessential example of a Hertfordshire village, complete with Tudor era houses and village green. A pleasure to roll through! There used to be a fantastic nursery and cafe, but sadly it's closed now. If you want to stop here then the pub is also good, but check opening times.

Quiet smooth road. Nice route to get to Hadhams from Ware.

Henry Moore Studio & Gardens is the work-place and family home of the 20th century sculptor Henry Moore. Featuring 70 acres of gardens and over 20 of his monumental sculptures. Opening times are limited, and you must pre-purchase tickets if you wish to pay the sculpture gardens and studios a visit during your ride. Full details can be found here: https://www.henry-moore.org/visit/henry-moore-studios-gardens

Yeah, this one is a bugger. Tough longish climb for me, for the fitter stronger cyclist is a nice test.

Great little cafe - the cakes are to die for! Very helpful and welcoming to cyclists, and will happily fill up bidons before you leave. Some space at the back to prop your bikes against the wall and eat and drink in the sun. Very highly recommended. Makes a great halfway stop if riding London to Cambridge as even if you are going the scenic way through the smaller Herts country lanes they all return to the main B road there in Puckeridge before you go your own way again.

Charming interior and delightful hosts. Decent tea, coffee, bacon sarnies and cake. Look up to ceiling as well as at the walls.

The top of Hollycross. More uphill from Stansted Abbots to Ware, affords a decent view when you get to the top.

Brilliant freewheel eastbound. A bit of a slog uphill westbound, building to the worst part, up and over the former railway line.

Coast as fast as you like northbound, just be mindful of oncoming traffic in the middle of the road, particularly at the right angle turn at the bottom of the road. Not for the faint of heart southbound.

If you go eastbound, you can do a massive freewheel down to the crossroads at Paper Mill Lane.

Good views on a easy climb