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Sandown to Newport Cycle Path – Brighstone Forest Trail loop from Ryde Esplanade

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Sandown to Newport Cycle Path – Brighstone Forest Trail loop from Ryde Esplanade

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Sandown to Newport Cycle Path – Brighstone Forest Trail loop from Ryde Esplanade

06:24

84.7km

1,090m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 86 m for 2 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.00 km

Quarr Wood

Forest

15.0 km

Sandown to Newport Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

The Sandown to Newport cyclepath is built along the line of a former railway line, and it is the longest cycle path on the Isle of Wight. The route is …

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26.2 km

Brighstone Forest Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Enjoy the wide doubletrack and skinny, rooty singletrack trails through Brighstone Forest, leading out onto Brighstone Down.

Visit in autumn for the most spectacular array of colours.

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34.7 km

Country Road Through the Fields

Highlight • Trail

39.7 km

Freshwater to Yarmouth Cycle Path

Highlight • Natural

The River Yar on the Isle of Wight, England, rises near the beach at Freshwater Bay, on the south coast, and flows only a few miles north to Yarmouth where …

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41.7 km

Western Yar Causeway

Highlight • Viewpoint

This road over the low-lying marshes of the Western Yar is in stark contrast to the rolling downs which dominate the Island's southern half.

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47.7 km

Brook Down

Highlight • Natural

Stunning views from Brook Down, particularly to the South over and beyond Military Road.

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73.9 km

Pedallers Café, Isle of Wight

Highlight • Rest Area

lovely rest point to get coffee and cake

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78.0 km

Rowlands Wood

Forest

84.2 km

Ryde Pier

Highlight • Structure

Paul McCartney recently confirmed what we all already ‘knew’ … the Beatles hit Ticket To Ride was inspired by a trip to Ryde made by Macca and John Lennon in …

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84.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

33.6 km

28.6 km

12.4 km

4.22 km

3.71 km

2.11 km

118 m

Surfaces

49.2 km

24.6 km

7.78 km

1.83 km

1.31 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 31 May

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Sandown to Newport Cycle Path – Brighstone Forest Trail loop from Ryde Esplanade

Sandown to Newport Cycle Path

Brighstone Forest Trail

Country Road Through the Fields

Freshwater to Yarmouth Cycle Path

Western Yar Causeway

Brook Down

Pedallers Café, Isle of Wight

Ryde Pier

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