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Apsley Top Lock – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Apsley

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Apsley Top Lock – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Apsley

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Apsley Top Lock – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Apsley

03:52

61.1km

630m

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 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 163 m for 128 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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416 m

Apsley Marina Drawbridge

Highlight • Structure

Beware of the lip on either side of the bridge.

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1.11 km

Apsley Top Lock

Highlight • Bridge

A pretty spot to admire the Grand Union Canal. The bride at the lock is narrow though safe to ride over, but the tow paths either side are narrow and uneven, so ride slowly or walk.

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3.99 km

Corn Exchange (Former Town Hall)

Highlight • Other

A market house stood on this site for centuries before being rebuilt as the current Town Hall in 1851. The open colonnades were filled to make the corn exchange in 1857.

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4.13 km

Gadebridge Park

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Use this if you want to travel in the opposite direction to the one-way, Old High Street.

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9.42 km

View of Heizdin's Wood

Highlight • Viewpoint

Best seen in the evening's golden hour.

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11.2 km

Pulridge Wood

Forest

16.4 km

Long Wood

Forest

22.8 km

Bison Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Nice climb up to Whipsnade Zoo. Tough enough to test the legs, but a good surface and nice views make it really worth while.

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42.2 km

Hawridge Windmill

Highlight • Monument

Hawridge Windmill (also known as Cholesbury Windmill) is a tower mill constructed in 1883 on the site of an earlier smock mill. The windmill ceased operation in 1912 and was …

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43.9 km

Chiltern Velo Café

Highlight • Cafe

Café now built and is recommended

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61.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.9 km

3.39 km

1.58 km

1.15 km

1.01 km

105 m

Surfaces

41.9 km

17.3 km

955 m

696 m

147 m

133 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

30°C

18°C

15 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Apsley Top Lock – Chiltern Velo Café loop from Apsley

Apsley Marina Drawbridge

Apsley Top Lock

Corn Exchange (Former Town Hall)

Gadebridge Park

View of Heizdin's Wood

Bison Hill

Hawridge Windmill

Chiltern Velo Café

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