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Moulton Packhorse Bridge – Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits loop from Shelford

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Moulton Packhorse Bridge – Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits loop from Shelford

Hard

3.8

(4)

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Moulton Packhorse Bridge – Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits loop from Shelford

05:14

88.9km

420m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very 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 9, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 8.86 km for 71 m

After 79.8 km for 258 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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901 m

DNA Pathway (Addenbrooke’s to Great Shelford)

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Connection between Biomedical Campus and Shelford with an unfolded gene on the path. Though the paint declines (nice analogly for DNA reading faults) still impressive if you think about the amount of information stored in this relatively small gene alone.

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4.69 km

View of the Green Fields Near Industrial Area

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

9.24 km

Fulbourn Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The Windmill at Fulbourn stands on an outlier of the Gog Magog Hills 4 miles east of the City of Cambridge. Low chalk hills run to the south of it; …

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10.6 km

Saint Vigor, Fulbourn Parish Church

Highlight • Religious Site

There is actually a nice cafe near here but Koomot thinks there is only a church.

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27.8 km

Half Rounds Plantation

Forest

37.3 km

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Medieval packhorse bridge beside the ford over the Kennett at Moulton. Still in use and bikeable (with a shallow step at each end of the bridge).

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46.8 km

Gifford Wood

Forest

66.4 km

Swaffham Prior Village and Twin Churches

Highlight • Historical Site

Look out for the two churches , next door to each other,

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79.9 km

Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits

Highlight • Natural

Huge chalk and lime quarry

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83.5 km

Cambridge Guided Busway Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Don't get too close to the busway edge as buses can come past at speed creating a dangerous draught. Also, tree roots under the path have made the surface a bit bumpy in places.

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88.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

61.7 km

21.7 km

4.52 km

959 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

73.5 km

14.1 km

887 m

383 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 27 June

26°C

17°C

25 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Moulton Packhorse Bridge – Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits loop from Shelford

DNA Pathway (Addenbrooke’s to Great Shelford)

View of the Green Fields Near Industrial Area

Fulbourn Windmill

Saint Vigor, Fulbourn Parish Church

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

Swaffham Prior Village and Twin Churches

Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits

Cambridge Guided Busway Cycle Path

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