Discover the closest published Remapped drives to Cambridge, England. Routes are ordered by their nearest point to the town centre and may start elsewhere. Distances to routes are approximate straight-line distances, not driving distances. Roads featured include A1307, B1052, B184.
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Short on time? B1004 and Much Hadham: Hertford to Bishops Stortford has the shortest estimated drive in this collection, at 36 minutes before stops.
Closest point on route: 1 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Leave Cambridge for the rolling country of north Essex, linking Saffron Walden and Thaxted before finishing at Finchingfield. The roads here have a long-standing reputation among local touring drivers and riders.
Closest point on route: 13 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Make an East Anglian country circuit from Newmarket through Clare and the Suffolk wool towns. Rural B-road sections alternate with historic settlement approaches and working agricultural country.
Closest point on route: 13 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Follow the B184 corridor north from Ongar across rural Essex, through Dunmow and Thaxted towards Saffron Walden. Long countryside sections and successive villages make an accessible point-to-point alternative to a motorway run.
Closest point on route: 18 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Link the A507’s changing bends with the B1037 through eastern Hertfordshire. This compact loop stays on through-roads, returning by the countryside around Weston rather than doubling back over the main attraction.
Closest point on route: 21 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Build a full north Essex circuit around the B1057 to Finchingfield, continuing through Wethersfield towards Halstead before returning via the old road through Felsted. This loop is distinct from the existing Cambridge-to-Finchingfield through-drive.
Closest point on route: 23 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
A short countryside escape along the B1004 corridor, linking Ware, Wareside and Much Hadham before finishing on the western approach to Bishop’s Stortford. Enjoy it as a relaxed point-to-point drive rather than adding an artificial return leg.
Closest point on route: 27 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Explore the Breckland side of East Anglia from Thetford, heading through the forest country towards Swaffham and Castle Acre. Return across the Watton countryside for a broad inland circuit.
Closest point on route: 29 miles from Cambridge · straight-line distance
Explore the country roads just beyond north London, threading Northaw and Cuffley before reaching the B158 around Essendon. This is a local escape with wooded sections and rolling farmland, linked into a circuit without entering London’s centre.
Driving times exclude stops. Leave time for the views, check each route’s notes and make the journey your own.
About the drives in this collection.
Cambridge to Finchingfield through the Essex Uplands has the closest point on a route in this selection, approximately 1 miles from Cambridge in a straight line. This is not the distance to the route start or a driving-distance estimate.
B1004 and Much Hadham: Hertford to Bishops Stortford is the shortest by route distance, at 15 miles, with an estimated driving time of 36 min. Allow extra time for stops and the journey to the route.
Breckland Forest and Castle Acre Loop is the longest by route distance, at 55 miles. Its estimated driving time is 1 hr 31 min, excluding stops and travel to the route.
5 routes start and finish in the same place, including Newmarket, Lavenham and Long Melford Loop. Check the route map to find a convenient starting point.
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