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Emily's Tea Shop – Lilley Bottom Segment loop from Harpenden

Emily's Tea Shop – Lilley Bottom Segment loop from Harpenden

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5.0

(3)

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Emily's Tea Shop – Lilley Bottom Segment loop from Harpenden

01:56

43.6km

370m

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 1, 2026

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After 11.2 km for 55 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.95 km

The Boot Pub

Highlight • Pub

A good pub. Welcoming and warm inside. It has outside seating for bikes

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7.58 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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9.01 km

Christmas Wood

Forest

10.4 km

View of the Water Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

11.2 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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11.6 km

Nine Wells Watercress Farm

Highlight • Structure

Can't beat good watercress farm!

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13.0 km

Lilley Bottom Segment

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A classic segment for local cyclists, thanks to a nice gradient, few junctions and little traffic - the area being sort of underdeveloped "thanks" to the air traffic at nearby …

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21.9 km

The Dream Bean Café

Highlight • Cafe

The facilities are being expanded and improved 👏

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24.3 km

Picturesque House on Parsonage Lane

Highlight • Structure

I can't actually remember whether it's right here or just round the corner on Plough Lane or Parsonage Lane, but this is just like a film set. Worth a detour & a snap.

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43.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.2 km

2.08 km

298 m

104 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

41.8 km

1.55 km

161 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

Weather

Saturday 8 August

30°C

13°C

0 %

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Emily's Tea Shop – Lilley Bottom Segment loop from Harpenden

The Boot Pub

Ballslough Hill

View of the Water Tower

Emily's Tea Shop

Nine Wells Watercress Farm

Lilley Bottom Segment

The Dream Bean Café

Picturesque House on Parsonage Lane

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