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Chapel Hill Climb – The Backs loop from Baldock

Chapel Hill Climb – The Backs loop from Baldock

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Chapel Hill Climb – The Backs loop from Baldock

03:14

79.9km

420m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 38.6 km for 182 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.36 km

Ashwell Village and Springs

Highlight • Settlement

The springs at the east end of the High St on the corner by Springhead are the source of the River Cam.

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11.2 km

Steeple Morden village centre

Highlight • Settlement

The church is in front of the Waggon & Horses pub

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12.7 km

Steeple Morden Airfield Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Plaque and memorial for Royal Air Force Steeple Morden. The airfield was operational during the Second World War; initially as a dispersal field for RAF Bomber Command; then used by …

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28.0 km

Chapel Hill Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

The Café is open again under new ownership.

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31.3 km

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Highlight • Structure

Radio interferometry started in the mid-1940s on the outskirts of Cambridge, but with funding from the Science Research Council and a corporate donation of £100,000 from Mullard Limited, a leading commercial manufacturer of thermionic valves.

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35.3 km

Barton Road Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Recently resurfaced so much better to use.

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38.7 km

The Backs

Highlight • Religious Site

An area of parkland along the River Cam, the Cambridge Backs, or usually known as The Backs, give a different perspective of the Cambridge Colleges. Across the water, the backs …

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45.4 km

Trumpington War Memorial

Highlight • Monument

You’ll find similar memorials in pretty much every town & village in Britain.

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55.0 km

Brown Spinney

Forest

79.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

60.6 km

16.7 km

1.24 km

1.02 km

422 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

79.4 km

414 m

164 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Friday 29 May

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Chapel Hill Climb – The Backs loop from Baldock

Ashwell Village and Springs

Steeple Morden village centre

Steeple Morden Airfield Memorial

Chapel Hill Climb

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Barton Road Cycle Path

The Backs

Trumpington War Memorial

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