Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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11.7 km

Longwood Dean Lane Tree Tunnel

Highlight • Viewpoint

Longwood Dean Lane is a beautiful back country lane just east of Owslebury. It is a stunning tree lined lane with the glimpses of open country in places. It’s a …

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11.8 km

Longwood Dean Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This is a stunning tree-lined road where the trees arch toward each other, forming a natural canopy overhead as you cycle through.

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17.8 km

South Downs Way – Lomer Farm Track

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

I low friction gravel and hardpack chalk

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20.5 km

Beaconhill Beeches

Forest

28.5 km

Meon Valley Trail

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The Meon Valley Trail is a scenic pathway that follows the course of the old Meon Valley Railway, which was operational between 1903 and 1955.

The flat trail stretches for …

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29.1 km

Meon Valley Trail

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A fantastic, well kept trail that takes you all the way from Wickham up to the South Downs Way at Old Winchester Hill. The trail gets busy at weekends and …

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29.6 km

Meon Valley Trail: Meonstoke to Brockbridge

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

The Meon Valley Trail is a ten mile (16 km) multi-user trail that follows a disused railway track through the Meon Valley. It's basically flat and suitable for most users; …

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32.1 km

Droxford's Secret Siding on the Meon Valley Trail

Highlight • Structure

Nice little stop point. Great piece of history. Watch out for the midgies though.

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37.1 km

Meon Valley Trail – West Walk Entrance

Highlight • Cycleway

The Meon Valley Trail is a 10-mile (16km) multi-user, surfaced trail and a former railway line. Running between Knowle and West Meon, it explores the scenic Meon Valley, passing Butser Hill - the highest point on the South Downs Way.

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37.4 km

Upperford Copse

Forest

67.6 km

Shawford Down

Nature Reserve

68.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.6 km

17.2 km

7.05 km

6.13 km

3.71 km

2.29 km

Surfaces

39.9 km

13.5 km

10.3 km

4.18 km

192 m

< 100 m

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