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Shaw Cum Donnington

View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from Newbury

Routes
Mountain biking trails
United Kingdom
England
South East England
Shaw Cum Donnington

View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from Newbury

Hard

13

riders

View of Ridgeway Reservoir – Lord Wantage Monument loop from Newbury

06:13

82.2km

920m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 34.9 km for 66 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

10.9 km

Flowy and Fast Trail

Highlight • Trail

2

16.1 km

Crown and Horns Pub

Highlight • Other

3

34.1 km

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 …

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4

34.9 km

Scutchamer Knob

Highlight • Viewpoint

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

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5

36.6 km

View of Ridgeway Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Can be very muddy and waterlogged in winter along here

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6

38.0 km

Great route south in the summer.

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7

39.6 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

40.2 km

Monument Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Good access to fun sections of the ridgeway.

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48.7 km

Sparsholt Firs

Forest

73.8 km

Penclose Copse

Forest

B

82.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.5 km

23.3 km

16.9 km

12.6 km

3.61 km

2.36 km

Surfaces

27.6 km

20.9 km

17.3 km

11.8 km

4.48 km

193 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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Friday 15 May

13°C

2°C

63 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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