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Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden – Ashwell Village and Springs loop from Great Ashby

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East Of England

North Hertfordshire

Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden – Ashwell Village and Springs loop from Great Ashby

Moderate

5.0

(3)

93

riders

Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden – Ashwell Village and Springs loop from Great Ashby

01:47

40.6km

350m

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: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes short out-and-back sections

Your route doubles back at waypoints. If this isn’t intentional, adjust those waypoints’ positions.

After 14.7 km for 154 m

After 32.1 km for 51 m

After 32.3 km for 37 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1.04 km

Parsonsgreen Wood

Forest

2

6.25 km

Lolleywood Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

Great little stop with excellent coffee, super cakes and friendly staff. Open 10am to 2.30pm Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays).

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3

14.7 km

Mill End Nursery Café, Rushden

Highlight • Cafe

coffee ☕ Cake

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4

14.8 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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5

23.5 km

View of Ashwell and the Upper Cam Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

A short climb from the A505 junction brings you over the rounded ridge to views across the upper valley of the River Cam, with the steeple of Ashwell church peeping above the hedgerows as you descend into the village.

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6

24.4 km

Rhubarb and Mustard Café

Highlight • Cafe

Nice cafe offering drinks and cake.

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7

24.5 km

Ashwell Village and Springs

Highlight • Settlement

The springs at the east end of the High St on the corner by Springhead are the source of the River Cam.

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8

32.2 km

Days Bakery, Baldock

Highlight • Cafe

9

32.3 km

Pixie's Café

Highlight • Cafe

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

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B

40.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.8 km

901 m

558 m

216 m

158 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.4 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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