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Hawridge Windmill – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Totternhoe

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East Of England

Central Bedfordshire

Hawridge Windmill – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Totternhoe

Moderate

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Hawridge Windmill – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Totternhoe

03:21

54.2km

410m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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Chilterns National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

18.7 km

Cholesbury Road

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A straight and undulating road. Vinnie Jones used to live in one of the big houses in the woods at the top, before he moved to LA.

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2

21.0 km

Hawridge Windmill

Highlight • Monument

Hawridge Windmill (also known as Cholesbury Windmill) is a tower mill constructed in 1883 on the site of an earlier smock mill. The windmill ceased operation in 1912 and was …

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3

22.7 km

Chiltern Velo Café

Highlight • Cafe

Café now built and is recommended

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4

23.9 km

Cholesbury Village Highlights

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Nice flat bit with great views. Also a picnic hotspot.

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5

24.9 km

Parrotts Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A very quiet, narrow lane that's named after the once Lord or the Manor, Peter Parrott. The lane does get quite mucky in winter.

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6

27.6 km

St Leonards village and its historic church

Highlight • Settlement

St Leonards is a lovely sleepy village set amongst the Chiltern Hills. The picturesque village has a historic church dating back to the 12th century as well as a Saxon …

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28.0 km

The Plantation

Forest

8

43.8 km

Horton Railway Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

This links Horton Road to the bridleway on the other side of the Railway.

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9

52.7 km

Castle Pass

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The west end of this double track is a short, sharp hill. There are plenty of gaps in the hedge along the way, to get to the motte and bailey.

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B

54.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.1 km

1.42 km

351 m

232 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.0 km

16.4 km

1.65 km

141 m

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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