May Leighton Buzzard Cycle Route of The Month
Spring is now here and it’s an exciting time to get out on your bike. Here is the next of our route suggestions for 2024.
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Route Summary
This 12-mile (20km) ride is mostly on the Greensand Ridge where sandy soils predominating ensuring good riding most of the year round. The route includes the historic market town of Leighton Buzzard and a stretch alongside towpath the Grand Union Canal with its locks and narrow boats, The ride begins amongst the woodlands and lakes of Rushmere Country Park now a well-used location for walking. This area of the Greensand has many sand quarries notably around Heath and Reach: those which still operate provide fine quality sands to the building industry.
The route is circular and can easily be adjusted to start anywhere in Leighton Buzzard including the railway station or the town centre. Just use komoot to edit a copy of the route and tweak the route for your location
Route type: On road (for on and off road alternative see Greensand Country Cycleways: Heath Way (On Road Route)
Car park: Rushmere-Stockgrove entrance. Parking charges apply but you can adjust the route easily to start anywhere in Leighton Buzzard
Train station: Leighton Buzzard
For an informative PDF of the route with information on the areas you pass through see: Greensand Country Cycling
Follow the route in Komoot using this link Greensand Country Cycleways: Heath Way
Photos From The Route
Introducing Komoot
Komoot is a popular route planning app that is great for exploring on a bike. If you create an account with Komoot (which is free), you will be able to follow the route on your smartphone, or indeed load the. gpx file to your GPS cycle computer. If you do choose to use your phone for navigation, please either mount the phone to your handlebars, or keep it in a pocket and only refer to the route when stationary. and it’s safe to do so.
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