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Alice Holt Forest – Alice Holt Gravel Trail loop from Headley

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Alice Holt Forest – Alice Holt Gravel Trail loop from Headley

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Alice Holt Forest – Alice Holt Gravel Trail loop from Headley

01:32

18.9km

210m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. 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: February 12, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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South Downs National Park

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Start point

Bus stop

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6.18 km

Roman Pot Sculpture, Shipwrights Way

Highlight • Monument

One of several sculptures on the Shipwrights Way sculpture trail. This sculpture represents Alice Holt Forest's Roman industrial history, when it was home to many clay kilns and pottery workings.

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7.48 km

Alice Holt Forest

Highlight • Rest Area

Alice Holt Forest has some excellent cycle facilities, ranging from the 4.8 km family cycle trail to the 80 km Shipwrights Way long-distance cycle route, which begins at Alice Holt …

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8.36 km

Alice Holt is managed by the Forestry Commission and is a popular place for cycling, running, walking and for families. A length of hero gravel runs through the forest which forms part of the Shipwright's Way.

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9.31 km

Alice Holt Forest Path

Highlight • Trail

10.1 km

Viewpoint

11.5 km

Cafe Alice Holt Forest

Highlight • Cafe

A large café with a good selection of hot and cold food and drinks. As the site is run by Forestry Commission, the organisation that operates Alice Holt Forest, there …

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11.6 km

Chained Trees Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

One of several sculptures along the Shipwrights Way, which starts here (although there it can be extended to the nearby Bentley Station) and continues to Portsmouth. The sculpture represent the …

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18.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.38 km

7.80 km

1.14 km

417 m

128 m

Surfaces

9.44 km

7.03 km

1.34 km

1.07 km

Elevation

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Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Sunday 10 May

13°C

1°C

43 %

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Alice Holt Forest – Alice Holt Gravel Trail loop from Headley

Roman Pot Sculpture, Shipwrights Way

Alice Holt Forest

Alice Holt Gravel Trail

Alice Holt Forest Path

Cafe Alice Holt Forest

Chained Trees Sculpture

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