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Stone Arch at Stourton – Stourhead House and Gardens loop from Stourhead Park

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Stone Arch at Stourton – Stourhead House and Gardens loop from Stourhead Park

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Stone Arch at Stourton – Stourhead House and Gardens loop from Stourhead Park

01:55

23.2km

400m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. 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: May 21, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 9.62 km for 2.68 km

Permit required

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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612 m

King Alfred's Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

Designed by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare II in 1772, King Alfred’s Tower is a 160ft (49m) high folly, standing in the grounds of the National Trust's Stourhead estate. The tower commemorates the accession of George III to the throne in 1760 and the end of the Seven Years War, with its position believed to be where King Alfred the Great rallied his troops in 878.

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18.7 km

Red Telephone Box Near Stourhead

Highlight • Structure

19.3 km

View of the Pond in Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs

Highlight • Lake

19.6 km

Stone Arch at Stourton

Highlight • Structure

This is a charming little stone arch located on the road next to Garden and Turner Paddock's lakes in Stourton. Definitely worth a photo stop.

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20.0 km

St Peter's Church

Highlight • Historical Site

beautiful medieval church renovated by the Hoares in 1721

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20.0 km

Bristol High Cross

Highlight • Historical Site

Bristol High Cross is a market cross which was first erected in 1373 in the centre of Bristol on the site of an earlier cross which commemorated the granting of a charter by Edward III to make Bristol a county, separate from Somerset and Gloucestershire.
In 1764 it was moved to Stourhead.
Often mistaken as part of the nearby church.

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20.3 km

Stourhead House and Gardens

Highlight • Monument

Great National Trust place to stop and refuel, hot drink are around £2.50 and plenty of food to choose from. Grounds past cafe are free the members or around £19 for adults.

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20.5 km

Stourhead House

Highlight • Historical Site

An 18th century neo-palladian mansion.

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23.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.0 km

8.41 km

446 m

184 m

159 m

Surfaces

12.6 km

8.45 km

1.82 km

374 m

Elevation

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Highest point (250 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Sunday 19 July

26°C

9°C

0 %

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Stone Arch at Stourton – Stourhead House and Gardens loop from Stourhead Park

King Alfred's Tower

Red Telephone Box Near Stourhead

View of the Pond in Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs

Stone Arch at Stourton

St Peter's Church

Bristol High Cross

Stourhead House and Gardens

Stourhead House

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