15th November 2025 — Northstowe Lakes
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Rampton Green
Distance: 3.5 miles
What to bring: Snack and drink
Northstowe Lakes — a short walk (3.5 miles) around the Northstowe Lakes, option to extend to 5 miles
Contact: Claire & Chris
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Rampton Green
Distance: 3.5 miles
What to bring: Snack and drink
Northstowe Lakes — a short walk (3.5 miles) around the Northstowe Lakes, option to extend to 5 miles
Contact: Claire & Chris
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Impington, junction of Cambridge Road/Lone Tree Avenue
Walking into Cambridge via Darwin Green, Eddington, West Road site, then into the centre
Contact: David Thomas
Time: 9:45 am
Meet: Green near Bramley Close, Cottenham (9:45am), or Castle Mound at Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge (~10:30am). Shorter walk option available.
Distance: 4.3 miles
What to bring: Lunch (pub meal or picnic).
4.3-mile walk via bus to Cambridge; Castle Street to river, onward to Green Dragon pub in Chesterton; return via Chesterton.
Contact: Claire
Time: 11:00 am
Meet: Reserve main car park, CB7 5XP / ///assemble.drifting.roughest
Distance: 4 miles
What to bring: Drink and pack-up for Route 1. Non-members pay £3.20 parking and £10 entry for Route 2. Café available.
Two options — Route 1: 4-mile rugged loop around Adventurers' Fen; Route 2: 2-mile tame reserve loop. Both flat.
Time: 12:15 pm
Meet: Cottenham Community Centre (cafe)
Contact: Vanessa, Chris and Claire
Part of a multi-day event
Distance: 7.4 miles
Route: Visiting the villages of Steeple Morden, Guilden Morden, Abington Pigotts and Litlington, each with its own pub and medieval church. Wide views and open skies, passing moated farmhouses and thatched cottages, small woods and nature reserves. Note: Pub lunch availability being looked into; start point and time to be confirmed once a pub is chosen.
Part of a multi-day event
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Therfield Village Green, opposite the Fox & Duck
Distance: 7.3 miles
Route: A walk through the rolling countryside.
Part of a multi-day event
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Sandy Lodge RSPB reserve
Distance: 8 miles
Route: This walk takes in some of the Greensand Ridge Walk and finishes with a pleasant stroll through the RSPB reserve at The Lodge. Cost: £6 parking fee (free to RSPB members)
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Parlour Close bus stop on Cottenham Road, CB24 9XP ; parking available opposite at allotments. / ///being.odds.thickens
Distance: 3.5 miles
What to bring: Snack and drinks; no seating available on route.
3.5-mile circular walk exploring Histon, farmland, and Westwick, with gentle inclines. updated date and earlier time
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Rupert Brooke Pub/Restaurant / ///brass.farms.salon
What to bring: Drinks, snacks, packed lunch
Grantchester/Trumpington/Newnham circular (meadows and wooded areas), ~6+ miles, easy walking
Contact: Eileen
Time: 11:00 am
Meet: In front of St Peter's and St Paul's Church, CB23 8BZ / ///times.destiny.fastening
Distance: 3 miles
What to bring: Picnic lunch and drinks for the extended walk.
3-mile easy circular walk around Dry Drayton; optional 5-mile extension to Bar Hill nature reserve.
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Carpark on A603 (Orwell) / ///pass.calms.panoramic
Distance: 6 miles
What to bring: Drink/snack
Harlton and Barrington, ~6 miles with gentle climbs and good views
Contact: Ian & Ann
Time: 11:00 am
Meet: Bus stop at junction of Holliday's Road and St Mary's Close, Bluntisham, PE28 3LW / ///barn.shifts.mute
Distance: 3 miles
What to bring: Lunch and drinks for the full walk; lunch available at Brownshill Lock.
Easy 3-mile flat walk through Bluntisham to Berrycroft Lake and Brownshill Lock; optional 5-mile extension crossing the Great Ouse to Ouse Fen.
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: Great Chishill / ///brightly.roughness.simulates
Distance: 7.52 miles
What to bring: Snack and lunch
Great Chishill, 7.52 miles — through rolling hills taking in the highest points in both Cambridgeshire and Essex
Contact: Chris & Claire
Time: 11:00 am
Meet: By the yellow road-salt container on Holt Fen, Main Rd, Little Thetford, CB6 3HB / ///overruns.louder.sprains
Distance: 2.5 miles
What to bring: Drink and energy snack; picnic lunch and drinks if doing both parts.
2.5-mile circular wildlife walk along the Great Ouse with Ely Cathedral views; optional 4.8-mile extension. Flat terrain with 2 stiles and a railway crossing.
Time: 9:15 am
Meet: Paxton Pits Nature Reserve car park / ///rental.looks.ounce
Distance: 7 miles
What to bring: Binoculars
7 mile circular route in the Ouse Valley, starting at the nature reserve just outside Little Paxton
Contact: Will & Linda
Time: 9:30 am
Meet: Green or carpark by golf club / ///proves.scare.fended
Distance: 7 miles
What to bring: Weather-appropriate clothing for muddy conditions
Circular walk from Therfield Heath, Royston, to the village of Therfield and back, ~7 miles
Contact: Roger
Time: 10:00 am
Meet: High Street, Fen Ditton, opposite the church / ///eradicate.denote.stability
Distance: 7 miles
What to bring: Appropriate footwear (mostly hard surfaces)
Fen Ditton to Cambridge, pan-shaped walk, ~7 miles
Contact: Pauline & Tony