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Basingstoke And Deane

Mortimer West End

Hosehill Lake – Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve loop from Padworth Common

Basingstoke And Deane

Mortimer West End

Hosehill Lake – Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve loop from Padworth Common

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Hosehill Lake – Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve loop from Padworth Common

01:33

37.9km

170m

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: July 18, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 13.5 km for 17 m

After 23.7 km for 33 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.46 km

Mortimer Bistro

Highlight • Restaurant

Fabulous coffee and cinnamon buns

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12.6 km

A nice 1mile circular walk around the lake, close to the Kennet and Avon Canal
bbowt.org.uk/nature-reserves/hosehill-lake
'A beautiful lake surrounded by meadows, ponds and sheltered reedbeds, a great place to watch time go by.'

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13.0 km

Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Covering 58 acres (23.5 ha) on the edge of Theale, Hosehill Lake is a lovely nature reserve. Here, you will find sprawling meadowland, wild Exmoor ponies grazing and colourful butterflies. …

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14.7 km

Holy Trinity Church, Theale

Highlight • Historical Site

This 19th-century Grade I listed building was designed by Edward Garbett in the 13th century early English style, choosing Salisbury Cathedral as his pattern.

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15.0 km

The Volunteer

Highlight • Pub

Friendly staff, good food and loads of space in beer garden to put your bikes. Some outdoor tables are undercover.

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17.2 km

The Spring Inn

Highlight • Pub

Nice and cosy rural pub, despite being on a main road this place offers some outdoor seating in the back which is a little better shielded from noise and traffic than the tables by its side.

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23.7 km

The Rowbarge

Highlight • Pub

Nice and friendly country pub on the Kennet and Avon canal (as well as National Cycle Network Route 4), this is one of my favourite places in Berkshire.

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32.3 km

Three Corner Plantation

Forest

37.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.5 km

9.79 km

1.39 km

1.11 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

37.0 km

823 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Tuesday 21 July

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Hosehill Lake – Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve loop from Padworth Common

Mortimer Bistro

Hosehill Lake

Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve

Holy Trinity Church, Theale

The Volunteer

The Spring Inn

The Rowbarge

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