Start/Finish SU602/805, Goring & Streatley railway station car park Total distance 33.1km (21 miles) Total ascent 702 metres Time 2.5-4.5 hours Maps OS Landranger 175. Or Garmin GB Discoverer 1:50K Southern England and Wales (GPS) Summary A ride into the Chiltern hills, using lots of fun singletrack trails. Turn right out of station on the road for approx 1.4km, then keep straight ahead off road when the road turns sharp left, bearing left uphill. Cross the B471, after 0.6km turn left onto bridleway. Follow this over the B4526 and a minor road through Common Wood. Go straight over at crossroads in Abbot’s Wood, uphill bearing left to and over the A4074. Continue through woods, then take left on road. Take first right signed Hook End. Take bridleway past Lower Farm, through Heath End towards Ipsden Wood. Go right on road, downhill. At T-junction go left for 0.4km, then right on doubletrack to a crosstracks and turn left. Go left at/on a road to Stoke Row and right at X-roads. Turn right on bridleway as you enter the trees. Follow white arrows right then left, downhill and right on doubletrack. Turn right to cross Kingwood Common then continue on bridleway. Cross the A4074, continuing straight on for 0.6km, then go left across Kempwood. After 1.3km, turn right at crossroads and right again on a bridleway. Turn right on road then left after 0.5km at Goring Heath and right on bridleway, then left at the X-roads. Go right on bridleway, left at road and left on a bridleway. Go left on road, uphill then right when road turns sharp left. Go right on a bridleway at the bottom, past the stud farm and join road ahead to a T-junction in Whitchurch. Turn right, then left to join the Hartslock bridleway. At a T-junction past Gatehampton Manor, turn left to rejoin road back to Goring.by Matt_Skinner
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