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Douai Abbey

Douai Abbey

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Douai Abbey

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Location: Woolhampton, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Holy Trinity Church, Theale – The Spring Inn loop from Thatcham

32.6km

01:22

120m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. The Vyne – Grazeley Road from Beech Hill loop from Basingstoke

67.2km

02:51

400m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Little London Climb – Quiet Rural Road Near Theale loop from Basingstoke

58.3km

02:33

440m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Chris T

April 21, 2020

Nice decent from here to Woolhampton, be careful at the bottom with the junction with A4. If coming from A4 you have a decent climb which starts off tough but eases the further up you go.

A Cycling Journey

December 10, 2020

Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth.

Monks from the monastery of St. Edmund's, in Douai, France, came to Woolhampton in 1903 when the community left France as a result of anti-clerical legislation. The abbey church is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.

[...] The abbey church was opened in 1933 but only completed in 1993 due to financial constraints.

The monastery was greatly expanded in the 1960s with the building of the new monastery designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd. The abbey had in its charge Douai School until the latter's closure in 1999.
In 2005, two monks returned to Douai, France to form a community there and restore the historic links to English monasticism.

Cit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douai_Abbey

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Elevation 110 m

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Location: Woolhampton, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Douai Abbey

1. Holy Trinity Church, Theale – The Spring Inn loop from Thatcham

2. The Vyne – Grazeley Road from Beech Hill loop from Basingstoke

3. Little London Climb – Quiet Rural Road Near Theale loop from Basingstoke

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