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Three Castles Path Crossroads – Ox Drove Way loop from Northington

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Three Castles Path Crossroads – Ox Drove Way loop from Northington

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Three Castles Path Crossroads – Ox Drove Way loop from Northington

02:16

28.4km

340m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

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Start point

Parking

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4.42 km

Three Castles Path Crossroads

Highlight • Trail

Make sure you follow the right hand single-track to Winchester. The single-track straight ahead also leads to the road to Winchester (turn right when you meet the road), but is seriously overgrown with brambles and nettles

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7.97 km

Abbotstone Down

Highlight • Historical Site

Abbotstone Down is a chalk grassland with mature oak woodland and scrub. You can observe the remains of an Iron Age hill fort on the down, as well as many …

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8.10 km

Abbotstone Iron Age Fort and Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

An example of a late bronze age to early iron age univallate hill fort. Some of the ramparts and ditches have been infilled but what remains is clear.
You will …

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9.13 km

Spy Bush Plantation

Forest

14.6 km

Barton Copse

Forest

15.0 km

Muddy Path Through Fields

Highlight • Natural

If it’s been wet it will definitely be muddy,

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18.2 km

Ox Drove Way

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Good route for MTB and gravel bikes. Roadies not so much but hybrid bikes should be fine (Isla Beinn 26 was).

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24.3 km

Scenic Byway

Highlight • Forest

25.0 km

Abbotstone Deserted Medieval Village

Highlight • Settlement

It's well worth a quick stop at this really well preserved deserted medieval village.

The lumps and bumps in the field are all that remain of the village, but show …

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28.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.5 km

7.41 km

6.97 km

435 m

152 m

Surfaces

13.5 km

8.72 km

5.51 km

438 m

282 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Sunday 21 June

30°C

17°C

0 %

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Three Castles Path Crossroads – Ox Drove Way loop from Northington

Three Castles Path Crossroads

Abbotstone Down

Abbotstone Iron Age Fort and Nature Reserve

Muddy Path Through Fields

Ox Drove Way

Scenic Byway

Abbotstone Deserted Medieval Village

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