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Holford Combe – The Drove Road Loop from West Bagborough

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Holford Combe – The Drove Road Loop from West Bagborough

Nathanosman87 planned a mountain bike ride

March 16, 2022

Holford Combe – The Drove Road Loop from West Bagborough

Moderate

03:15

33.6km

10.3km/h

690m

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Overview

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

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 13.0 km for 70 m

After 20.3 km for 648 m

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Start point

Parking

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10.6 km

Holford Combe

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Holford Combe is one of those very rare places in the UK that's just as much fun up as down.

Actually, I'm not sure that such a place exists - …

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16.2 km

Lady's Edge Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Lady's Edge - a fast, flow piece of singletrack which drops you into Holford Combe (no slough on the awesome trail front either).

Starting from Bicknoller Post, it carves down …

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17.9 km

Bicknoller Post

Highlight • Natural Monument

Standing at 951 feet (290m), Bicknoller Post is a marker for this hill summit, one of the many in the Quantocks Hill Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It gets its …

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18.1 km

Weacombe Combe

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Weacombe Combe is a proper rip snorter of a descent, running down the side of the Combe, through a couple of streams and finishing off in a more wooded section. …

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23.4 km

View of Bristol Channel from Beacon Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views of Bristol Channel

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26.8 km

Somerton Combe

Highlight • Trail

Gorgeous, exposed part of moorland on top of the Quantock Hills. On a good day, enjoy views to Exmoor, the south coast of Wales and over to Bristol.

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27.8 km

Black Hill Trig Point

Highlight • Summit

Well worth a visit for the views. From Crowcrombe Gate the climb is relatively and steady but loose in places but well worth the effort, when you get to the top.

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28.8 km

The Drove Road (Quantock Hills)

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

The Drove Road is an avenue of Beech trees which was originally used by ancient traders to transport goods and livestock to the port at Watchet.

If you keep your …

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33.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.1 km

13.8 km

1.82 km

1.53 km

1.35 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.9 km

9.41 km

2.86 km

2.50 km

1.01 km

906 m

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

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Holford Combe – The Drove Road Loop from West Bagborough

Holford Combe

Lady's Edge Trail

Bicknoller Post

Weacombe Combe

View of Bristol Channel from Beacon Hill

Somerton Combe

Black Hill Trig Point

The Drove Road (Quantock Hills)

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