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View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from West Berkshire

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View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from West Berkshire

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View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from West Berkshire

06:19

84.1km

910m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 35.1 km for 66 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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11.1 km

View of South Oxfordshire from the Ridgeway

Highlight • Viewpoint

The beginning of the descent towards Harwell, offers an excellent view of South Oxfordshire from the top and is easily accessible from the Ridgeway. The surface is a combination of bumpy grass and hardpack gravel, at speed you’re going to need more than a gravel bike to cope with the run down if you’re planning on doing this at speed.

Tip by

35.1 km

Scutchamer Knob

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great northern place to park up and start the King Alfred's Way

Tip by

36.8 km

View of Ridgeway Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Can be very muddy and waterlogged in winter along here

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38.2 km

Old Street Track, North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Trail

Great route south in the summer.

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39.8 km

Lord Wantage Monument

Highlight • Historical Site

The monument to Robert Loyd Lindsay, Lord Wantage, is situated high on the Ridgeway and affords stunning views of the vale. Lord Wantage was a distinguished soldier and one of the first to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the Crimean War.

Tip by

40.4 km

Monument Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Good access to fun sections of the ridgeway.

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48.9 km

Sparsholt Firs

Forest

74.1 km

Pope's Wood

Forest

84.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.3 km

23.2 km

16.9 km

13.5 km

2.94 km

2.36 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.7 km

20.9 km

18.9 km

11.0 km

8.46 km

208 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

31°C

15°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from West Berkshire

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View of South Oxfordshire from the Ridgeway

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View of Ridgeway Reservoir

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