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G 210 East Road, Cambridge CB1 1BG I CK U H D A1301 January 2017 Fulfen Slade ANE ERY L ROOK Bikes on trains Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these maps, Cambridgeshire County Route through LOS Council, their partners, or OpenStreetMap cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. TAN E C E churchyard - please NERY R ID Maps copyright © 2010 OpenStreetMap and its contributors and used under a Creative Commons OAD H be courteous Most bikes are allowed on trains. However, Share-Alike license CCbySA2.0 which means they can be freely copied providing the same or LK D through churchyard, YS WA A equivalent terms are applied to the copies. OpenStreetMap.org is a collaborative project to map the CATLE and respect others. RO

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N I W Blazing Saddles R No Entry signs always apply to cyclists E V A L C too ... 110 Road, Cambridge CB1 7AJ 01223 415367 Places to see Cambridge Cycle Company Except ... unless there is an exception shown 34 Woollards Lane, CB22 5LZ cycles underneath, or ... 01223 847100 Cambridge by cattle and sheep. Facilities include picnic area, cycle includes a lake, ornamental and kitchen gardens www.cambridgecyclecompany.co.uk The city is famous for its university and colleges, parking and toilets. and a pond. There are also stables, a Victorian ... you can bypass No Entry signs if there CAM Cycles punting and cycling. There are several museums www.rspb.org.uk service wing, children’s play areas and tearooms. is a gap alongside with this route for 92 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 2BD including the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Museum of www.english-heritage.org.uk cyclists sign. 01223 500988 Duxford Technology, the Polar Museum and the Botanic Cycle King garden www.botanic.cam.ac.uk. The city has a The IWM Duxford is Britain’s largest aviation museum and Saffron Walden No vehicles includes cycles. You can 195-197 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 3AN network of cycleways and free cycle parking as houses nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and The north-west retains a rural 01223 214999 appearance with many old buildings, dating from still wheel your bike. well as numerous cycle shops operating bike hire naval vessels. The airfield is still active with two parallel Discount Cycles schemes. There is also a detailed Cambridge runways and hosts many air shows. There is also a the 12th century onwards. Saffron Walden has 171 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 3AN Cycle Map available from the Cambridge Tourist restaurant, café and visitor shop. a museum, remains of a medieval castle, a turf 01223 576545 www.duxford.iwm.org.uk maze, Bridge End Garden and lots of independent Information Centre, featuring all cycle routes in the Greg’s Cycles city and to the surrounding villages. shops. Nearby Audley End also has a 1.5 mile No cycling 186 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 3LP www.visitcambridge.org Hinxton Mill long miniature railway. Cycle parking is available in Typically used on a footpath away from a 01223 210678 0871 226 8006 Nine Wells The 17th century watermill straddles the the town centre and at Audley End Railway Station road. You can still wheel your bike. Lensfield Road Cycles which is approximately 2 miles away. The Local Nature Reserve contains several chalk springs in Hinxton and is the site of a mill mentioned in the 69-71 Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EN which form the source of Hobson’s Conduit. Built in 1614 of 1086. It is now owned by Cambridge www.visitsaffronwalden.gov.uk No motor vehicles 01223 323559 by Thomas Hobson, the conduit was used to bring water Past, Present & Future and on their Open Days 01799 524002 A cycle is not a motor vehicle. Cyclists OWL Bikes throughout the summer you can watch flour being milled. into Cambridge city centre and the channels can still be are allowed to pass these signs where The Bike Shed, Unit 29, London Road Industrial seen along Street. www.cambridgeppf.org Castle Street, Saffron Walden motorists cannot. Estate, Pampisford CB22 3EE www.lnr.cambridge.gov.uk. 01223 839580 www.owlgroup.org.uk The Wetlands Nature Reserve Shared route for cyclists and Wandlebury Country Park Rutland Cycling Once a barren field, the reserve is now home to a variety pedestrians together Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2JW The park is situated within 110 acres of woods and chalk of plants and animals, including waterfowl and otters. The only time cyclists are allowed to ride 01223 352 728 www. Rutlandcycling.com grasslands on the Gog Magog Hills south of Cambridge. Owned and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, it has on a pavement alongside a road is where Trumpington Cycles You can see the remains of an Iron Age hill fort and walk received a Natural Heritage Award for its work to sustain you see this sign. 134 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford CB22 5JU along the eight miles of footpaths. The park is open all the natural environment. The Wetlands area also acts 01223 566145 year and cycle parking is available at the visitor car park. as a vital flood defence. The reserve is open all year for ... or this one indicating a segregated K Newdales www.cambridgeppf.org pedestrians and cyclists. route, where you must keep to the side 7 Market Walk, Saffron Walden CB10 1JZ Byron’s Pool www.hinxton.wellcome.ac.uk designated for cyclists. L 01799 513980 www.newdales.co.uk The Local Nature Reserve offers woodland walks Fowlmere RSPB Nature Reserve L KHS Bikes next to the River Cam, where Kingfishers and Grey This reserve has reedbeds and pools fed by natural chalk Audley End House and Gardens Direction sign showing Unit 3, Ronnell Place, 41a Shire Hill, Saffron Wagtails can be seen on the weir. springs and a stream runs through the park. There is The house was built in the 16th century to serve royalty Sawston National Cycle Route. 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