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Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Kingsclere

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Basingstoke And Deane

Kingsclere

Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Kingsclere

Moderate

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Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Kingsclere

02:03

26.3km

380m

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: June 26, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

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721 m

St Mary's Church, Kingsclere

Highlight • Historical Site

St Mary’s church is, as its appearance suggests, Norman (12th century) in origin and is a building of significant historical interest. There has been a church on the site for over 1000 years, the present church being built on the site of a former Saxon minster.

Much of the present building dates from a major rebuilding in the 19th century.

There are many interesting features including its unusual weather vane which is affectionately known locally as The Bedbug. Legend has it that its design was determined by King John, who on one occasion being prevented from reaching his hunting lodge on Cottington Hill by fog had to spend a night in the local inn where his night was badly disturbed by bedbugs!

The church is open every day for visitors, for those wanting a quiet place to sit and think and for those wishing to pray.

Cit. explorechurches.org/church/st-mary-kingsclere

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3.13 km

Descent Towards Kingsclere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Watch out for walkers

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7.85 km

Forest Trail in North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Forest

14.6 km

The Warren

Forest

16.6 km

View From Watership Down

Highlight • Natural

Fantastic place.stop have something to eat and drink and just take it all in.

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16.6 km

Watership Down Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

Watership Down is a hill in the Hampshire Downs. It is best known as the setting for Richard Adams' 1972 novel about rabbits, ‘Watership Down’. The hill, which has a partially-completed Iron Age hill fort on its summit, affords far-reaching views.

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18.7 km

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Highlight • Historical Site

Ladle Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Monument with sublime views. Atop the hill is an Iron Age hill fort that has never been excavated. Ladle Hill is a calcareous grassland chalk downland habitat, which is now scarce in Britain.

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20.0 km

Descent Trail in North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Cycleway

Watch out for walkers

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23.7 km

Isle Copse

Forest

26.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.4 km

9.69 km

710 m

486 m

Surfaces

11.6 km

11.0 km

3.35 km

186 m

162 m

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Highest point (230 m)

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Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Kingsclere

St Mary's Church, Kingsclere

Descent Towards Kingsclere

Forest Trail in North Wessex Downs

View From Watership Down

Watership Down Hill

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

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