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Fosse Way Ford Crossing – Aston Down Airfield loop from Nailsworth

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Fosse Way Ford Crossing – Aston Down Airfield loop from Nailsworth

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Fosse Way Ford Crossing – Aston Down Airfield loop from Nailsworth

03:36

45.4km

440m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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The Cotswolds National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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174 m

Shipton's Grave Lane Gravel Track

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a steep cut through which joins onto shiptons grave lane, with many gravel and singlepath options

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4.20 km

Joanna's Jungle

Forest

15.4 km

Cranmore Lane Gravel Track

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Signposted as Cranmore Lane at the Shipton Moyne end. A superb track and a great way to join the Fosse Way. If you turn right on to the Fosse Way …

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18.4 km

Scenic Road to Fosse Way

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Quite lane to reach the Fosse Way

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19.1 km

Fosse Way Ford Crossing

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Fairly easy to ride, manageable on gravel bike or mtb

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19.2 km

Ford and Stone Bridge on the Fosse

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Definitely use the little stone bridge 😊

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19.3 km

Stone Bridge Over the River Avon

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Careful on the downhill approach to this. There has been heavy erosion. There is a path over the bridge. Hopefully, someone will have done some "conservation" (or repair) work on it since last year.

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31.2 km

Hazleton Fox Covert

Forest

32.3 km

Off-Road Byway in The Cotswolds

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this section is a great off road byway that's about 2miles long! there are a couple of areas where the ruts are deep and you may get crank strikes.

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35.8 km

Aston Down Airfield

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This is a fast rolling cross country route with some great ancient track and gravel segments with the option to detour onto some single track around the route.

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45.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.1 km

13.5 km

7.72 km

551 m

505 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.1 km

12.3 km

11.6 km

434 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Thursday 2 July

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Fosse Way Ford Crossing – Aston Down Airfield loop from Nailsworth

Shipton's Grave Lane Gravel Track

Cranmore Lane Gravel Track

Scenic Road to Fosse Way

Fosse Way Ford Crossing

Ford and Stone Bridge on the Fosse

Stone Bridge Over the River Avon

Off-Road Byway in The Cotswolds

Aston Down Airfield

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