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Emily's Tea Shop – Drovers Lane loop from St Albans City

Emily's Tea Shop – Drovers Lane loop from St Albans City

Moderate

3.5

(2)

121

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Emily's Tea Shop – Drovers Lane loop from St Albans City

02:29

55.5km

550m

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: June 14, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 5.27 km for 235 m

Closed: • 8:00 PM-8:00 AM (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.44 km

Heartwood Forest Information Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Some stunning displays of early summer meadow flowers alongside route into Heartwood from Wheathampstead Road

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12.1 km

Hall Wood

Forest

13.8 km

Ballslough Hill

Highlight • Climb

Use the first few hundred meters to get some speed and take it easy, as it gets steeper round the corner. You can make up speed after the second corner where it eases off.

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14.1 km

Hitchin Road Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Nice climb: good surface and not too steep.

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16.6 km

View of the Water Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

17.4 km

Emily's Tea Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Nice little cafe set on a smallholding, lots of room for bikes and seating inside and out. Good coffee and cakes.

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17.9 km

Nine Wells Watercress Farm

Highlight • Structure

Can't beat good watercress farm!

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27.1 km

Roundabouts Plantation

Forest

31.7 km

Hitching Lane Bluebell Woods

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

A very beautiful and quite lane running next to a bluebell covered woods in April & May

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48.9 km

Drovers Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

One of the many quiet country lanes in the area

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55.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.5 km

3.95 km

331 m

287 m

206 m

193 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

54.8 km

238 m

215 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

34°C

21°C

0 %

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Emily's Tea Shop – Drovers Lane loop from St Albans City

Heartwood Forest Information Area

Ballslough Hill

Hitchin Road Climb

View of the Water Tower

Emily's Tea Shop

Nine Wells Watercress Farm

Hitching Lane Bluebell Woods

Drovers Lane

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