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King Al - day 1

King Al - day 1

Sam and Angus planned a gravel ride

June 15, 2022

King Al - day 1

Hard

06:24

91.7km

14.3km/h

1,220m

1,190m

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Overview

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 29.3 km for 334 m

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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Waypoints

Winchester Central Station

Highlight • Other

8.25 km

View South to the Solent

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

12.3 km

Water Pumps and Cycle Tool Kit at South Downs Way

Highlight • Cycleway

Fresh water tap - an essential resource for South Downs Way walkers and cyclists. Tap tested and working in May 2022. This station also includes a bike pump/tools.

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14.2 km

South Downs Way

Highlight • Trail

15.0 km

Rolling Fields Near Gander Down

Highlight • Viewpoint

15.2 km

Gander Down

Highlight • Trail

16.0 km

South Downs Way Drinking Water Point

Highlight • Rest Area

Fresh water tap - an essential resource for South Downs Way walkers and cyclists. Tap tested and working in May 2022.

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21.0 km

South Downs Way Water Tap

Highlight • Rest Area

Fresh water tap - an essential resource for South Downs Way walkers and cyclists. Tap tested and working in May 2022.

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22.7 km

View from Beacon Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

To the south of Beacon Hill, you can see the Hampshire basin in all its majesty.

As it's a chalk hill (they all are around here) it can get pretty …

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23.6 km

Beacon Hill – The White Way

Highlight • Summit

Tough climb but worth it for the nice view from the top.

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25.2 km

The Shoe Inn Pub Garden

Highlight • River

Good pub with bike friendly beer garden. Open daily lunchtime and evening, all-day opening at weekend.

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26.4 km

Meon Valley Trail

Highlight • Trail

A fantastic, well kept trail that takes you all the way from Wickham up to the South Downs Way at Old Winchester Hill. The trail gets busy at weekends and …

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29.4 km

View of Old Winchester Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

30.0 km

Old Winchester Hill

Highlight • Climb

The route for bikes skirts the bottom of the fort instead of heading straight over it, so you're in for a steep climb, but if you've got the time it's …

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31.1 km

Alan's Coffee Van at Old Winchester Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Alan's Coffee van on top of Old Winchester Hill. .. It's beautiful up there with views on both sides and popular with cyclists and walkers. He's there most days between 10am-2pm

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31.7 km

North Face Trail of Old Winchester Hill

Highlight • Trail

Very slippy when wet and normally friendly cattle roaming.

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32.4 km

Meon Springs

Highlight • Rest Area

A nice little spot for a rest along the South Downs Way. There is a tap here too so don't forget to fill up your water bottles.

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35.1 km

Technical Section on the South Downs Way

Highlight • Trail

Steep and slippery when wet.

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39.9 km

View of South Downs National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

41.2 km

View from Butser Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Absolutely stunning views from up top and to be honest all the way up they are pretty bloody good. Love it and I will be back👍🏻

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45.5 km

Sheep Sculpture on Shipwrights Way

Highlight • Monument

Sheep statue along the Shipwrights Way.

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45.9 km

Halls Hill

Highlight • Climb

The gradient of Kiln Lane in Buriton is approximately 11.3%. This is a 0.5 km segment that starts at 82 m altitude and ends at 140 m altitude. The difference …

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48.7 km

Miscombe Meadow Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

This has now closed.

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51.9 km

Torberry Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Highlight • Historical Site

Torberry Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in West Sussex. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The hillfort is located within the parish of Harting, within the South Downs National …

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55.8 km

Durleighmarsh Farm Café

Highlight • Cafe

56.9 km

View of the South Downs from Durford Woods

Highlight • Natural Monument

Enjoy the views with Butser Hill to the right and Beacon Hill to the left

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58.6 km

Burfield Heath and Wood

Highlight • Natural Monument

A nice flowing bridleway skirts the edge of the nature reserve (where cycling is not permitted) but still passes through some stunning sections of woodland.

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61.9 km

Brown Trout Sculpture, Liss Riverside Railway Walk

Highlight • Monument

A sculpture of a shoal of Brown Trout on the section of the Shipwrights Way that passes through the Liss Riverside Railway Walk Nature Reserve. Trout were chosen for this …

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68.1 km

Great Ridge Trail

Highlight • Trail

Very nice stretch of dirt road, hillside on the left covered in purple flowers and views across the valley on the right

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70.0 km

The Deer's Hut

Highlight • Pub

Rustic country pub, a 17th-century hunting lodge. Good food

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83.9 km

Top of Highcombe Copse

Highlight • Natural Monument

Until 2011, the A3 bottlenecked at Hindhead, going from two lanes to one. There was always traffic, air pollution was high there was a significant number of accidents. The Hindhead …

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91.4 km

Hankley Common Viewpoint

Highlight • Trail

Large, open vista of the common below

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91.7 km

View of the Skyfall House Filming Location

Highlight • Viewpoint

The top of the drive to the Skyfall house from the James Bond film. The house itself was built and blown up in the bowl below. Another great little diversion from the King Alfred's Way route.

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.9 km

29.5 km

16.5 km

9.20 km

5.06 km

479 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

43.6 km

22.9 km

19.4 km

2.99 km

2.22 km

638 m

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Highest point (270 m)

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King Al - day 1

Winchester Central Station

View South to the Solent

Water Pumps and Cycle Tool Kit at South Downs Way

South Downs Way

Rolling Fields Near Gander Down

Gander Down

South Downs Way Drinking Water Point

South Downs Way Water Tap

View from Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill – The White Way

The Shoe Inn Pub Garden

Meon Valley Trail

View of Old Winchester Hill

Old Winchester Hill

Alan's Coffee Van at Old Winchester Hill

North Face Trail of Old Winchester Hill

Meon Springs

Technical Section on the South Downs Way

View of South Downs National Park

View from Butser Hill

Sheep Sculpture on Shipwrights Way

Halls Hill

Miscombe Meadow Campsite

Torberry Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Durleighmarsh Farm Café

View of the South Downs from Durford Woods

Burfield Heath and Wood

Brown Trout Sculpture, Liss Riverside Railway Walk

Great Ridge Trail

The Deer's Hut

Top of Highcombe Copse

Hankley Common Viewpoint

View of the Skyfall House Filming Location

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