Expert mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 31, 2024

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Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

127 m in total

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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8.18 km

Stonehill Lane

Narrow deep ruts at points

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19.0 km

Steps Lane Bridleway

Great descent... reckon it would hard coming up... especially at the start.

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25.3 km

Kingscote Woods Bridleway

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.

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27.8 km

Descent into Kingscote Valley

Beautiful tarmacked descent into the Kingscote Valley before turning into a gravel track into the woods. Looks like a private road but is a bridleway.

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32.4 km

Woodland Path in The Cotswolds

Great fun. A little technical in places and quite tough if you follow the bridleway to the top of Lampern Hill.

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34.4 km

The Devil's Elbow

Ludicrously steep road with switchbacks and a very poor surface. Not for the faint hearted.

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40.4 km

Tor Hill Descent

The views on this descent are fantastic with the Severn estuary and even welsh hills on a clear day. The descent starts out on fast non-technical open grassland and finishes with some fast singletrack.

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43.7 km

Wortley and Alderley Bridleways

Two bridleways through Wortley and Alderley and ending in Kilcott. Short section of road in between. Non-technical, gentle slopes but does get muddy in winter and has several gates to open.

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46.1 km

Tresham Valley Bridleway

This stunning valley is a great example of what makes the Cotswolds so special. Until committing to the travelling the length of bridleway you wouldn't know it exists, with no …

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52.6 km

Scrubbert's Lane Descent

A fun challenge on a gravel bike. I'd recommend some tread on your tyres and easy gearing.

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66.6 km

Wild Carrot cycling shop, cafe, coffee cake!

Expensive but a very nice setting to enjoy a mid ride coffee and snack.

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69.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.6 km

10.3 km

< 100 m

5.68 km

3.97 km

27.5 km

1.81 km

Surfaces

19.2 km

14.0 km

2.46 km

14.6 km

16.3 km

3.40 km

Elevation

Weather

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Sunday 21 September

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Tetbury Loop — Cotswolds

Stonehill Lane

Steps Lane Bridleway

Kingscote Woods Bridleway

Descent into Kingscote Valley

Woodland Path in The Cotswolds

The Devil's Elbow

Tor Hill Descent

Wortley and Alderley Bridleways

Tresham Valley Bridleway

Scrubbert's Lane Descent

Wild Carrot cycling shop, cafe, coffee cake!

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