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Bruton

Longleat House Drive – Shearwater Lake loop from Bruton

Moderate

4.3

(3)

21

riders

Longleat House Drive – Shearwater Lake loop from Bruton

02:53

58.8km

720m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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24.3 km

Horningsham Road Climb

Highlight • Climb

Views out to Somerset before finishing the climb up to Horningsham and back into Longleat

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2

26.0 km

Longleat House Drive

Highlight • Historical Site

Fast, straight road leading up to Longleat House. Great cycling through the grounds, its par of the national cycle route so you can always have access on a bike. If …

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26.6 km

Longleat House

Highlight • Monument

Perhaps one of the most famous stately homes in the UK, Longleat is an impressive Elizabethan prodigy house. Longleat is set amongst 1,000 acres of parkland, home to the first …

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28.3 km

Climb Out of Longleat Estate

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely ride through grounds of Longleat. They don’t make it too clear that you’re allowed through, but is part of the national cycle route. Longish hard climb out of the …

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5

31.3 km

Quite forest road past Centre Parks.

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6

32.2 km

This is a great quit road that take your from/ to Shearwater from Longleat.

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34.9 km

Shearwater Lake

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful lake with great walking around. Cool cafe which serves everything you need to stock up. The roads are really smooth and it’s a great entrance to the Devrills

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45.9 km

Climb to Stourhead

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Some people like to torture themselves up Kingsettle Lane. By comparison, this is a really nice and enjoyable climb up to the same area. Never gets too steep and some …

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58.8 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

57.4 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

47.2 km

11.5 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Sunday 24 May

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