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Essendon Hill – Buck's Alley Woodland Lane loop from Potters Bar

Essendon Hill – Buck's Alley Woodland Lane loop from Potters Bar

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Essendon Hill – Buck's Alley Woodland Lane loop from Potters Bar

02:21

50.8km

510m

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: April 25, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 0 m for 219 m

After 50.7 km for 228 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.76 km

Cumcum Hill Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Awful name for a road but the hill is quite steep

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9.06 km

Essendon Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Fast 40mph/65kph downhill when travelling northbound. Nice sweeping wide left turn, but careful of the right angle turn at the end. Can be easy to misjudge and go in too fast! Quiet road generally

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18.8 km

Northward Downhill Stretch Near Hertford

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Long steady uphill when travelling from the north to south. Not much traffic on this road either.

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25.1 km

Buck's Alley Woodland Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Be ready to have your gears set up in order as there will be some quick changing here

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32.1 km

Broxbourne Wood East

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Better for hiking but can see a lot of forests and occassionally deer through the trees

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32.9 km

Pembridge Lane

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Lovely wooded lane, nice and quiet, with the parallel White Stubbs Lane taking most of the brunt of car traffic (not a lot there either, so don't feel like you have to avoid it!).

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33.5 km

Lower White Stubbs

Forest

42.5 km

Newgate Street Climb and The Coach and Horses Pub

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Maybe not the hardest climb in the area, but if you take it on you've probably just done Carbone Hill, so always a little more of a push than it should be! Lovely lanes and woodlands around to boot.

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43.0 km

Vineyards Lane and Carbone Hill Climbs

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Two steep-ish decents and climbs back-to-back. North is a bit easier than south. Lots of cyclists on both, and despite being small roads often cars.

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50.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.6 km

2.68 km

343 m

206 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.1 km

4.66 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Tuesday 26 May

27°C

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Essendon Hill – Buck's Alley Woodland Lane loop from Potters Bar

Cumcum Hill Climb

Essendon Hill

Northward Downhill Stretch Near Hertford

Buck's Alley Woodland Lane

Broxbourne Wood East

Pembridge Lane

Newgate Street Climb and The Coach and Horses Pub

Vineyards Lane and Carbone Hill Climbs

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