The Riverside Pub – Buscot Lock and Weir loop from Highworth

The Riverside Pub – Buscot Lock and Weir loop from Highworth

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The Riverside Pub – Buscot Lock and Weir loop from Highworth

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22.0km

140m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.0 km for 129 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

6.90 km

Halfpenny Bridge and Toll House

Highlight • Bridge

Roadbridge carrying Thames Street (A361) over River Thames and toll
house. 1792, when Thames Street laid out. Dressed stone. Bridge
about 6m wide with coped wall about lm high following …

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7.04 km

The Riverside Pub

Highlight • Pub

7.20 km

Lynwood & Co. Coffee Stop

Highlight • Cafe

Excellent espresso, cycle friendly

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8.50 km

View of the Thames with Moored Boats

Highlight • River

Its a very nice route if you do Clanfield to Coleshill.

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9.19 km

Cheese Wharf Wild Swimming Spot

Highlight • River

Taking its name from the place where delicious cheese were once loaded onto boats for shipping to London, Cheese Wharf is now a brilliant wild swimming spot on the River Thames near Buscot.

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10.5 km

Buscot Village Hall and Covered Well with Water Pump

Highlight • Monument

Whereas many villages seem deserted during the day, Buscot is often busy with visitors to the lock and picnic site beside the river, or taking advantage of the tea room …

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10.5 km

Buscot Village Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Fantastic little cafe in the village. Friendly staff and great food and drinks. Big garden.

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11.1 km

Buscot Lock and Weir

Highlight • Structure

Buscot Lock is the smallest of the 45 locks on the Thames. The manual beam-equipped pound lock was built in 1790, today it looks just as it did more than …

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22.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.8 km

8.91 km

1.55 km

779 m

Surfaces

16.8 km