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Great Bardfield Mill – Rural Lanes and Farmland loop from Essex

Great Bardfield Mill – Rural Lanes and Farmland loop from Essex

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Great Bardfield Mill – Rural Lanes and Farmland loop from Essex

02:09

50.6km

230m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 19.4 km for 100 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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19.4 km

Bushy Wood

Forest

28.9 km

Felsted Water Tower

Highlight • Structure

Amazing 1960s concrete Brutalist water tower that looks like some kind of alien spacecraft crash landed in the Essex countryside on the edge of Felsted.

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29.9 km

Rumblebees Café

Highlight • Cafe

Pleasant little cafe but only limited space, indoors and out, and no space for bike parking so best for only a couple of riders - larger groups, go elsewhere. Cakes and drinks only.

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31.1 km

Great Bardfield Mill

Highlight • Structure

Stunning example of a refurbished Essex mill, complete with pond and willow tree! Ride by and wonder who lives there now!

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33.9 km

Country Lane

Highlight • Trail

39.3 km

Field of Rapeseed Flowers

Highlight • Natural

If you’re not here for the weeks in spring when the poppies are out, it’s just a field.

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45.8 km

Rural Lanes and Farmland

Highlight • Natural

Calm traffic, pretty scenery and flowing roads. What more could you ask for?

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47.2 km

Bury Lane Ford

Highlight • River

Fellow cyclists: Please be very careful here! The ford can be extremely slippery as it’s covered with algae. A number of serious bicycle accidents have unfortunately happened here which could …

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48.2 km

Church of St Mary and St Lawrence, Great Waltham

Highlight • Other

Great Waltham is a pretty Essex village with a history that stretches back to Roman times. There is a decent pub, a village shop and some interesting architecture, including the …

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50.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.4 km

148 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.2 km

11.4 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (90 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Sunday 24 May

30°C

14°C

0 %

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Great Bardfield Mill – Rural Lanes and Farmland loop from Essex

Felsted Water Tower

Rumblebees Café

Great Bardfield Mill

Country Lane

Field of Rapeseed Flowers

Rural Lanes and Farmland

Bury Lane Ford

Church of St Mary and St Lawrence, Great Waltham

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