Phoenix Trail – Hertford Bridge loop from Princes Risborough
Phoenix Trail – Hertford Bridge loop from Princes Risborough
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Phoenix Trail – Hertford Bridge loop from Princes Risborough
04:41
72.8km
350m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 20, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 12.2 km for 215 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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2.24 km
Phoenix Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway
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3.18 km
The Phoenix Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway
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26.7 km
Wheatley Windmill
Highlight • Historical Site
The Mill Building.
The octagonal shape of this 18th-century tower mill is distinctly unusual; there are only two or three such towers in the UK. The tower has three storeys. There are two fireplaces on the ground floor (some mills only had one, and others none at all) and a properly framed staircase leads to the 'stone floor', i.e. the first floor, where the mill stones are set. The original curved dome cap was copper clad and has been described as being 'picturesque without being elegant'. There were originally four sails (which turned clockwise rather than the more usual anti-clock) but for a time the windmill operated on two sails only. These were of the 'common' type with a wooden frame rigged with canvas which could be set according to the state of the wind and the amount of work the miller had to do. The canvas used was similar to that used on Thames barges.
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31.6 km
Barracks Lane Path
Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway
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34.9 km
Oxford University Historic Center
Highlight • Cycleway
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35.0 km
Radcliffe Camera
Highlight • Historical Site
Translated by Google •
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36.6 km
Hertford Bridge
Highlight • Monument
There is a false legend saying that many decades ago, a survey of the health of students was taken, and as Hertford College's students were the heaviest, the college closed off the bridge to force them to take the stairs, giving them extra exercise. However, if the bridge is not used, the students actually climb fewer stairs than if they do use the bridge.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Sighs_(Oxford)
Tip by
45.5 km
Warren Wood
Forest
64.5 km
Phoenix Trail: Princes Risborough to Towersey
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-routes/phoenix-trail-thame-princes-risborough
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72.8 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
30.0 km
24.9 km
8.38 km
6.10 km
2.75 km
395 m
295 m
Surfaces
57.0 km
10.3 km
3.82 km
853 m
424 m
358 m
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Elevation
Highest point (130 m)
Lowest point (60 m)
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