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Chillerton And Gatcombe

Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

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Bike touring routes & trails

United Kingdom

England

South East England

Chillerton And Gatcombe

Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

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Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

02:11

28.2km

320m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 28, 2026

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Isle of Wight National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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436 m

Bridleway Track to Alton Barns

Highlight • Trail

Bridleway track cutting through to kingston goat camp

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1.22 km

Grassy Downhill Trail, Isle of Wight National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Really fun grassy downhill (West - East)

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4.10 km

Limerstone Down Gravel Track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A perfect gravel road cutting through the fields of sheep and cows: delightful! A really delicious track that shows you that not all the most scenic riding on the island …

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6.04 km

Worsley Trail Near Limerstone Down

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This short section of the Worsley Trail has lots of small mounds which make for fun riding.

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7.26 km

Brighstone Forest Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Enjoy the wide doubletrack and skinny, rooty singletrack trails through Brighstone Forest, leading out onto Brighstone Down.

Visit in autumn for the most spectacular array of colours.

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9.65 km

Compton Down

Highlight • Natural

20.9 km

Sandown to Newport Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

The Sandown to Newport cyclepath is built along the line of a former railway line, and it is the longest cycle path on the Isle of Wight. The route is …

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21.8 km

Merstone Station Picnic Area

Highlight • Cycleway

This is the site of the former Merstone Station (previously Merstone Junction Station) but now the machines passing through have two wheels and are human powered, as the old railway …

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28.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.2 km

7.40 km

4.10 km

1.63 km

1.24 km

646 m

Surfaces

12.9 km

11.6 km

3.09 km

615 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 7 May

17°C

10°C

23 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

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Grassy Downhill Trail, Isle of Wight National Landscape

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Worsley Trail Near Limerstone Down

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