Station to Station walks
For those 3 easy walks, you will visit the 3 stations composing the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership.
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 16.26 km -
Calculated time: 3 days -
Difficulty: Easy -
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Return to departure point: No -
Vertical gain: + 41 m -
Vertical drop: - 1 m -
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Highest point: 59 m -
Lowest point: 18 m
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District: Foxton -
Start: N 52.119377° / E 0.057049° -
End: N 52.053386° / W 0.026418° -
Step by step walk
This walk needs several days, find the details below:
Useful Information
- Foxton railway station is in the village of Foxton. It is operated by Great Northern and served by trains between London King’s Cross and Cambridge. Trains run half-hourly on weekdays and hourly at weekends. There is a ticket machine on Platform 1 (London bound). There is no station car park. Trains on weekdays go to Cambridge from around 06:30 to 01:00 and to London from around 06:00 to 23:30. There is also a regular service at weekends.
- Shepreth station in Station Road serves the village of Shepreth. It is operated by Great Northern and served by trains between London King’s Cross and Cambridge. Trains run half-hourly on weekdays and hourly at weekends. There is a free station car park, and a ticket machine located in the car park. Trains on weekdays go to Cambridge from around 06:30 to 01:00 and to London from around 06:00 to 23:30. There is also a regular service at weekends.
- Meldreth station serves the villages of Meldreth and Melbourn. It can be accessed from the High Street in Meldreth and by footpath from Station Road in Melbourn. It is operated by Great Northern and served by trains between London King’s Cross and Cambridge. Trains run half-hourly on weekdays and hourly at weekends. There is a car park. The ticket office is open on Monday-Friday 07:00-11:15, Saturday 08:45-13:15 and closed on Sunday. There is a self-service machine which takes cash and credit cards. Tickets can be collected from counter or from the machine which is located near the entrance to the car park on platform 2. There is a wheelchair ramp leading to platform 2 for trains to Cambridge but no wheelchair access to platform 1 for trains to London. The car park has disabled parking. When the ticket office is open (Monday to Saturday mornings) there is access to a waiting room, public telephone and toilets. Trains on weekdays go to Cambridge from around 06:30 to 01:00 and to London from around 06:00 to 23:30. There is also a regular service at weekends.
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+7 m
-6 m
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+4 m
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+105 m
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+36 m
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