Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Mountain biking trails

Chinnor Hill Descent – Lodge Hill Singletrack loop from Watlington

Routes

Mountain biking trails

Chinnor Hill Descent – Lodge Hill Singletrack loop from Watlington

Moderate

5.0

(1)

riders

Chinnor Hill Descent – Lodge Hill Singletrack loop from Watlington

02:48

32.8km

400m

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: May 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 11.7 km for 411 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

949 m

Spire & Spoke

Highlight • Cafe

Awesome venue for cyclists. Set up really well for cycling during the covid restrictions - but still great coffee, cakes and pizza.

Tip by

6.53 km

Drinking Water Tap at Ridgeway Footpath

Highlight • Rest Area

A fresh drinking water tap in the car park

Tip by

12.4 km

View of the Vale of Aylesbury from Chinnor Hill

Highlight • Trail

Boasting magnificent views over the Vale of Aylesbury, Chinnor Hill is a patchwork of calcareous wildflower grassland, scrub and woodland. A network of bridleways including stretches of the ancient Ridgeway National Trail offer many miles of outstanding riding.

Tip by

12.7 km

Chinnor Hill Descent

Highlight • Viewpoint

Fast descent from the lookout to the ridgeway on the higher (rooty) line.

Tip by

16.5 km

Lodge Hill Singletrack

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The first blast starts after the gate but watch out, as it’s short, until you have to anchor up for the second gate, after that it’s full speed ahead on swoopy single track.. just watch out for walkers and horses.

Tip by

19.5 km

View of Oxfordshire and Whiteleaf Cross from Thickthorne Wood

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great view across Oxfordshire and over to Buckinghamshire and Whiteleaf Cross

Tip by

32.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.7 km

9.65 km

3.82 km

3.09 km

511 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.0 km

5.66 km

5.61 km

3.89 km

354 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Tuesday 4 August

24°C

14°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.7

143

Henley-on-Thames to Icknield Way loop

04:26h

55.2km

650m

Moderate

5.0

Didcot to Lambourn loop – North Wessex Downs

04:54h

67.7km

620m

Moderate

3.0

Wendover Woods loop from Aylesbury

04:33h

60.8km

540m

Moderate

4.2

Shotover hill loop from Oxford

01:25h

21.2km

210m

Moderate

4.0

Ashampstead Common loop from Reading

02:23h

37.4km

290m

Easy

5.0

Bicester Village loop to Ambrosden

01:20h

22.6km

40m

Moderate

4.5

134

View from Whiteleaf Hill – Pulpit Wood singletrack loop from Dancersend

03:45h

43.6km

770m

Hard

4.8

115

Avebury Stone Circle – The Ridgeway loop from Chilton

08:50h

108km

1,270m

Moderate

4.8

121

View of the Chilterns Valley – Young Offenders Singletrack loop from Aston Rowant Nature Reserve

03:11h

38.2km

540m

Moderate

4.6

View from Whiteleaf Hill – Pulpit Wood singletrack loop from Great Missenden

02:34h

29.4km

520m

Hard

4.9

Ridgeway Track to Streatley – The Ridgeway loop from Goring & Streatley

06:45h

88.2km

1,040m

Moderate

4.8

114

Swinley Forest Blue Trail – Swinley Forest — Red Trailhead loop from Wokingham

02:48h

37.1km

240m

Chinnor Hill Descent – Lodge Hill Singletrack loop from Watlington

Spire & Spoke

Drinking Water Tap at Ridgeway Footpath

View of the Vale of Aylesbury from Chinnor Hill

Chinnor Hill Descent

Lodge Hill Singletrack

View of Oxfordshire and Whiteleaf Cross from Thickthorne Wood

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️