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Festival Way – Staple Hill Tunnel loop from Nailsea and Backwell

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Festival Way – Staple Hill Tunnel loop from Nailsea and Backwell

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Festival Way – Staple Hill Tunnel loop from Nailsea and Backwell

03:09

53.3km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 14.6 km for 30 m

After 38.9 km for 24 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.39 km

Festival Way

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely, traffic-free way to connect Long Ashton to Backwell and it's endless lanes.

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9.28 km

Festival Way

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

12.7 km

Butterfly Junction

Nature Reserve

14.6 km

Bathurst Lock

Lake

17.9 km

Railway Path to Bath

Highlight • Cycleway

Watch out for hippies on bikes. They are as bad as cyclists in London.

Tip by

22.9 km

Staple Hill tunnel is a disused railway tunnel that was originally part of the Midland Railway's Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line, which connected Bristol and Bath. The tunnel runs for approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) through the hillside, and was opened in 1869. It is now an iconic part of the Bristol-Bath railway cycling path.

The cycle path takes up less than half the width of the tunnel and the rest of the floor consists of uneven rocks. The tunnel is lit all year-round, but cyclists are advised to turn their lights on. The roof leaks in places, giving the appearance of rain.

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24.4 km

Mangotsfield Railway Station (disused)

Highlight • Cycleway

Mangotsfield railway station has not served as a station since 1966. Opened in 1845, the small station was a stop on the Bristol to Birmingham route. Nowadays, it's used as a popular cycle path. You can still see the former station walls and platforms as you ride through the woods along the former railway lines.

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24.5 km

Old Railway Station Ruins

Highlight • Monument

A nostalgic ride so g some old railway lines which is so good when you ride along an old station platform or under an old bridge that once had locomotives running along them. Well paced and a nice gentle ride to take in the sights.

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26.5 km

Warmley Waiting Room Cafe

Highlight • Rest Area

Perhaps the quaintest little coffee stop in the whole of England. This sweet little cafe is placed inside an old railway station along the Bristol & Bath Railway path. There is plenty of outdoor seating and places to rest your bikes. They also make a mean bacon butty and have a ice-cream truck in summer.

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42.0 km

Ashton Court Greenway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Brilliant new bit of cyclepath across Ashton Court from the university buildings to the wide gravel track up to the gate at the southern end. Very wide and easy gravel, although can get busy with both cyclists, walkers and dogs so take it easy.

Look out for the parallel little singletrack in the trees if that's more your bag.

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53.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.5 km

9.89 km

3.33 km

2.63 km

1.80 km

107 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

43.3 km

6.72 km

1.79 km

1.33 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

27°C

17°C

20 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Festival Way – Staple Hill Tunnel loop from Nailsea and Backwell

Festival Way

Festival Way

Railway Path to Bath

Staple Hill Tunnel

Mangotsfield Railway Station (disused)

Old Railway Station Ruins

Warmley Waiting Room Cafe

Ashton Court Greenway

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