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Goddard Descent – The Ginges Cycling Route loop from Middlehill Down

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Goddard Descent – The Ginges Cycling Route loop from Middlehill Down

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Goddard Descent – The Ginges Cycling Route loop from Middlehill Down

00:58

8.69km

120m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Some sure footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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29 m

Monument Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Good access to fun sections of the ridgeway.

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36 m

Goddard Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

can be muddy in winter but lovely ride

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4.37 km

The Ginges Cycling Route

Highlight • Forest

Quiet roads in woodland

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7.68 km

Butterbush Plantation

Forest

8.11 km

Robert Loyd Lindsay Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Nice spot to take a stop and take in the views along the ridgeway.

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8.13 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 …

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8.69 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.90 km

412 m

376 m

Surfaces

2.70 km

2.53 km

2.44 km

749 m

230 m

Elevation

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Goddard Descent – The Ginges Cycling Route loop from Middlehill Down

Monument Car Park

Goddard Descent

The Ginges Cycling Route

Robert Loyd Lindsay Memorial

Lord Wantage Monument

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