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East Of England

Cromer Windmill – Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden loop from Hitchin

Bike touring routes & trails

East Of England

Cromer Windmill – Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden loop from Hitchin

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Cromer Windmill – Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden loop from Hitchin

02:45

44.7km

410m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 3.12 km for 162 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

3.22 km

Old Stone Church

Highlight • Religious Site

7.24 km

Ledge Side Plantation

Forest

7.95 km

Round Wood

Forest

4

18.3 km

Cromer Windmill

Highlight • Structure

Nice descent towards Cromer with a swinging right / left double corner which you can take flat out with the right line (but stay on your own side of the road in case of oncoming traffic around the bend).

Tip by

5

22.1 km

Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden

Highlight • Cafe

coffee ☕ Cake

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6

22.1 km

Mill End Plants Café

Highlight • Cafe

Exceptional food, home baked cakes and wonderful coffee - situated in a really good plant nursery

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7

30.9 km

George Orwell's Cottage, Kits Lane, Wallington

Highlight • Settlement

Author George Orwell, best-known for his seminal novel ‘1984’, lived in this cottage between 1936-1940. Orwell married his fiancée, Eileen, in Wallington church and friends reported the first few months …

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8

36.2 km

Batch 52

Highlight • Cafe

Independent coffee shop with homemade cakes, cookies & pastries!

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9

36.4 km

Pixie's Café

Highlight • Cafe

Nice coffee and flapjack. Lots of roadies, I was the only MTB!

Tip by

10

39.7 km

Letchworth Greenway — gravel path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice gravel route forming part of Letchworth Greenway, holds up well in all weathers

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B

44.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.0 km

2.41 km

1.76 km

1.74 km

803 m

Surfaces

38.8 km

4.65 km

845 m

254 m

169 m

< 100 m

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Saturday 23 May

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