Bedfordshire Cycle Route 6 - St Neots Riverside

This information has been provided courtesy of Let's Go. Simply log onto their website for more information.

This description should be read in conjunction with the route map. A link to the map is given below.

Route Map (PDF, 124kb)

Introduction

This circular ride through the open landscape of north-east Bedfordshire, passes through several small settlements and visits Bushmead Priory and St Neots with its attractive riverside park.

Start/Finish Point

Kimbolton Road, Bedford. The nearest station is Bedford. Head to the left up Ashburnham Road. At the double-mini roundabout, head to the right along Bromham Road. Continue onto Dame Alice Street, then onto St Peters Street. Take the first available left at the one way system onto Kimbolton Road.

You can buy tickets to Bedford on our website

Access and General Information

Length: 26 miles

Directions

Leave Bedford on the B660 Kirnbolton Road, and after about 1½ miles turn right at the roundabout along Wentworth Drive. After about 1 mile turn left at the roundabout, foIlowing Hookhams Lane to Salph End. Bear right and follow the road to Wilden. At the T-junction in Wilden, turn right and follow this lane, for 1 mile before turning left up Channel's End Road., signposted to Colmworth. Follow this road for 1½ miles, until you reach a T- junction.

Turn right at the T- junction and in just over a mile turn left to Honeydon. In Honeydon take a sharp left turn to Staploe. Follow this lane to the T- junction and turn right, and then take the next left at Chestnut Cottage for the hamlets of Staploe and Duloe.

After Duloe the road passes under the A1 and comes up to meet the old Great North Road.

Go straight across and drop down to the main road and turn left for St. Neots. At the roundabout take the turning on the right into Riverside Park.

For the return journey reverse the route as far as Duloe, but then take the next left to Bushmead. Turn right at the T-junction signposted to Staploe, and keep on this road for 3 miles to Bushmead crossroads.

Bushmead Priory is well worth exploring. To do so, turn right at the crossroads and right again along a track to the priory. To carry on the journey return to the crossroads and continue straight on to Colmworth and Wilden. At the T- junction turn right and ride through Wilden, following the lane to Ravensden. Carry on through, before an exhilarating descent to Salph End.

Weather Forecast

Below is the weather forecast for Bedford.

Print this page