Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Green Croft Lane – Flemmings Lane loop from Takeley

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Green Croft Lane – Flemmings Lane loop from Takeley

Moderate

riders

Green Croft Lane – Flemmings Lane loop from Takeley

02:13

35.9km

220m

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 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

10.8 km

Deceivingly Tough Uphill Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Best traversed westbound for the downhill. Eastbound it's one of those gradual climbs that never relents, made even more difficult by the wind howling across the fields.

Tip by

11.9 km

Henham Village and The Cock Inn

Highlight • Settlement

Nice pub with seats in front and large garden to side. Well worth a rest after the hill up to it.

Tip by

13.9 km

Tiny Curtis Rugby Ground (Saffron Walden RFC)

Highlight • Rest Area

A really welcoming local rugby club. Stop and have a drink and watch some rugby most Saturdays (seniors) and Sundays (juniors). Food is usually available on match days. Loos are …

Tip by

16.2 km

Flemmings Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A fairly flat and tree lined gravel track. Take care to follow the right of way when cycling through the farm.

Tip by

20.7 km

Thaxted Road — Descent and Ascent

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

The most difficult of the three southerly entrances/exits to Thaxted. The River Chelmer is in a valley. Take your pick - if you approach Thaxted from the southwest, there's a …

Tip by

22.0 km

Vintage Style Living

Highlight • Cafe

Little antique shop that does coffee and limited cakes. Seats outside but no toilets. Thaxted is limited to here or across road at Dorringtons for coffee. Dorringtons has wider choice …

Tip by

26.0 km

Harts Grove

Forest

26.4 km

A valley, with the stream at the bottom of it. An easier traverse southbound, with a long downhill and then shorter, medium-steep uphill. If travelling northbound, you'll fly down into the dip and then have a long medium climb.

Tip by

35.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.6 km

2.51 km

915 m

450 m

418 m

Surfaces

28.5 km

4.08 km

3.21 km

103 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Thursday 21 May

26°C

12°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

Where to Much Hadham loop via The Brewery Tap

02:41h

42.9km

300m

Moderate

4.6

North Chelmsford to Essex lanes loop

02:16h

38.4km

200m

Moderate

4.7

Brentwood to Norton Lane gravel loop

02:08h

43.0km

340m

Hard

4.4

Great Chishill Windmill loop from Bishop Stortford

03:59h

63.4km

490m

Moderate

5.0

White Horse Hatfield Heath loop from Harlow

01:56h

32.8km

190m

Moderate

Saffron Walden to Cambridge loop via Bicicletta cafe & Espresso Library

03:38h

61.3km

310m

Hard

5.0

Billericay to Maldon loop via Hanningfield Reservoir

04:27h

72.3km

480m

Hard

4.7

Witham to Tollesbury Saltmarsh loop via Heybridge Basin

02:56h

49.1km

280m

Hard

Braintree to Finchingfield loop via Rotten End

04:04h

68.5km

490m

Moderate

4.3

301

Tottenham Marshes – Walthamstow Marshes loop from Theobalds Grove

02:50h

47.1km

60m

Moderate

4.5

176

Epping Forest Gravel Trails – Woodridden Hill, Epping Forest loop from Loughton

02:00h

27.5km

250m

Easy

4.8

121

Waltham Abbey Church Tower – View of Seventy Acres Lake loop from Waltham Cross

01:31h

24.4km

80m

Green Croft Lane – Flemmings Lane loop from Takeley

Deceivingly Tough Uphill Road

Henham Village and The Cock Inn

Tiny Curtis Rugby Ground (Saffron Walden RFC)

Green Croft Lane

Flemmings Lane

Thaxted Road — Descent and Ascent

Vintage Style Living

Rolling Section of the Valley

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️