リー・オン・メンディップ周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

興味深い歴史とルートのすぐ隣

In the dry months this can be a great ride ,more for mountain bikes than gravel due to the ruts and dips .

Impressive gateway to the Victorain country house with a golf coruse. A wedding and events venue. The old Orchardleigh house was demolsihed and presrnt one built 1856 by Thomas Wyatt for William Duckworth. Pevsver describes the new house as "picturesque, irregular and in mixed elizabethan style. Grad II/ The grounds were landscaped possivly by Repton and used as a filming location for 1974 BBC The treasure of Abbots Thomas and 2009 'The Queen" and 1987 episode of Miss Marple

Loved this bit of my ride today… muddy as f*ck. met a bunch of 4x4ers in the process of churning it up… I was on rigid fork gravel bike with FAT tyres… was tricky but loads of fun

This picturesque moated medieval castle was built in the 1370s by Sir John de la Mare. It's heavily influenced by French design and features a compact layout with four round corner towers and thick defensice walls.

Very very thick mud at least 20cm deep in middle section

Absolutely lovely, relatively flat throughout and is generally pretty quiet. Some areas have a few bumps thanks to roots and some parts during the wetter winter weather get a couple of centimetres of running water here and there. Overall one of my favourite places to cycle and will continue to feature on my routes!

Ignore suggestions that you can 'open up' along this cycleway! It is well used by riders with young children, disabled people on buggies (especially towards the Radstock end), occasional horseriders as well as pedestrians with or without dogs. The southern half from Hatchet Hill to Great Elm is quieter, but watch out for encroaching stinging nettles in late summer!