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Saffron Walden – Cromer Windmill Loop from Knebworth

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Saffron Walden – Cromer Windmill Loop from Knebworth

Pawel planned a road ride

August 16, 2022

Saffron Walden – Cromer Windmill Loop from Knebworth

Hard

04:59

112km

22.5km/h

960m

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Overview

Hard road ride. Very 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.

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Start point

Train Station

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33.2 km

Winding Country Road with Open Fields

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This stretch is heavy going eastbound, what with the ever-present wind in your face.

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49.4 km

Saffron Walden — Market Town

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Lovely old market town. It’s wealth created from growing saffron from crocus during the medieval period. A fantastic selection of cafes including a bike shop that does excellent coffee.

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49.8 km

Waffle (Formerly Bicicletta)

Highlight • Cafe

This cafe has now changed management and is called Waffle and Coffee. Still has bike racks and outside seating although I did not see the bike locks last time I …

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63.8 km

Cambridgeshire County Top (146 m)

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Warning: supplementary oxygen advised for the high altitude ascent to the most elevated point in the county. Cold weather clothing recommended and don’t linger too long to avoid danger of …

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65.0 km

View of the Rolling Fields Near Chishill and Barkway

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Lovely road with great views of the rolling fields and of the windmill to the North. Lovely steady drag uphill if Cambridge bound or beautiful downhill if heading south west, a road sure to put a smile on your face.

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66.6 km

Great Chishill Windmill

Highlight • Structure

A magnificent example of a Post Mill set in a commanding position with far reaching views...

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87.1 km

Therfield Village Green

Highlight • Settlement

incredibly cliché and all the better for it: pub, church, village green, 18c. houses and 19c. mansions, red phone box repurposed as a book exchange, next to the cricket field. …

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100 km

Cromer Windmill

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Nice descent towards Cromer with a swinging right / left double corner which you can take flat out with the right line (but stay on your own side of the road in case of oncoming traffic around the bend).

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112 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

104 km

4.19 km

2.07 km

1.53 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

98.2 km

13.9 km

116 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Saffron Walden – Cromer Windmill Loop from Knebworth

Winding Country Road with Open Fields

Saffron Walden — Market Town

Waffle (Formerly Bicicletta)

Cambridgeshire County Top (146 m)

View of the Rolling Fields Near Chishill and Barkway

Great Chishill Windmill

Therfield Village Green

Cromer Windmill

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