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Ardingly Village – Ardingly Reservoir loop from West Hoathly

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Ardingly Village – Ardingly Reservoir loop from West Hoathly

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Ardingly Village – Ardingly Reservoir loop from West Hoathly

02:03

29.5km

460m

Cycling

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

Last updated: July 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.61 km

View of Chelwood and Nutley

Highlight • Viewpoint

6.43 km

Ardingly Village

Highlight • Cafe

A small Sussex village with all the vital ingredients; a good cafe, a couple of pubs, a post office... as well as one of the largest showgrounds in the Southeast …

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6.47 km

Ardingly Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

Perfect London to Brighton coffee stop, decent bacon sarnies too

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12.1 km

Borde Hill Estate Trail

Highlight • Trail

Borde Hill is a well known garden, which is open to the public, set in a much wider estate or arable/sheep/dairy farmland in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural …

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20.8 km

Ardingly Reservoir

Highlight • Climb

A stunning reservoir lake which is great to walk around. It feels like an enchanted forest, something out of a fairy tale but there is also a great downhill followed …

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21.8 km

Ardingly Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Also a Local Nature Reserve, Ardingly Reservoir was built in the 1970s. It is a wildlife haven with Ospreys even seen here. There are two bird hides on this eastern …

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22.6 km

Ardingly Reservoir

Lake

24.7 km

Butcher's Shaw

Forest

25.4 km

Cob Lane

Highlight • Trail

Short and steep to the extent where it can be challenging to keep the front wheel on the ground. Don't schedule this in at the end of your ride!

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29.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.9 km

2.14 km

1.46 km

651 m

341 m

Surfaces

22.6 km

4.38 km

2.14 km

341 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Sunday 9 August

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Ardingly Village – Ardingly Reservoir loop from West Hoathly

View of Chelwood and Nutley

Ardingly Village

Ardingly Cafe

Borde Hill Estate Trail

Ardingly Reservoir

Ardingly Reservoir

Cob Lane

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