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Bath and North East Somerset

Chew Valley Lake – Chew Valley Lake loop from Bath Spa

Bath and North East Somerset

Chew Valley Lake – Chew Valley Lake loop from Bath Spa

Moderate

176

riders

Chew Valley Lake – Chew Valley Lake loop from Bath Spa

02:49

57.9km

560m

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: May 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 56.6 km for 114 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

3.09 km

Locksbrook Herman Miller Factory

Highlight • Monument

In 2016, Bath Spa University purchased the former Herman Miller factory in Locksbrook, a modern riverside listed building designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Farrell & Grimshaw and built in 1976, to become the new home of the Bath School of Art and Design. The building used a flexible movable panel design and won several awards, including the Financial Times Industrial Architecture Award for 1977 and the RIBA South West Award in 1978. Detailed redevelopment plans are being drawn for it to become the new home of the Bath School of Art and Design

Tip by

23.1 km

Wick Green

Forest

24.2 km

Chew Valley Lake

Highlight • Natural Monument

Chew Valley Lake is a well-known scenic beauty spot, top quality fly-fising destination and the fifth largest artificial lake in the UK. It’s also a haven for birdwatchers, with wildfowl and migrating birds often seen feeding in the reed beds around the water.

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24.2 km

View of Water Treatment Facility

Highlight • Other

28.8 km

Chew Valley Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

The fifth-largest man-made lake in the UK, Chew Valley Lake is a vast reservoir providing drinking water for Bristol and the surrounding area. The lake, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956, covers an area of 1,200 acres (4.9 km2).

Thanks to the indigenous and migrant birds that flock to the lake throughout the year, the lake is a national centre for birdwatching.

Tip by

31.3 km

Chew Stoke Ford

Highlight • River

32.7 km

Chew Valley Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Chew Valley Lake is the 5th largest artificial lake in the UK. It was constructed in the 1950s to supply drinking water for Bristol and the nearby area.

There are brilliant views of the lake and surrounding countryside as you pass along the dam.

Tip by

34.6 km

Wooden bridge on the Chew Valley Lake walk

Highlight • Bridge

There's also a pretty lovely bike trail down here that takes you over to Woodford lodge.

Tip by

56.6 km

Bath Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.

Tip by

57.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.4 km

12.5 km

7.94 km

1.03 km

574 m

346 m

147 m

Surfaces

41.1 km

16.3 km

288 m

121 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Friday 3 July

22°C

14°C

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Chew Valley Lake – Chew Valley Lake loop from Bath Spa

Locksbrook Herman Miller Factory

Chew Valley Lake

View of Water Treatment Facility

Chew Valley Lake

Chew Stoke Ford

Chew Valley Lake

Wooden bridge on the Chew Valley Lake walk

Bath Abbey

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