Marlborough Town Centre – Pewsey White Horse loop from Bedwyn

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Marlborough Town Centre – Pewsey White Horse loop from Bedwyn

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Marlborough Town Centre – Pewsey White Horse loop from Bedwyn

03:48

61.3km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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19.0 km

Marlborough Town Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Small English market town in Wiltshire with about 8,000 inhabitants. In 1204 Marlborough was granted city rights and market rights.

Small, sweet shops and cafés, nice houses and alleys make up the charm and the city as a whole is simply lovely.
Insider tip: The Polly Tea Rooms on High Street. Traditional cakes and teas with an old fashioned feeling. Grandiose.

For fans of ancient legends and legends: on the area of Marlborough College - one of the leading private schools in England - there is a prehistoric burial mound. According to legend, the magician Merlin is buried here (Merlin Mound or Marlborough Mound).
Not far from Marlborough there are other historic places such as Silbury Hill or Avebury Stone Circle.

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24.7 km

Lockeridge Dene

Archaeological Site

31.1 km

Pewsey White Horse

Highlight • Monument

A giant horse cut into the chalk hillside, the Pewsey White Horse is visible from the Severn and Thames Cycleway. Although one of the smallest of the eight white horses in Wiltshire. The horse was originally cut by or for Robert Pile from Alton Barnes, in the 19th century, before being recut in 1937.

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32.2 km

Honeystreet Mill Café

Highlight • Cafe

Cyclist friendly canal side cafe with good cakes, drinks, ice-cream and hot food.

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36.6 km

View of the Alton Barnes White Horse

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Great View.

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46.1 km

The Royal Oak Pub

Highlight • Other

Beautiful pub with friendly staff

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57.7 km

Crofton Locks and Pumping Station

Highlight • Rest Area

A pretty set of nine locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, the Crofton Locks were designed by John Rennie to supply water to the western end. Next to the locks, the Crofton Pumping Station has a cafe, gift shop and picnic area.

The area also provides important habitat for wildlife and is home to lots of swans, ducks, moorhens, thrushes and even common lizards and and slow worms.

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59.4 km