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My CamFul.gpx file contains two adjustments: a slightly more direct route from St Andrew's St in Cambridge to Mill Road via Parker's Piece; and a correction between Yarrow Road and Fulbourn Old Drift to reflect a new footpath alignment that is south of the railway reflecting closure of a gate onto the railway line
My CamFul.gpx file contains two adjustments: a slightly more direct route from St Andrew's St in Cambridge to Mill Road via Parker's Piece; and a correction between Yarrow Road and Fulbourn Old Drift to reflect a new footpath alignment that is south of the railway reflecting closure of a gate onto the railway line
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
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Start and end points
Cambridge
Grid Ref
TL4482058461
Lat / Lon
52.20537° / 0.11790°
Easting / Northing
544,820E / 258,461N
What3Words
worked.score.quiz
Fulbourn
Grid Ref
TL5200756228
Lat / Lon
52.18337° / 0.22199°
Easting / Northing
552,007E / 256,228N
What3Words
humidity.quiz.carpentry
| Cambridge | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL4482058461 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.20537° / 0.11790° |
| Easting / Northing | 544,820E / 258,461N |
| What3Words | worked.score.quiz |
| Fulbourn | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL5200756228 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.18337° / 0.22199° |
| Easting / Northing | 552,007E / 256,228N |
| What3Words | humidity.quiz.carpentry |
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Alex Reeve
28 Apr 2021Cambridge to Fulbourn is almost entirely paved and much of the route coincides with a cycle route from Fulbourn into the city. A short 200m unpaved stretch east of Sunmead Walk ending in steps onto Yarrow Road can easily be avoided by diverting 50m north onto Fulbourn Old Drift via Rushgrove.
Look out for the following points of interest:
Mill Road, Cambridge – a street celebrated for the many independent shops and international cuisine.
Cambridge Mosque, east end of Mill Road – opened in 2019, design by Marks Barfield (same designers as the London Eye).
Cherry Hinton Brook, Burnside – a small chalk stream where water voles and kingfishers have been observed.
The Tins Path – runs past the former Norman and Saxon Cement Works, long since demolished leaving a legacy of fenced off back land and flooded chalk pits. ‘The Tins’ derives from the corrugated metal fencing backing The Orchard housing estate.
Cambridge to Newmarket railway – sections of the route run parallel with this single track line first constructed in the late 1840s. There is still an hourly passenger service but the station at Fulbourn was shut in 1967 and has been demolished.
Fulbourn Hospital Site – the path passes the hospital burial ground and the back of the former County Asylum that opened in 1858. Capital Park business park now occupies part of the site on south side of Fulbourn Old Drift and in 2021 work commenced to build housing on the Ida Darwin Hospital site to the north.
Fulbourn Windmill – prominently situated south of the village it is a smock-mill dating from 1808.
Fulbourn – retains many historic cottages, several pubs and food shops. The tower of St Vigor’s dates from the 13th century and the church contains a cadaver tomb and brasses dating from the 14th century.
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