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Brandy Bottom Colliery Ruins – Gravel Trail to Westerleigh loop from Chipping Sodbury

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Brandy Bottom Colliery Ruins – Gravel Trail to Westerleigh loop from Chipping Sodbury

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Brandy Bottom Colliery Ruins – Gravel Trail to Westerleigh loop from Chipping Sodbury

01:34

22.7km

180m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 5, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 20.1 km for 73 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.36 km

Codrington Bridleway

Highlight • Trail

nice bridleway that goes from being a rough concrete path to a more compacted mud path about halfway along. it's on an incline if you're coming off Wapley Road so it's a nice speedy gentle downhill.

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4.07 km

Gorse Covert

Forest

4.51 km

Burbarrow Lane Gravel Track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

nice combo of double track and single track that cross the motorway via a bridge.

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5.99 km

Muddy Ford on Gravel Track

Highlight • Trail

Always full of water, how much is anyone's guess! Sometimes pedal height, sometimes waist height!

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10.1 km

Back Lane Shortcut, Pucklechurch

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A sneaky turn off Shortwood road. Hardpacked dirt in summer but popular with dog walkers in the morning.

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13.8 km

Brandy Bottom Colliery Ruins

Highlight • Monument

Brandy Bottom Colliery, located just off the Bath-Bristol cycle path, was an important coal mining site in the 19th century, particularly known for its deep mine workings. The site features …

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14.2 km

Gravel Trail to Westerleigh

Highlight • Trail

Where the cycle path changes from tarmac to a light gravel, strade bianche style in places next to the fields and more muddy under the trees. Really fun and beautiful way to escape the city.

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15.1 km

Gravel Lane with Countryside View

Highlight • Trail

The gravel is a bit soft for road tyres but 32 up and you're fine.

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17.5 km

Broad Lane Railway Crossing

Highlight • Cycleway

Manual level crossing - cross the branch line that's only used to deliver oil to the depot (the route of the old railway then is a shared use path south towards Bristol).

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22.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.41 km

7.05 km

4.51 km

1.88 km

866 m

Surfaces

9.84 km

4.95 km

4.74 km

2.43 km

753 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Monday 1 June

18°C

13°C

69 %

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Brandy Bottom Colliery Ruins – Gravel Trail to Westerleigh loop from Chipping Sodbury

Codrington Bridleway

Burbarrow Lane Gravel Track

Muddy Ford on Gravel Track

Back Lane Shortcut, Pucklechurch

Brandy Bottom Colliery Ruins

Gravel Trail to Westerleigh

Gravel Lane with Countryside View

Broad Lane Railway Crossing

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