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Winchester - Bournemouth

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Winchester - Bournemouth

Chalex planned a mountain bike ride

April 20, 2025

Winchester - Bournemouth

Hard

08:35

104km

12.1km/h

1,030m

1,050m

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Overview

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 9.12 km for 77 m

After 20.4 km for 1.04 km

After 36.5 km for 50 m

After 36.6 km for 312 m

After 80.6 km for 691 m

After 81.6 km for 433 m

After 83.3 km for 60 m

After 83.4 km for 677 m

After 84.4 km for 305 m

After 85.7 km for 629 m

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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Waypoints

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3.32 km

Yew Tree Hollow Way

Highlight • Trail

An exciting tunnelled path with roots and old trees, exhilirating downhill ride on a mountain bike!

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10.5 km

View of Farley Mount Countryside

Highlight • Trail

Great views up near Farley Mount and some great trails to ride or walk.
Can get very muddy along the top in wet conditions.

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11.0 km

Farley Mount Monument

Highlight • Monument

Well worth the climb, can get windy up there.

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12.3 km

Parnholt Woods Bluebell Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Come here in mid to late April and you'll find one of the best bluebell woods near Winchester.

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14.5 km

German Airmen Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful track - the big ruts get very wet in winter but it's always rideable. More about the memorial astoft2.co.uk/hants/hoplandsmemorial.htm

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16.1 km

Mike Woodcock Memorial Stone

Highlight • Viewpoint

Memorial for local footpath officer who looked after all the paths and trails in this parish

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24.0 km

Bench on Broughton Drove

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice place to stop on Broughton Drove with a bench.

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27.0 km

Broughton Chalk Climb

Highlight • Forest

This hill is pretty tough going, but it's thankfully only short! Here the King Alfred's Way links up with the Monarch's Way and the Calendon Way.

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31.0 km

Roman Road

Highlight • Historical Site

36.5 km

Geoff Parfitt Memorial

Memorial

44.5 km

View from Pepperbox Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views on a nice day.
You can catch fantastic sunsets from here.
Careful crossing the A36 if continuing on the bridle way across from Pepperbox Hill

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46.3 km

Pepperbox Tower

Highlight • Monument

A nice run from the top of PepperBox Hill, with good views across Wiltshire from the chalk ridge.

There's more details on PepperBox Hill itself from the Nation Trust site …

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52.5 km

Azalea-Lined Path Behind Hamptworth Lodge

Highlight • Trail

53.9 km

Horse Common

Highlight • Trail

Horse Common is a larger plantation within Franchise Wood. Lots of green and wide, comfortable tracks to enjoy a faster hike or a more leisurely walk in this piece of natural paradise!

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56.1 km

RSPB Franchises Wood

Highlight • Natural Monument

RSPB Franchises Wood is a 1,000-acre woodland with heath and rare plants. Franchises Wood is a bridge between Langley Wood National Nature Reserve (north) and the New Forest Special Protection …

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60.2 km

Victorian black post box, Fritham

Highlight • Monument

As far as the The Royal Oak Pub in Fritham goes they are currently open on Fri, Sat & Sun - as of my visit on 18/8/21 - so no pint for me.

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60.8 km

After a fun descent great place to sit down and enjoy the relaxing views across the water.

The pond was created in 1871 by damming Latchmore Brook, with the purpose of supplying water to a nearby gunpowder factory.

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63.0 km

Heather Fields Climb, New Forest National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

66.9 km

Gravel Path in New Forest National Park

Highlight • Trail

Open skies and princess gravel, what a combo!

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70.6 km

Gravel Trail Through New Forest National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Take it Westerly to make it mostly downhill

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75.2 km

Gravel Track to Underpass, New Forest National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Steep gravelly sections near the underpass. May need to walk.

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77.5 km

Singletrack by the Road, New Forest National Park

Highlight • Cycleway

Perfect little singletrack, great to ride on a gravel bike!

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78.8 km

Hill Climb in New Forest National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

Bumpy hilly climb, but worth it once at the top with amazing views.

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83.3 km

Gully Singletrack in New Forest National Park

Highlight • Forest

ride the gully

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85.0 km

Dirt Path in New Forest National Park

Highlight • Trail

Hard compact ground in the summer but can be very wet in the winter like a sponge.

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95.0 km

Avon Causeway Gravel Track

Highlight • Trail

Lovely long ride the whole family can enjoy

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102 km

Southbourne Sand Dunes and Boardwalk

Highlight • Beach

Beautiful section of Sand dunes along the front of Southbourne. No good if you've not got the right tyres on. a few sections have boardwalks to go a long, or stick to the grassed section next to the dunes.

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104 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.7 km

35.5 km

23.2 km

6.05 km

2.86 km

608 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.8 km

27.7 km

21.9 km

15.6 km

2.87 km

1.64 km

514 m

Route Details

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Winchester - Bournemouth

Field Path Near the Woods

Yew Tree Hollow Way

View of Farley Mount Countryside

Farley Mount Monument

Parnholt Woods Bluebell Trail

German Airmen Memorial

Mike Woodcock Memorial Stone

Bench on Broughton Drove

Broughton Chalk Climb

Roman Road

View from Pepperbox Hill

Pepperbox Tower

Azalea-Lined Path Behind Hamptworth Lodge

Horse Common

RSPB Franchises Wood

Victorian black post box, Fritham

Eyeworth Pond

Heather Fields Climb, New Forest National Park

Gravel Path in New Forest National Park

Gravel Trail Through New Forest National Park

Gravel Track to Underpass, New Forest National Park

Singletrack by the Road, New Forest National Park

Hill Climb in New Forest National Park

Gully Singletrack in New Forest National Park

Dirt Path in New Forest National Park

Avon Causeway Gravel Track

Southbourne Sand Dunes and Boardwalk

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