Cambridge Millennium Bike Rideby CTC Cambridge District Association
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The Cambridge Millennium Bike Ride provides a circular tour through the villages around the city. It uses quiet country roads which are safe and pleasant to ride. The route can be joined at several points around Cambridge, so the distance can be adjusted to suit the riders and the time available. The routes from the centre to join the Ride use cycleways wherever possible - but inevitably some routes use sections of roads.
The sketch map 
and these directions should be
enough to follow the route. Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Pathfinder 154
Cambridge and Newmarket covers all the places visited and
shows much more detail.
The route has extra loops that make the distance up to 100 km. It is intended to use the 100 km routes for the Cyclists' Touring Club's Millennium Challenge. The Challenge will be open to all riders.
Details of places of interest and where to obtain refreshments have been included in the notes.
All routes start from Great St Mary's on Kings Parade. Routes which have cycle ways have been chosen where possible. The Barton route is easily the best as it has a cycle way from Fen Causeway.
Left on Kings Parade, continue on Trumpington Street to double mini roundabout where right onto Fen Causeway. At traffic lights left onto cycle path.
Cross Lammas Land and follow path to cycle traffic lights, cross and follow cycle path crossing Grange Road and out of Cambridge beside Barton Rd/A603. Cycle path continues over M11 and follows A603 to garage at Barton.
Left on Kings Parade, straight on at double mini roundabout. Left at traffic lights on to Brooklands Av. Straight on to tee where right on Hills Rd. Straight on at traffic lights after bridge (keep in outside lane)
Straight on at Hills Rd junction, 2nd exit at Addenbrooke's roundabout onto Babraham Rd. Straight on to Gog & Magog roundabout.
As for Gog & Magog until after joining Hills Rd. After bridge fork left and continue on Cherry Hinton Rd. Straight on at roundabout. Straight on at Robin Hood traffic lights onto Fulbourn Rd, Straight on at roundabout, left after Hospital on Hinton Road and follow road to Fulbourn village. Join route at church.
Left on Kings Parade to double mini roundabout. Left on Lensfield Rd, straight on at seven sets of traffic lights to roundabout where third exit onto Newmarket Rd. Follow Newmarket Rd over railway to large roundabout where straight on and shortly left into Ditton Lane. Join ride at cross road with High Street & High Ditch Rd.
Cross Kings Parade and down Senate House Passage. Right at Tee and shortly left into Garret Hostel Lane. Cross river, at traffic lights right to roundabout where left and shortly right, follow road to Castle Street traffic lights where left onto Huntingdon Rd. Follow Huntingdon Rd for about 1 mile then right on Girton Rd. In Girton right at tee and straight on to Oakington where join route at cross roads.
Emphasis like this indicates villages you
pass through.
# Indicates a point where you can join or leave the route.
Distances are from Barton Q8 garage.
# Barton Grid reference TL 412 553 on A603 by Q8 garage.
# Fulbourn
# Fen Ditton
# Oakington
# Barton, Q8 garage # 66.3 km
Distances are from Haslingfield church. This additional section brings the total distance up to 100.8 km.
There are Public Houses in almost all of the villages, most of which serve food. The one notable exception is Elmdon which has no pub or café.
Cafés are rarer, and worth listing here:
The main route is easy with only three notable hills. These are just after Great Shelford, about 2 km before Fulbourn and between Dry Drayton and the A428.
On the variation route there are climbs at Haslingfield, Chrishall Grange, just before Elmdon and between Elmdon and Ickleton.
Just south of Barton you will see the dishes of the world famous Mullard Radio Telescope.
Haslingfield has an impressive church. The views from the top of the hill opposite the church are spectacular.
The hill just before Fulbourn provides views over the City of Cambridge.
The crossing over the River Cam at Clayhithe provides access to the riverside paths.
On the variation route there are excellent views from the hills around Elmdon.
Elmdon is a very pleasant village. It has a nature trail located about 200 m on the road to Saffron Walden.
Between Hinxton and Duxford there is a ford through the upper reaches of the River Cam.
Duxford's Imperial War Museum is one of the most spectacular collections of aircraft in the world. Located approx 2 km to the west of the Duxford on the A505.
Anglesey Abbey (a National Trust property) is located about 2 km east of Quy on the road to Burwell. It is famous for its gardens and the house; there is a working watermill in the grounds.
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