National Cycle Route 61

National Cycle Route 61 is part of theNational Cycle Network managed by the charity Sustrans. It runs for 34 miles from Maidenhead (Berkshire) to Rye House (Hertfordshire) via Uxbridge, Watford, St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford in the United Kingdom.

Maidenhead | Windsor | Uxbridge

National Cycle Route 61 starts from a junction with National Cycle Route 4 on the southern outskirts of Maidenhead. It follows the Jubilee River (a River Thames flood relief channel, passing north of Windsor not far from Eton College. Just north of Eton, the route then leaves the river to cross Ditton Park and then turns north through Langley. The route then follows country lanes and a section of unsurfaced bridleway before joining National Cycle Route 6 on the towpath of the Grand Union Canal at Cowley in Uxbridge, not far from Brunel University.

Uxbridge | Rickmansworth | Watford | St Albans

From Uxbridge to St Albans route 61 shares a common section also described in the National Cycle Route 6 entry. With a few diversions, the route from Uxbridge to Rickmansworth follows the towpath of the Grand Union Canal in the Colne Valley. At Rickmansworth it joins the Ebury Way, a rail trail which runs along a former line of the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway. After central Watford, the route continues to follow the River Colne north westwards leading to an attractive wooded section at Bricket Wood. Route 61 then climbs up into the village of Chiswell Green, an unsurfaced section then leading to the bridge over the A414, the former M10 motorway.

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