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Overview

​​This walk is fully booked.

I will catch the 09.11 from Finsbury Park Station. There are also trains from King's Cross and Tottenham Hale stations. Buy a cheap Day Return to Waterbeach.

Meet outside Cambridge Station at 10.11.

We start through the terraced back steets of Cambridge for a little over one mile. Then east and north along the south bank of the River Cam and a small diversion through Fen Ditton. Soon back to the riverside until Baits Bite Lock where we strike east into Horningsea for lunch at the Plough and Fleece (five miles from the start). There is a small cemetery with benches for picnics and a cafe in the garden centre opposite the pub. Please bear in mind that most of us (all last year!) will be enjoying Christmas lunch in the pub which is three courses so will clearly last well over the hour.

We will have Christmas Menu A, see the link below. As I need to pay a deposit I will collect £10 deposits when I see you.

On leaving the pub we walk along a short paved section of road and a number of fields before crossing the bridge at Clayhithe for the final stretch bordering a wood to Waterbeach Station.

The whole route is level, on hard paths or across fields, but with ice and/or mud probable in places.

Saturday, 14 December 2024
Start time:
10:11 am
Estimated finish time:
4:00 pm
Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
12.9km / 8.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
linear

 

 

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Accessible by public transport
  • No car needed
  • No Stiles

Starting point

Grid reference:
TL 46215 57249
Nearest postcode:
CB1 2JW
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drop.tall.wage
Start time:
10:11 am

Cambridge Railway Station

Finishing point

Grid reference:
TL 50060 65024
Nearest postcode:
CB25 9HX
what3words:
maddening.magnets.curbed
Estimated finish time:
4:00 pm

Waterbeach Railway Station

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking