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Shearwater Lake – Longleat House Drive loop from Heytesbury

Shearwater Lake – Longleat House Drive loop from Heytesbury

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Shearwater Lake – Longleat House Drive loop from Heytesbury

02:21

50.4km

530m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

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Start point

Bus stop

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11.8 km

Shearwater Lake

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful lake with great walking around. Cool cafe which serves everything you need to stock up. The roads are really smooth and it’s a great entrance to the Devrills

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14.8 km

Forest Road between Shearwater Lake and Longleat

Highlight • Trail

This is a great quit road that take your from/ to Shearwater from Longleat.

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15.7 km

Forest Road in Cranborne Chase

Highlight • Trail

Quite forest road past Centre Parks.

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18.8 km

Climb Out of Longleat Estate

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely ride through grounds of Longleat. They don’t make it too clear that you’re allowed through, but is part of the national cycle route. Longish hard climb out of the …

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20.8 km

Longleat House Drive

Highlight • Historical Site

Fast, straight road leading up to Longleat House. Great cycling through the grounds, its par of the national cycle route so you can always have access on a bike. If …

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22.6 km

Horningsham Road Climb

Highlight • Climb

Views out to Somerset before finishing the climb up to Horningsham and back into Longleat

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30.1 km

Gare Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the bigger hills near Frome - it goes up in 3 but once you are at the top their are great views, lots of quite roads to choose from as well as bridleways through the forest.

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32.0 km

Gare Hill Summit

Highlight • Climb

Gare hill is a great climb to test yourself on - it goes up in 3 stages and brings you up into the forest. Or if you are looking for fun it's a great descent.

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50.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.6 km

1.40 km

227 m

220 m

Surfaces

41.5 km

8.96 km

Elevation

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Lowest point (90 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

17°C

11°C

44 %

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Shearwater Lake – Longleat House Drive loop from Heytesbury

Shearwater Lake

Forest Road between Shearwater Lake and Longleat

Forest Road in Cranborne Chase

Climb Out of Longleat Estate

Longleat House Drive

Horningsham Road Climb

Gare Hill

Gare Hill Summit

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