Greensand Cycle Way

(Greensand Cycleway) Signs for this route appeared in the first half of 2014. It covers roughly 40 miles (64 km), using minor roads and runs roughly in parallel with its sister walk, the Greensand Ridge Walk. The route traverses Bedfordshire, making brief forays into the neighbouring counties of Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire. Its southern endpoint is at Leighton Buzzard and the route runs north-east to Sandy. The waymarker for this route is simply Greensand Cycleway and the depiction of a bicycle on a brown background. There are some smaller, circular waymarkers employed to ensure continuity of the route for cyclists.

A map of the route can be found on "Open Street Map".

At the end of Abbey Lane (Ampthill), there is a T-junction with the Flitwick Road (Malden). Turn left and then right into New Road alongside open fields. You will briefly merge with Silsoe Road before turning right into Water End. There are a number of pretty thatched cottages here, as well as Water End Fisheries, a course fishing site.

Pretty Bedfordshire cottage

The Flying Horse, Clophill

Lock-up and pound in Clophill

Follow the road round until you come to Clophill Road. Here you can take advantage of the old "Dog and Badger" pub on the left to quench your thirst or appetite, but the route continues right, along the Clophill Road to meet with the Bedford Road (A6) - make sure you follow the Clophill Road round to the left and not onto the A507.

Take care crossing the A6 at this point. You can choose to leave the route here and follow the A6 towards Luton briefly, in order to drop into Silsoe and along to Wrest Park and its 3 centuries of parklands. Otherwise continue into Clophill and past the "Flying Horse" pub dating from about 1731. The village green boasts a "lock-up and pound" where once were kept any stray animals which were released back to their owners for a fine, a small convenience store with post office and snack bar, an Italian restaurant in the old "Green Man" - there is also a real ale pub, "the Stone Jug" which is a little off the route in Back Lane.

To continue the route, follow Shefford Road through the village, past the Mill House and the primary school. Turn left into Great Lane, a scenic route to Haynes, and follow this narrow, wooded country lane up over the hill until you meet with Church Lane (Haynes). There is quite a good view of Haynes Park, the house, from the top of the lane looking across the fields.

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