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Pepperbox Tower – Horse Common loop from Pepperbox Hill

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Pepperbox Tower – Horse Common loop from Pepperbox Hill

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Pepperbox Tower – Horse Common loop from Pepperbox Hill

02:22

33.0km

320m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: May 10, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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New Forest National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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53 m

Pepperbox Tower

Highlight • Monument

A nice run from the top of PepperBox Hill, with good views across Wiltshire from the chalk ridge.

There's more details on PepperBox Hill itself from the Nation Trust site …

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7.83 km

Horse Common

Highlight • Trail

Horse Common is a larger plantation within Franchise Wood. Lots of green and wide, comfortable tracks to enjoy a faster hike or a more leisurely walk in this piece of natural paradise!

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8.13 km

Horse Common

Forest

15.3 km

Lamb Inn, Nomansland

Highlight • Pub

Excellent spot for a drink and something to eat at the halfway point of this route. Potentially some free-roaming cattle and horses outside to admire.

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15.4 km

Nomansland War Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The Nomansland War Memorial is a Grade II listed building commemorating the local men who served in both WW1 and WW2.

The memorial is situated on the common green area …

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19.4 km

Blackwater River Ford

Highlight • Bridge

Concrete bedded ford across shallow river.
Levels vary with season. Footbridge alongside when too deep to cycle through.

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27.3 km

West Dean Pillbox and Wheat Fields

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

Riding in the wet can be a slog

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31.3 km

View from Pepperbox Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views on a nice day.
You can catch fantastic sunsets from here.
Careful crossing the A36 if continuing on the bridle way across from Pepperbox Hill

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32.2 km

Grimstead Beeches

Forest

32.6 km

View of Salisbury from Pepperbox

Highlight • Viewpoint

33.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.5 km

7.91 km

7.37 km

1.15 km

1.03 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.0 km

9.05 km

3.16 km

3.15 km

2.59 km

1.09 km

Elevation

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Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Sunday 24 May

32°C

14°C

0 %

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Pepperbox Tower – Horse Common loop from Pepperbox Hill

Pepperbox Tower

Horse Common

Lamb Inn, Nomansland

Nomansland War Memorial

Blackwater River Ford

West Dean Pillbox and Wheat Fields

View from Pepperbox Hill

View of Salisbury from Pepperbox

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