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Grantchester Village – The Backs loop from Cambridge North

Grantchester Village – The Backs loop from Cambridge North

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Grantchester Village – The Backs loop from Cambridge North

03:31

83.8km

330m

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: July 11, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 0 m for 230 m

After 71.1 km for 62 m

After 79.0 km for 182 m

After 83.6 km for 230 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.27 km

Barton Road Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Recently resurfaced so much better to use.

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11.9 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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13.7 km

Chapel Hill Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

The Café is open again under new ownership.

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30.8 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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32.3 km

Steeple Morden village centre

Highlight • Settlement

The church is in front of the Waggon & Horses pub

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45.1 km

Crow Grove

Forest

61.9 km

West Grove

Forest

71.2 km

Barton Village Pond

Lake

71.8 km

Flock Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

Great Coffee, open on Sunday and lots of outdoor seating.

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75.4 km

Grantchester Village

Highlight • Settlement

Scenic little village with 4 pubs and its own TV show. The coffee van is outside the Cambridge Gin distillery on the high street 10am-3pm every day except Mondays for a quick pick-up.

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79.1 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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83.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

66.2 km

12.8 km

2.16 km

1.94 km

459 m

206 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

79.7 km

3.28 km

562 m

164 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 8 August

31°C

13°C

0 %

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Grantchester Village – The Backs loop from Cambridge North

Barton Road Cycle Path

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Chapel Hill Climb

Steeple Morden Airfield Memorial

Steeple Morden village centre

Flock Cafe

Grantchester Village

The Backs

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