Salisbury Plain Pedal
35 mile route over fast terrain without too much climbing Head away from Five Rivers along the boardwalks and bridlepaths to Avon Farm Cottages. Turn onto the roads at the cottages and follow the woodford valley to the Bridge Inn Past the pub turn right and take the singletrack to Wilsford Cum Lake Cross the road here picking up the bridleway taking you to the A303 at Stonehenge Over the A303 take the byways to Larkhill and turn left onto the road. Turn right after a short spin along the road to get onto Salisbury Plain and pick up the Southern Transit. Cross the A345 at Brigmerston and continue over the river Avon on the Southern Transit Turn right up the hill at the Silkhill Plantation leaving the Southern Transit and picking up the byway to Bulford Camp. Take the single track through the trees at Bulford Camp to come…
Wilton Training Loop
A good training route with plenty of long climbs plus some sweet single track mixed in to keep things interesting. Directions start from the car park at Michael Herbert Hall in Wilton. Following the route from there is about 20 km with 400m elevation in total or you can repeat the main 12km loop to take your total distance closer to 20 miles or 32km. Strava route Directions: Turn left out of the car park, ride along the road to the crossroads where you turn left along the road and past the Bear Inn. When the main road carries on left, turn off right onto a residential street, carry on under the railway bridge then turn left onto the track heading up the hill. When the track forks keep right to head up to Grovely Woods where you’ll see a green gate at the top of the climb. Turn left…
High Post Loop
18 mile route over easy terrain, perfect for beginners. Take the boardwalks, gravel paths and farm tracks form Five Rivers coming out on the road at Avon Farm Cottages. From here take the roads to the foot of Snakey Hill, turning right through Little Durnford Farm and following the paths up to monarchs way. Ride up the rooty climb on Monarchs way and pick up the farm tracks to the road turning right to the traffic lights at high post. Cross the road and turn left, taking the bridlepath along to boscombe down. Ride along the fence line and follow the double track down from here to the A338. Cross over the A338, past the ford and up to Gomldon Primary School. Drop into the fields at the top of the hill following the trails untill you reach the foot of Figsbury Rings. From here take the paths by the…
Burcombe Blast
Slightly longer route suitable for CX/Gravel riders as well as mountain bikers taking in mostly easy terrain. Take the boardwalks and farm tracks from Five Rivers leading on to the road at Avon Farm Cottages. Continue on past mile hill and turn left off of the road to pick up some single track up to the A36. Cross the road here and continue on the double tracks down into Great Wishford. Ride through the village to pick up the climb to Grovely Woods. In the woods, turn right along the main track and then turn left after a short spin to drop down into Burcombe. Take the steep chalky climb out of Burcombe to join the Shaftesbury Drove. Carry on along the drove all the way back into Harnham before riding back across town returning to Five Rivers via Waitrose for a cheeky post ride coffee. Strava Route
Wilton Singletrack Sesh
20 mile route suitable for beginners perfect for a pub ride to the V&A at Netherhampton. Out along the boardwalks, turning left and climbing up the fields to Devizes Road. From the road, drop down through the housing estate to Wilton Road at the petrol station, drop down from here into Chruchfields to pick up the Broken Bridges trail. Follow Broken Bridges to golf course hill and climb up to meet the drove. Turn right at the drove and ride along to the road at Salisbury Racecourse. Cross the road and turn immediately right into the trees taking the next right to pick up the “beechnuts” single track. At the end of the trail turn left onto the road and left again after a short spin taking home farm road into Wilton. Turn right and take the roads to the cross road by the market in Wilton. Turn left at…