DNA Path Rainbow Cycleway – The Ickleton Lion loop from Cambridge South

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DNA Path Rainbow Cycleway – The Ickleton Lion loop from Cambridge South

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DNA Path Rainbow Cycleway – The Ickleton Lion loop from Cambridge South

02:28

41.2km

210m

Cycling

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

Last updated: November 5, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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353 m

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cycleway

Highlight • Cycleway

Wide and board view from the bridge

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1.91 km

DNA Path Rainbow Cycleway

Highlight • Cycleway

A decent cycle path that connects Shelford and surrounding villages to Addenbrookes and the city centre. Easy access to the Nine Wells wooded and stream area if you are looking for a nice place to chill out and relax during a ride.

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5.98 km

Hauxton high point

Peak

7.93 km

The Queen's Head

Highlight • Pub

It's already beautiful to look at from the outside

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21.3 km

Townend Plantation

Forest

26.1 km

The Ickleton Lion

Highlight • Pub

Recently refurbished and reopened June 2025 as a community owned freehouse. Open 7 days a week, Mon & Tues from 4pm; Wed to Sun from 12pm.

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26.4 km

Martin's Front Gate

Highlight • Structure

Can navigate to 'the rev's house'. Good place to obtain wood. Currently not open to the public.

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27.9 km

St Mary and St John Church, Hinxton

Highlight • Historical Site

The name Hinxton is a contraction of Hengestestun, "the town of Hengest".[2]

The village of Hinxton is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hestitona, as Hyngeston in the Ely Registers of 1341 and Hengestone in the Ramsey Chartulary. Its parish church is the medieval St Mary and St John Church.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinxton)

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32.9 km

The Tickell Arms

Highlight • Restaurant

left side is a bar with good range of beers and a beer garden at the back
right side is a very nice gastro pub. Try and get a table when the Duxford airshow is on. The tables are outside round a pond and the show happens right overhead

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38.8 km

DNA Pathway (Addenbrooke’s to Great Shelford)

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Connection between Biomedical Campus and Shelford with an unfolded gene on the path. Though the paint declines (nice analogly for DNA reading faults) still impressive if you think about the amount of information stored in this relatively small gene alone.

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41.2 km

End point

Train Station

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