Waffle (Formerly Bicicletta) – Green Croft Lane loop from Sawbridgeworth

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Waffle (Formerly Bicicletta) – Green Croft Lane loop from Sawbridgeworth

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Waffle (Formerly Bicicletta) – Green Croft Lane loop from Sawbridgeworth

03:58

66.1km

440m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 33.8 km for 270 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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Rook's Wood

Forest

24.6 km

Dorringtons Bakery

Highlight • Cafe

Dorringtons is a bakery in Newport Essex with space for bikes and seats inside and bench outside. Good coffee, pots of tea and bacon baguettes. There is a wide range …

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30.7 km

Waffle (Formerly Bicicletta)

Highlight • Cafe

This cafe has now changed management and is called Waffle and Coffee. Still has bike racks and outside seating although I did not see the bike locks last time I …

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30.9 km

Fantastic bicycle friendly cafe in the heart of Saffron Walden run by two keen cyclists!

Delicious coffee, hot chocolate, pastries and more! They also stock a few bike spares and energy gels/bars.

Well worth a visit if you're cycling through!

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31.9 km

The Railway Arms

Highlight • Pub

Saffron Walden’s first community owned pub!

The meeting point for Saffron Social Cyclists & Field Trippers cycling groups.

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34.0 km

Claypits Plantation

Forest

36.0 km

View from Purton End High Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

High point and great views over undulating hills

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43.6 km

Green Croft Lane

Highlight • Trail

45.9 km

Tiny Curtis Rugby Ground (Saffron Walden RFC)

Highlight • Rest Area

A really welcoming local rugby club. Stop and have a drink and watch some rugby most Saturdays (seniors) and Sundays (juniors). Food is usually available on match days. Loos are …

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47.9 km

Deceivingly Tough Uphill Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Best traversed westbound for the downhill. Eastbound it's one of those gradual climbs that never relents, made even more difficult by the wind howling across the fields.

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