スパーズホルトのおすすめランニングルート

Unless you are good at trials riding, what is shown in the photo is not for a bike. However it is a fair destination to entertain young children mid ride. The surrounding woods have plenty of bike trails if you look for them, they are just not signposted.

A gentle winding descent in forest - nothing technical.

A sheltered bus stop ornated with a mosaic with an animals and nature theme. The 16 tiles are each have a different style, often resembling a child's drawing, and subject, and yet are all connected by coloured "ribbons" that give the mosaic a feel of continuity.

"The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Stephen in Sparsholt are also 12th-century. Early in the 13th century it was enlarged by adding a south aisle and arcade to the nave. The chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century. The chancel arch, west tower and some of the windows are 15th-century. The south doorway was added in 1631. The organ screen and lectern are also 17th-century. The church was restored in 1883 under the direction of the architect William Butterfield. It is a Grade II* listed building. The west tower has a ring of six bells. Until the 20th century it had only four bells: a treble, third and tenor cast in 1742 by Robert Catlin of Holborn and a second cast by Thomas II Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1829. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry recast the three Catlin bells in 1905. In 1951 the same founders cast a new tenor, increasing the ring to five. In 1995 the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast a new treble bell, increasing the ring to six." Cit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparsholt,_Hampshire

root mayhem fast and loose

Great heavily rooted single-track - although it's very easy to get carried away at the end and go the wrong way - as we did!

02/07/20: There is currently a tree down near the top of this trail. You can squeeze past but you can't ride through it. 10/07/20: The tree is still there but has been cut back and you can ride around it now.

Lovely little ribbon of singletrack that runs near the road, and is a great way of avoiding a stretch of tarmac. Fun on a mountain bike, perfectly rideable on a gravel/CX bike. Fine going uphill, more fun going down. It can get overgrown in the summer. So the more people who ride it, the clearer it stays. It can be linked up with Sarum Rd, or the path that runs alongside it.