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Rapha London - Queen of Herts

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Rapha London - Queen of Herts

Rapha Cycling Club UK and Rapha planned a gravel ride

April 16, 2025

Rapha London - Queen of Herts

Hard

09:49

127km

13.0km/h

1,050m

18 people liked this tour.

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Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 11.5 km for 212 m

After 42.0 km for 54 m

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After 93.9 km for 898 m

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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18.1 km

Warlies Park Lanes

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

There's a mix of tarmac surfaced and muddier farm tracks along these lanes through Warlies Park: best take the gravel bike or you might be in for a shock!

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21.4 km

Muddy Farm Track

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Might have to carry the road bike

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61.7 km

Singletrack Through Grassy Fields

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Riding south to north, this is a really nice descent. Make sure you notice the start of the path, otherwise you'll continue down to a dead end and have to …

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70.4 km

Muddy Forest Trail Junction

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Loads of fly tipping along here

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76.6 km

Forest Singletrack Trail

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80.4 km

North Mymms Park

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This is a fun and rocky descent or ascent (depending on direction) through towering pine woodland. Be careful in autumn as the leaf fall can cause a slippery surface.

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86.5 km

Muddy Bridleway

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if you go when its been raining be prepared for alot of mud and pools of water

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88.8 km

World War II Pillbox by The Old Guinea

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Interesting bit of local history. Nice excuse to ride and explore since it's located in a lovely village amongst some very enjoyable lanes to ride along. Right next to it …

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99.9 km

Hertfordshire County Road

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Wagon road, uphill when heading westbound. Lots of sheep in the fields and crowing roosters when on an early ride. Fresh laundry smell at the northern-most part of the road …

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102 km

Ferny Hill Farm Tea Room

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Does the best Gastronomical Burgers and Desserts absolutely huge!

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103 km

George Grey Obelisk

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George Grey was an Earl of Harold

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105 km

Tarmacked Farm Descent

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path down to the farm used to be tough but has been tarmacked in 2021

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109 km

Forty Hall Country Park

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This is a beautiful stretch. Follow the green line on the map and you won't regret it! Medium-fine gravel path, my 25mm tyre-d roadbike was fine. Picturesque and nice places …

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113 km

Rammey Marsh Lock (Lock 18)

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One of Lea Navigation's deepest locks, to allow barges of up to 100 tonnes (100,000 kg) to pass through.

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115 km

Horses by the Canal

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Sadly, a lot of the horses I saw there on my ride (6 Jan 2021) were in very poor condition - reported to the RSPCA...so please keep a lookout.

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116 km

Ponders End Lock

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Originally built in 1770, Ponders End lock was mechanised in 1959. It sits on the River Lee Navigation, a section of the River Lea that was turned into a canal. …

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