Castle Combe Bridleways – Fosse Way Gravel Section loop from Colerne

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Castle Combe Bridleways – Fosse Way Gravel Section loop from Colerne

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Castle Combe Bridleways – Fosse Way Gravel Section loop from Colerne

02:47

35.7km

490m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

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The Cotswolds National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

5.53 km

The White Hart Inn, Ford

Highlight • Restaurant

Great pub with lovely food and a charming garden by the river.

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5.79 km

These are quintessential Cotswold bridleways at their finest. A stretch combining valley-side grassy trails, a lane through a quaint Cotswold stone village and alongside a babbling stream, woodland doubletrack and pasture.

Located to the south of the well-known Castle Combe race circuit, this bridleway passes east to west from Kent's Bottom Farm through Hammerdown Wood and West Yatton Down, before crossing the village at Long Dean to climb parallel to By Brook, reaching the lane near Ford village.

Well worth a ride if you're in this area.

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9.80 km

Castle Combe Circuit

Highlight • Cycleway

Wide round 2mile long motor car circuit. Open for cyclists on Tuesday evenings throughout summer. Also has a foot path round the outside that is good for running after of instead of a ride. Sometimes there is a coffee van and the toilets are normally open. All ages and abilities welcome.

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13.0 km

Summer Lane Public Bridleway (Wiltshire Cycleway)

Highlight • Cycleway

Really enjoyable byway to cycle along. Wouldn't recommend going on a road bike unless there's been a dry spell of weather as there are some large puddles and bumps. However, very rideable for CX, gravel and MTB alike. Really nice section to get off the roads

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13.9 km

Fosse Way Gravel Section

Highlight • Trail

Built by the Romans during their rule of Britain, the Fosse Way road connected Exeter and Lincoln via Bath, Cirencester and Leicester. Running 230 miles (370 km) in total, the road is now popular with off-road bikers. Expect to push in places if you are not on a mountain or gravel bike, as it can be muddy and rocky in places.

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14.4 km

Oldlands Wood

Forest

15.1 km

Gravel and Singletrack Route to Fosse Way

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Starts as a gravelly double-track in Littleton Drew before becoming a slightly overgrown single-track which takes you on to a gravel section of the Fosse Way.

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23.4 km

Out Woods

Forest

26.5 km

Old Coach Road (Ford to North Wraxall)

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The gravel road between North Wraxell and Ford. Really nice stretch of gravel, with a combination of smooth and bumpy sections. The last part of the road goes quite steeply downhill and straight onto the main road so make sure your brakes are working in advance.

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35.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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