Symondshyde Great Wood – Sparrowhall Bridge loop from Welwyn Garden City

Symondshyde Great Wood – Sparrowhall Bridge loop from Welwyn Garden City

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Symondshyde Great Wood – Sparrowhall Bridge loop from Welwyn Garden City

02:05

34.0km

240m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 15.9 km for 214 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.24 km

St John the Evangelist Church, Lemsford

Highlight • Other

The 6th Earl Cowper wished to build a church for his tenants and on his death, his wife and children completed the task in 1859. Thirteen Vicars have ministered in this church since then; the last two in part-time posts.

Tip by

4.16 km

View of Brocket Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

A traditional pub in a former 18th-century farmhouse, with log fires in winter and a cycle-friendly summer beer garden.

Tip by

6.42 km

Symondshyde Great Wood

Highlight • Forest

6.51 km

Bridleway Trail

Highlight • Trail

Free flowing singletrack leading into the woods, there footpaths either side if bridleway.

Tip by

12.5 km

Cheapside–Sandridgebury Lane Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Muddy and slippery bridleway when wet.

Tip by

16.3 km

Batch Wood

Forest

17.1 km

Ladies Grove Wood

Forest

28.9 km

Sparrowhall Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Surface has been changed from natural to gravel, making it alot quicker

Tip by

31.5 km

Sherrardspark Wood Local Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

Western end of the traffic-free section of the Ayot Greenway (Sustrans Route 57) between Ayot Green and Welwyn Garden City.

Tip by

31.5 km

Sherrardspark Wood Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

A great route through the woods roadbike can easily make it through here

Tip by

34.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.1 km

9.35 km

7.59 km

2.25 km

490 m

167 m

Surfaces

16.0 km

7.50 km

7.02 km

2.95 km

278 m

202 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

21°C

12°C

29 %

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Max wind speed: 28.0 km/h

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Symondshyde Great Wood – Sparrowhall Bridge loop from Welwyn Garden City

St John the Evangelist Church, Lemsford

View of Brocket Hall

Symondshyde Great Wood

Bridleway Trail

Cheapside–Sandridgebury Lane Bridleway

Sparrowhall Bridge

Sherrardspark Wood Local Nature Reserve

Sherrardspark Wood Trail

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