Routes
| Route | Subtitle | Ride Conditions | Hilliness | Percent Off-road | Distance | Tags | Stations | Places |
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| Arc 1 | Hertford to Enfield Lock: Lee Valley Park | Excellent, Good, Unsurfaced | Flat | 97% | 15.9 miles | Hertford North Hertford East Broxbourne Cheshunt Enfield Lock |
New River source Amwell Nature Reserve Lee Valley Park Waltham Abbey |
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| Arc 2a | Enfield Lock to Olympic Park: Lee Valley Park by towpath | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat | 100% | 9.9 miles | Enfield Lock Turkey Street Tottenham Hale Hackney Wick |
Olympic Park | |
| Arc 2b | Olympic Park to Woolwich via Limehouse, Greenwich and the Thames Barrier | Good | Flat | 85% | 11.7 miles | Hackney Wick Stratford Limehouse Greenwich Woolwich Arsenal |
Mudchute Farm Maritime Greenwich (World Heritage Site) O2 Arena Thames Barrier |
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| Arc 2b var | Olympic Park to Woolwich via Greenway and Free Ferry | Good, Warning | Flat | 90% | 7.0 miles | Hackney Wick Stratford Barking Woolwich Arsenal |
Northern Outfall Sewer and Abbey Mills Pumping station | |
| Arc 3 | Woolwich to Dartford: Thames estuary industry and wetlands | Excellent, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 95% | 13.0 miles | Woolwich Arsenal Dartford |
Crossness Southern Outfall Works | |
| Arc 4 | Dartford to Shoreham: Above and along the River Darent(h) | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating | 15% | 10.8 miles | Dartford Swanley Shoreham |
Lullingstone Roman Villa (EH) | |
| Arc 5 high | Shoreham to Titsey Hill: the North Downs Way | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Hilly | 5% | 9.7 miles | Shoreham Knockholt Hayes |
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| Arc 5 low | Shoreham to Titsey: Pilgrim's Way | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Hilly, Very Hilly | 2% | 11.6 miles | Shoreham Oxted |
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| Arc 6 | Titsey to Walton: Surrey North Downs East | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Very Hilly | 20% | 15.5 miles | Hayes Upper Warlingham Woldingham Caterham Coulsdon South Tadworth |
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| Arc 7 | Walton to Clandon: Surrey North Downs West | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Very Hilly | 20% | 15.0 miles | Tadworth Box Hill & Westhumble Clandon |
Box Hill Polesden Lacey (NT) Optical Telegraph (1795-1816) station, Netley Heath: Arc 7 Hatchlands (NT) Clandon Park (NT) |
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| Arc 8a | Clandon to West Byfleet: Send, Ripley and Wey Navigation | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating | 40% | 7.5 miles | Clandon West Byfleet |
Hatchlands (NT) Clandon Park (NT) RHS Wisley Wey Navigation |
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| Arc 8b | West Byfleet to Blacknest Gate: Basingstoke Canal and Surrey Heath | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating | 35% | 14.0 miles | West Byfleet Woking Virginia Water |
Living Planet Centre Chobham Common Nature Reserve Virginia Water |
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| Arc 9 | Blacknest Gate to Taplow: Windsor Great Park and Thames | Excellent, Good | Flat, Undulating | 85% | 12.9 miles | Virginia Water Windsor & Eton Central Windsor & Eton Riverside Taplow |
Virginia Water Dorney Lake Jubilee River |
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| Arc 10 | Taplow to Chesham: the Low Chilterns | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Hilly | 15% | 16.2 miles | Taplow Beaconsfield Amersham Chesham |
Cliveden (NT) Burnham Beeches |
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| Arc 11 merged | Chesham to Bulstrode Cross: above the Chess | Good, Unsurfaced | Hilly | 15% | 5.6 miles | Chesham | ||
| Arc 11 outer | Bulstrode Cross to Harpenden via Hemel Hempstead: the Nickey Line | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Hilly | 70% | 11.7 miles | Apsley Hemel Hempstead Harpenden |
Rothamsted Research Centre | |
| Arc 11 inner | Bulstrode Cross to Verulamium via King's Langley and Potter's Crouch | Good | Hilly | 0% | 8.9 miles | Kings Langley | Verulamium Roman Town Verulamium Roman Theatre St Alban's Cathedral |
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| Arc 12 outer | Harpendon to East Welwyn: Ayot Greenway and Garden City | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating | 80% | 10.1 miles | Harpenden Welwyn Garden City |
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| Arc 12 inner | Verulamium to East Welwyn: Alban Way and garden city | Excellent | Undulating | 80% | 10.6 miles | St Albans Hatfield |
Verulamium Roman Town St Alban's Cathedral Mill Green Watermill |
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| Arc 12 merged | East Welwyn to Hertford: Cole Green Way, 'twixt Mimram and Lea | Excellent, Good | Undulating | 95% | 4.4 miles | Hertford North Hertford East |
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| Spoke 1 N | Crew's Hill to Hertford: Hilly Herts | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating | 30% | 9.4 miles | Crews Hill Hertford North Hertford East |
Broxbourne Woods NNR | |
| Spoke 1 N var | Goff's Oak to Hertingfordbury via Cuffley: Hilly Herts (West) | Good, Unsurfaced | Hilly | 40% | 7.8 miles | Hertford North Hertford East Welwyn Garden City |
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| Spoke 1 E | Crew's Hill to Enfield Lock: Turkey Brook Parks (London Loop Path) | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating | 85% | 5.8 miles | Crews Hill Turkey Street Enfield Lock |
Forty Hall (LB Enfield) Myddelton House |
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| Spoke 2 E | Up to Downe: Rural Bromley, Hayes to Knockholt | Good, Warning | Hilly, Very Hilly | 0% | 7.1 miles | Hayes | ||
| Spoke 2 W | Up to Downe: Rural Bromley, Hayes to Westerham Heights | Good | Hilly | 0% | 7.9 miles | Hayes | Down House (EH) | |
| Spoke 2-3 link | Bromley to the Halliloo valley | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Hilly | 35% | 10.5 miles | Bromley South Hayes Woldingham |
Metropolitan Police Dog Training Centre | |
| Spoke 3 | Upper Warlingham to Winders Hill via Marden Park | Excellent | Undulating | 75% | 4.3 miles | Upper Warlingham Woldingham |
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| Spoke 3 ext | Oxted to Pilgrim's Way | Good | Undulating | 0% | 3.4 miles | Oxted | ||
| Spoke 4 | Coulsdon South: Farthing Downs and Chaldon Church | Good | Hilly | 0% | 3.3 miles | Coulsdon South | St Peter and St Pauls, Chaldon (mural) Farthing Downs |
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| Spoke 5 E | The Racing Downs: Ewell East to Walton-on-the-Hill | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Hilly | 60% | 5.1 miles | Ewell East Epsom Downs Tattenham Corner |
Epsom Racecourse | |
| Spoke 5 W | The Racing Downs West: Ewell West to Headley | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating, Hilly | 90% | 6.9 miles | Ewell West | Epsom Racecourse | |
| Spoke 5 link | The Racing Downs: Chessington North to Tattenham Corner | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat, Hilly | 85% | 6.6 miles | Chessington North Tattenham Corner |
The Epsom Cluster Epsom Racecourse |
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| The Epsom Bikepass | On-road Surrey Cycleway avoiding the racing Downs | Good | Hilly | 0% | 2.5 miles | Ewell West Chessington North |
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| Spoke 5 var | Horton Lane to Juniper Hall via Stane Street Roman road | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat, Hilly, Very Hilly | 95% | 7.1 miles | Ashtead Box Hill & Westhumble |
The Epsom Cluster Ashtead Common Stane Street |
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| Spoke 6 | Hampton Court to West Byfleet: Thames Path and Wey Navigation | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 95% | 10.7 miles | Hampton Court West Byfleet |
Hampton Court Palace Wey Navigation |
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| Spoke 6-7 | Hampton Wick to Egham via Thames Path to Staines | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat | 50% | 17.1 miles | Hampton Wick Hampton Staines Egham |
Bushy Park Runnymede (Magna Carta) (NT) |
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| Spoke 7 ext | Feltham to Staines Riverside via Bedfont Lakes | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat | 50% | 5.8 miles | Feltham Staines |
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| Spoke 7a | In Windsor Great Park: Virginia Water | Excellent | Flat, Undulating | 100% | 4.3 miles | Virginia Water | Virginia Water Totem Pole The Savill Garden |
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| Spoke 7b | Into Windsor Great Park: Egham to the Village Stores | Excellent, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating, Very Hilly | 80% | 4.5 miles | Egham | Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede Runnymede (Magna Carta) (NT) |
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| Spoke 8 S | West Drayton to Dorney: Slough Arm Canal and Jubilee River | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 70% | 10.1 miles | West Drayton Slough Windsor & Eton Riverside Windsor & Eton Central |
Dorney Lake | |
| Spoke 8 N | West Ruislip to Cliveden or Wooburn via Langley and Black Parks | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat, Undulating | 70% | 17.7 miles | West Ruislip Uxbridge Slough |
Langley Park Black Park Burnham Beeches Cliveden (NT) |
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| Spoke 8 link | Langley to Burnham Beeches via Slough Arm Canal and Farnham Royal | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat, Undulating | 80% | 7.1 miles | Slough | Langley Park Burnham Beeches |
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| Spoke 8-10 link | West Drayton to Cassiobury: Grand Union Canal | Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 95% | 13.3 miles | West Drayton Rickmansworth Watford |
Denham Country Park | |
| Spoke 9 W | The Chess Valley West: Chalfont and Latimer to Venus Hill | Good | Hilly | 0% | 3.6 miles | Chalfont & Latimer | ||
| Spoke 9 E | The Chess Valley East: Chorleywood to Bulstrode | Good, Unsurfaced | Hilly | 20% | 5.6 miles | Chorleywood | Chenies Manor | |
| Spoke 10 W | Bushey to Venus Hill: Ebury Way, Whippendell and Belsize | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating | 40% | 9.8 miles | Bushey Watford |
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| Spoke 10 Canal | Grand Union Canal from Cassiobury Park to Hemel Hempstead | Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 100% | 8.0 miles | Watford Apsley Hemel Hempstead |
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| Spoke 10 N | Bushey to Harpenden: Colne Valley Way, Verulamium, St Albans Abbey | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating | 70% | 16.7 miles | Bushey St Albans Harpenden |
Brickett Picture House Verulamium Roman Town St Alban's Cathedral Rothamsted Research Centre |
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| Spoke 11 NW | Elstree to Bedmond: Aldenham, Wall Hall and Bricket Wood | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Hilly | 35% | 10.4 miles | Elstree & Borehamwood | Aldenham Country Park | |
| Spoke 11 NE | Elstree to Hatfield via North Mymms and Old Hatfield | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating | 30% | 11.3 miles | Elstree & Borehamwood Hatfield |
Hatfield House | |
| Spoke 12 | Hadley Wood to Wheathampstead via North Mymms | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating | 35% | 15.6 miles | Hadley Wood | Cassivellaunus’ HQ Oppidum | |
| Spoke 12 - Spoke 1E link | Enfield Chase: Hadley Wood to Turkey Brook Park | Good | Undulating | 25% | 4.1 miles | Hadley Wood Crews Hill |
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| Spin-off 1 | Stort valley and North West Essex: Dobb's Weir to Moreton | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat, Undulating | 50% | 13.0 miles | Roydon Harlow Town |
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| Spin-off 1-2-3 | The Essex Outer Arc: Moreton to Rainham via Toot Hill, Navestock and Ingrebourne Valley | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating, Hilly | 33% | 22.7 miles | Harold Wood Upminster Rainham |
Weald Country Park Hornchurch Country Park Rainham Hall (National Trust) |
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| Spin-off 2 | Epping Forest & rural West Essex: Gunpowder Park to Shenfield | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating, Hilly | 10% | 22.2 miles | Enfield Lock Turkey Street Chingford Theydon Bois Brentwood Shenfield |
Epping Forest | |
| Spin-off 3 | Thames Estuary North Bank: Rainham to Tilbury Fort under Dartford Crossing | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 60% | 14.7 miles | Rainham Tilbury Town |
Rainham Hall (National Trust) Rainham Marshes (RSPB) St Clement's West Thurrock Tilbury Fort (EH) |
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| Spin-off 3 ext | Becton to Rainham: suburban connector along the A13 | Good | Flat | 6.4 miles | Barking Rainham |
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| Spin-off 4 | Thames Estuary South Bank and Kent Marshes: Dartford to Gravesend | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Flat | 55% | 9.2 miles | Dartford Gravesend |
The River Isolation and Fever Hospitals Rosherville Pleasure Gardens |
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| Spin-off 5 | The Kentish Weald Arc: Eynesford to Tatsfield via stately homes | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Very Hilly | 20% | 29.6 miles | Sevenoaks Leigh Hever Oxted |
Knowle (NT) Penshurst Place Chiddingstone Hever Castle Chartwell (NT) |
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| Spin-off 5 var | The Kentish Weald Arc: The Knatts Valley | Good | Hilly | 0% | 5.0 miles | |||
| Spin-off 5 link | Kentish Weald Arc access: Knockholt, Sundridge and Ide Hill to Bayley’s Hill | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Very Hilly | 5% | 8.7 miles | Emmetts Garden (NT) | ||
| Spin-off 6 | Surrey Weald East, Gravelly Hill and Chaldon to Gatwick Airport via Redhill | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Hilly | 80% | 13.3 miles | Redhill Gatwick Airport |
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| The Box Hill Loop | Zig-Zag climb (anticlockwise) | Excellent | Hilly, Very Hilly | 0% | 5.5 miles | Box Hill & Westhumble | Box Hill | |
| Spin-off 7 | Surrey Weald West: Boxhill to Bramley (L Shoreham-by-Sea) and Guildford | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating, Hilly | 60% | 18.7 miles | Dorking Main Dorking Deepdene Guildford |
Box Hill Wey Navigation |
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| Spin-off 8 | The Basingstoke Canal: Woking to Fleet | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat | 95% | 16.6 miles | Woking Fleet |
Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway | |
| Spin-off 9 | The Thames Valley: Eton Dorney Lake to Crazies Hill | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat, Hilly | 75% | 9.9 miles | Slough Maidenhead Twyford |
Dorney Lake | |
| Spin-off 10 | The High Chilterns: Little Missenden to Phoenix Trail (for Thame) via Pink Hill | Good | Hilly, Very Hilly | 5% | 11.7 miles | Amersham Great Missenden Princes Risborough |
The Icknield Line | |
| Spin-off 11 | Into Beds: Hemel Hempstead to Leighton Buzzard | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat, Hilly | 30% | 19.6 miles | Hemel Hempstead Leighton Buzzard |
Ashridge Estate - Bridgewater monument (NT) Leighton Buzzard Railway |
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| Spin-off 11b | Into Bedfordshire: Harpenden to Luton Airport Parkway | Good | Undulating | 100% | 4.0 miles | Harpenden Luton Airport Parkway |
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| Spin-off 12 | Into Herts: St Albans to Stevenage via Shaw's Corner | Good, Unsurfaced, Warning | Undulating, Hilly | 20% | 17.9 miles | St Albans Stevenage |
Cassivellaunus’ HQ Oppidum Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawence (NT) |
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| Chingford to Epping Link | Epping Forest from south to north | Unsurfaced | Hilly | 85% | 7.9 miles | Chingford Epping |
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| Romford Link N | To Abridge via Hainault Forest Park | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Hilly | 40% | 6.1 miles | Romford | Redbridge Cycling Centre Hainault Forest |
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| Romford-Brentwood Link | To Brentwood via Havering and Weald Country Parks | Good, Unsurfaced | Undulating, Hilly | 25% | 11.1 miles | Romford Brentwood |
Havering-atte-Bower Country Park Weald Country Park |
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| Swanley Links | To and from Arc 4, N from Swanley village and SE to Eynesford | Good | Undulating | 5% | 5.4 miles | Swanley | ||
| Knockholt links | To Arc 5 upper | Good | Undulating | 0% | 2.5 miles | Knockholt | ||
| Sevenoaks link | Good | Hilly | 10% | 1.6 miles | Sevenoaks | Knowle (NT) | ||
| Oxted link S | To Spinoff 5 at Chartwell via Limpsfield Chart | Good, Unsurfaced | Hilly | 20% | 4.8 miles | Oxted | Chartwell (NT) | |
| Caterham Link | To Arc 6, then on to Spinoff 6 | Good, Unsurfaced | Hilly | 40% | 1.8 miles | Caterham | ||
| Clandon Link | To Arc 8a at Send | Good, Unsurfaced | Flat | 60% | 1.5 miles | Clandon | Clandon Park (NT) Hatchlands (NT) |
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| Virginia Water link | To Spoke 7a from Virginia Water | Good | Flat | 95% | 1.5 miles | Virginia Water | ||
| Windsor & Eton links | To Windsor and Arc 9 (W); Eton and Spoke 8S (N) | Good | Flat | 0% | 2.0 miles | Windsor & Eton Central Windsor & Eton Riverside |
Windsor Castle | |
| Taplow links | To Arc 9 (S), and Arc 10 (N) | Good | Flat, Undulating | 0% | 1.8 miles | Taplow | ||
| Twyford link | To Crazies Hill and Spin-off 9 | Good | Flat, Undulating | 40% | 4.3 miles | Twyford | ||
| Beaconsfield links | To Arc 10, SW to Wooburn; NW to Penn | Good | Undulating | 0% | 2.8 miles | Beaconsfield | Bekonscot model village | |
| Amersham Link | To Arc 10 | Good | Undulating | 5% | 1.9 miles | Amersham |