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Mendips circular chunky gravel and lanes - Bristol Gravel Routes

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Mendips circular chunky gravel and lanes - Bristol Gravel Routes

James Craven planned a gravel ride

August 13, 2022

Mendips circular chunky gravel and lanes - Bristol Gravel Routes

Hard

06:27

82.2km

12.7km/h

1,050m

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

The surface for a segment of your route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 62.0 km for 89 m

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10.3 km

Enginehouse Lane Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Nice little descent (from Keynsham to Chewton Road direction). Gets a little rocky at the end as it drops down to the lane with a few small steps. Easy on …

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11.5 km

Chewton Keynsham Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Be prepared for a serious hike-a-bike as it's mainly rubble!

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20.7 km

Wide double track. Can get very wet with deep puddles on the top, but most can be ridden round. Nice views from the top. Best ridden heading NE, but can be dual direction.... good fun when it's been fairly dry.

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27.3 km

Nanny Herns Drop

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is a beauty. Fast downhill (heading south) over a mixture of gravel, grass and light mud. Nothing too techy that would requiring an mtb though.

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30.0 km

Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett

Highlight • Other

Currently serving cold takeaway beers etc from their farm shop - ideal place to ride out to!

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34.9 km

Greendown Batch Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Great climb on wide track up through woods.

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45.9 km

Mendip Hills National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Sprawling across Somerset, the Mendip Hills are a chain of picturesque rolling limestone hills. Situated to the south of Bristol and Bath, the hills run from Weston-super-Mare to Frome, covering …

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48.1 km

Wireless Station MTB Singletrack

Highlight • MTB Park

Brilliant narrow single track that links the Charterhouse area to Rowberrow Common and the trig point at Beacons Batch. It gets slippy in the winter and transition months, and with …

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49.3 km

Beacon Batch Summit and Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

325m high trig point with lots of views in all directions. It can get busy with walkers as there are lots of different routes to the top so be careful on the way back down.

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50.6 km

View from Mendip Hills Ridge

Highlight • Climb

Great views from the ridge between Beacon Batch and the edge of Rowberrow Warren. Looking north you can see up towards Bristol and out to the sea west. South if …

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57.2 km

Mother Hen Creations, Wrington

Highlight • Cafe

Currently doing a brilliant take-away service and you can order online for the zero waste pantry. So friendly too!

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58.0 km

Wrington–Brockley Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

This bridleway connects the village of Wrington (south) to Brockley Combe (north). It's a great connecting way for any routes out of Bristol heading south towards the Mendips. At the …

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62.0 km

Long Lane to Brockley Combe Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Initially steep rocky climb from the road which then opens out into lovely wide restricted byways, perfect for gravel riding.

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64.6 km

Quarry Edge Gravel Track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Fine, incredibly well maintained gravel track following the edge of the quarry, but off the road. Nice respite after the Barrow bridleways.

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66.2 km

Bourton Combe Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Although there are some parallel built mountain biking trails through Bourton Combe, this bridleway is a brilliant linking trail from the village of Flax Bourton heading south.

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74.5 km

Ashton Court Greenway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Brilliant new bit of cyclepath across Ashton Court from the university buildings to the wide gravel track up to the gate at the southern end. Very wide and easy gravel, …

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82.1 km

Forever Pedalling Bike Workshop (closed)

Highlight • Cafe

Formerly part of Business As Usual, Forever Pedalling is an appointment only bike workshop in Bristol with over 15 years experience.

Tim specialises in road and adventure bike repairs, servicing …

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82.2 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

43.1 km

15.1 km

12.0 km

6.55 km

2.66 km

2.37 km

382 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.3 km

23.1 km

19.7 km

1.97 km

1.03 km

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Mendips circular chunky gravel and lanes - Bristol Gravel Routes

Enginehouse Lane Descent

Chewton Keynsham Bridleway

Three Peaks Gravel Track

Nanny Herns Drop

Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett

Greendown Batch Bridleway

Mendip Hills National Landscape

Wireless Station MTB Singletrack

Beacon Batch Summit and Trig Point

View from Mendip Hills Ridge

Mother Hen Creations, Wrington

Wrington–Brockley Bridleway

Long Lane to Brockley Combe Bridleway

Quarry Edge Gravel Track

Bourton Combe Bridleway

Ashton Court Greenway

Forever Pedalling Bike Workshop (closed)

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