Sawston Whittlesford Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.39 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 6 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 5 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 27 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 18 m
  • ⚐
    District: Sawston 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.129315° / E 0.16803°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 21 m - Start on Woodland Road
  2. 2 : km 0.27 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.33 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp right onto Queensway
  4. 4 : km 0.47 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Babraham Road
  5. 5 : km 0.76 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Cambridge Road
  6. 6 : km 0.77 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto New Road
  7. 7 : km 1.52 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight right onto Mill Lane
  8. 8 : km 1.72 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto A1301
  9. 9 : km 1.75 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto A1301
  10. 10 : km 1.86 - alt. 20 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 2.98 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 3.1 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 3.16 - alt. 24 m - Turn right onto The Lawn
  14. 14 : km 3.5 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Mill Lane
  15. 15 : km 4.79 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto High Street
  16. 16 : km 5.05 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Church Lane
  17. 17 : km 5.07 - alt. 23 m - Turn sharp left onto Church Lane
  18. 18 : km 5.09 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto Church Lane
  19. 19 : km 5.31 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 5.37 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 5.42 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight left onto Churchfield Avenue
  22. 22 : km 5.9 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Babraham Road
  23. 23 : km 5.93 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Queensway
  24. 24 : km 6.06 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left
  25. 25 : km 6.13 - alt. 26 m - Turn right
  26. S/E : km 6.39 - alt. 22 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Station to Station

Association or club
↔16.26 km ↗+41 m ↘-1 m ◔3 days ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Foxton (Cambridgeshire)

For those 3 easy walks, you will visit the 3 stations composing the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership.

Walking Foxton Station to Shepreth Station

Association or club
↔2.94 km ↗+7 m ↘-6 m ◔0h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Foxton (Cambridgeshire)

A point to point walk from Foxton Station to Shepreth Station with a nice woody interlude through the Wimbish Estate.

Walking Around Foxton

Association or club
Around Foxton
↔4.42 km ↗+13 m ↘-13 m ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Foxton (Cambridgeshire)

From Foxton Railway Station you can take in the sights of Foxton - the Dovecot, Foxton Wood, St Laurence Church and the White Horse Pub.

Walking Grantchester & Byron's pool from Cambridge

Walker
Grantchester & Byron's pool from Cambridge
↔11.21 km ↗+9 m ↘-10 m ◔3h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)

You will enjoy the scenery south of Cambridge along the Cam river, and the picturesque village of Grantchester.

Walking Around Shepreth

Association or club
↔2.98 km ↗+4 m ↘-4 m ◔0h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Shepreth (Cambridgeshire)

See all the sights of Shepreth : Docwras Manor Garden, the Crossing House Garden, Shepreth L-Moor (SSSI), Shepreth Church, The Plough, The Teacake and Shepreth Wildlife Park.

Walking Shepreth Station to Meldreth Station

Association or club
↔6.21 km ↗+8 m ↘-4 m ◔1h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Shepreth (Cambridgeshire)

A point to point walk from Shepreth Station to Meldreth Station passing through the village of Melbourn.

Walking Orwell, Harlton & Haslingfield Figure-of-Eight

Walker
↔10.01 km ↗+105 m ↘-105 m ◔3h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Barrington (Cambridgeshire)

This is a lovely gentle walk taking in the Cambridgeshire villages of Harlton and Haslingfield in a figure-of-eight route which takes you through open farmland, a woodland path and Harlton clunch pit. As this is a figure-of-eight walk passing through Harlton clunch pit twice it can obviously be split into two separate shorter routes of similar mileage. It can also be completed in either clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.

Walking Around Fen Ditton, along the Cam River

Walker
Around Fen Ditton, along the Cam River
↔5.46 km ↗+33 m ↘-41 m ◔1h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Fen Ditton (Cambridgeshire)

A picturesque walk (public paths) along the famous river that gave its name to Cambridge. Enjoy seeing the rowers racing in their fragile boats, the cox shouting at them, and the coach biking along the path.

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