Old Shaftesbury Drove Road – Cranborne Garden Centre loop from Salisbury Racecourse
Old Shaftesbury Drove Road – Cranborne Garden Centre loop from Salisbury Racecourse
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Old Shaftesbury Drove Road – Cranborne Garden Centre loop from Salisbury Racecourse
03:17
49.5km
520m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: February 27, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 27.7 km for 96 m
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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512 m
Old Shaftesbury Drove Road
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
Tip by
8.59 km
The Queen's Head Pub and Beer Garden
Highlight • Other
8.66 km
Chalke Valley Stores and Coffee Shop
Highlight • Structure
Tip by
11.1 km
Gravel Byway in Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Highlight • Trail
Tip by
27.4 km
Cranborne Garden Centre
Highlight • Cafe
Tip by
27.7 km
The Church of St Mary & St Bartholomew
Highlight • Religious Site
Early Norman and Gothic: While the site has Saxon origins, the earliest surviving parts of the church are the 12th-century north doorway and fragments of the south aisle wall. The main body of the church, including the nave and aisles, was largely rebuilt in the 13th century in the Early English Gothic style. The impressive west tower was added in the 15th century.
Victorian Restoration: The church underwent significant restoration in the 19th century. In the 1870s, the medieval chancel was demolished and rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style by architect David Brandon.
Building Materials: The church's exterior walls are constructed from a mix of local materials, including flint and rubble, with dressings of various types of stone like Upper Greensand and Heathstone.
Tip by
31.3 km
White Leaze Copse
Forest
43.1 km
Coombe Bissett Down
Peak
49.5 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
40.9 km
4.00 km
2.80 km
826 m
492 m
489 m
Surfaces
36.9 km
7.74 km
4.41 km
515 m
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Elevation
Highest point (210 m)
Lowest point (40 m)
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Monday 18 May
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10°C
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Max wind speed: 31.0 km/h
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