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Great test on the bike but can be busy with traffic. A good road surface means it’s also fun to descend!

(TP4459) Lat 51.80736N / Lon 2.19252W at 283 Metres

Mostly Flat Path Comprising of Combination Of Gravel, Tarmac,

Love this climb. It twists and turns like a twisty-turny thing.

Careful on the golf course, stay to the edges. Fantastic views over Gloucester and stroud. If you want an express route down take Stockley and enjoy rocketing into Upton st. Leonards.

Fascinating archaeology, geology and nature combine at Haresfield Beacon. This spectacular viewpoint, which was once a strategically positioned hillfort on the Cotswold limestone escarpment, affords views across the England/Wales border and into the Brecon Beacons. All around is a mixed landscape of woodland and chalk grassland, home to a wide variety of flora and fauna.

Bit of a climb but worth it

Ancient Roman Road, The Fosse Way is an excellent single track path with road sections, I rode this route on the day of Storm Eunice in Feb 2022, it was gnarly but afforded a lot of shelter from the crazy winds we we're heading directly into, the trees however were a constant worry, but it seemed most of the falls had already happened earlier in the morning or perhaps the previous night. This rout is amazing and apart from a short stint on the road you can cycle from the Cirencester YHA to the Bath YHA along the Fosse. Beautiful track, good scenery, and an interesting history. The Salutation Inn is the only stopping place for food and drink, so I'd suggest a stop there if you need it, nice pub by all accounts.

When entering from Kingscote, remember to turn off the main track and head down another less well-defined grassy track to enter the woods at a gate. If you reach a 5 bar gate on the main track you've gone too far. Turn back because continuing will lead you into a world of pain... I know from experience! The start of the track can be a little muddy in places, but improves progressively as you continue down the valley to end on pristine gravel towards the Horsley end. The climb in the opposite direction is a little tough, but eminently doable on a gravel bike in good conditions. The grassy slope at the end is a bit of a leg burner and would be nigh on impossible for all but the most rugged of bikes if there is any moisture whatsoever.

A great descent or climb depending how keen you are. Nice and steady. Cattle grid at bottom.

View over the Severn from Painswick Beacon - you can see May Hill and even further.

Why not cycle the 28 miles from Kemble to Bath. I have done it several times with my son (the first time in August 2014, when he was 9 years old). You have to pick the track up to the south of Cotswold "International" but then it is bridleway and minor roads all the way to Bath. The Salutation is the only pub on the route (until Batheaston). There is now a cycleway between Batheaston and the Kennet & Avon canal for easy access to Bath city centre. Check it out on my Komoot profile (Dob) 15/6/2019.

Great views and hence, usually lots of people and dogs to avoid. The climb up from Cheltenham Road is short and punchy.

A great gravel track. I managed it on my road bike with 28mm Conti GP4S. If you pick your lines it's fine, though care needs to be taken around the two stream crossings. The southern most one has a lumpy descent and ascent either side of the bridge. At the northerly one the bridge itself is lumpy... you could always take the ford... it's only a foot (and a bit) deep! :D

can be muddy when wet, but hard underneath

Battle through the beginning and after you've tackled the first hairpin it relents a bit, but save a little bit for the last couple of hundred metres of the steep stuff, it kicks up again. Your legs will be relieved to know that the remaining climb over the common is much shallower.

Practice your switchback descending skills on the way down!

This is worth a trip on any bike, worth exploring from every direction, and certainly worth visiting cranham woods for even more good downhill, singletrack and fireroads. Just be mindful of cows and considerate to Golfers and Walkers who also share the beacon and it's surrounding land (also the royal william Pub nearby is nice!)

Loads of trails and roads to follow up to the beacon. Great views across to the river Severn - the area is shared with Painswick Golf course and often busy with Golfers, walkers and cyclists

Great bridleway gravel track linking to Kingscote to Horsley. Suitable for MTB and gravel bikes (ideally 40mm tyres). Multi-use path so as ever be respectful of others.