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Grantchester Village – Skaters' Meadow loop from Cambridge

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Grantchester Village – Skaters' Meadow loop from Cambridge

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Grantchester Village – Skaters' Meadow loop from Cambridge

01:25

22.8km

50m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 16.3 km for 258 m

After 17.4 km for 80 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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66 m

Cambridge Railway Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Exemplary with its own 🚲 parking garage.

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4.42 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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7.26 km

Double-track near Hauxton High Street

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Mix of double and single track. Well compacted and fast (ridden in the summer)

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18.1 km

Grantchester Village

Highlight • Settlement

Scenic little village with 4 pubs and its own TV show. The coffee van is outside the Cambridge Gin distillery on the high street 10am-3pm every day except Mondays for a quick pick-up.

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18.9 km

Punting at Grantchester Meadows

Highlight • Natural

Popular picknick destination for Punters on the river Cam.

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20.0 km

Skaters' Meadow

Highlight • Natural

Skater's Meadow is a 5-acre (2 ha) nature reserve vibrant with wildflowers, birds and even the occasional snake. It's classed as a 'lowland meadow and pasture' and you can expect …

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20.9 km

Sheep's Green Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The bridge connects Coe Fen with Sheep's Green and Lammas Land. It replaced a chain ferry in 1910 and was reconstructed in 2006 after some serious deterioration of the bridge's condition.

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21.0 km

Hodgson's Folly: Swimmers Temple

Highlight • Monument

A little hidden behind a gate you will find this "temple", a former bathing place.

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22.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.48 km

6.48 km

3.97 km

2.94 km

847 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.6 km

3.62 km

3.02 km

2.53 km

1.59 km

442 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 19 May

20°C

12°C

29 %

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Grantchester Village – Skaters' Meadow loop from Cambridge

Cambridge Railway Station

DNA Pathway (Addenbrooke’s to Great Shelford)

Double-track near Hauxton High Street

Grantchester Village

Punting at Grantchester Meadows

Skaters' Meadow

Sheep's Green Bridge

Hodgson's Folly: Swimmers Temple

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