Pleshey Village – Pleshey Rolling Hills loop from Great Bardfield

Pleshey Village – Pleshey Rolling Hills loop from Great Bardfield

Moderate

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Pleshey Village – Pleshey Rolling Hills loop from Great Bardfield

02:59

65.5km

350m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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After 59.8 km for 592 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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6.20 km

Scenic Country Lane in North Essex

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Another of north Essex’s many quiet and scenic country lanes. This one is a bit wider and smoother than some so easier to maintain speed on.

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7.78 km

Four Corner Spinney

Forest

13.9 km

Philipland Wood

Forest

33.1 km

High Easter Cricket Field

Highlight • Structure

Cool shaded bench.

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35.1 km

Field of Rapeseed Flowers

Highlight • Natural

If you’re not here for the weeks in spring when the poppies are out, it’s just a field.

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37.7 km

Pleshey Village

Highlight • Settlement

Quaint village, site of a former royal castle, now just the earthworks left (sadly mostly obscured from view and on private property).

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38.1 km

Pleshey Rolling Hills

Highlight • Climb

The long drags at 3% can sometimes be worse than the short but steeper hills. Great riding around this area and pretty much traffic free.

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44.6 km

Ridley's, Littley Green

Highlight • Pub

An excellent real pub and home of the infamous Huffer sandwich. Covered bike parking (Sheffield Stands) to the rear of the pub

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52.8 km

Felsted Water Tower

Highlight • Structure

Amazing 1960s concrete Brutalist water tower that looks like some kind of alien spacecraft crash landed in the Essex countryside on the edge of Felsted.

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64.7 km

Such a great mid-ride stop, where almost everything is made fresh on site or sourced locally, the cafe at the Blue Egg is a real institution for cyclists and a regular haunt for southern road cycling pros in the UK. It's open daily from 9am to 5pm, but closes at 4pm on a Sunday. Three days a week there's fresh sour dough bread so try and time your ride appropriately ;) The cafe also does its own super delicious, natural energy bars with dates, oats, and nuts so no excuses if your energy dwindles on a long ride.

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