Route from London into Wiltshire

jonnyr5
jonnyr5 Posts: 13
edited September 2008 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
I am psyching myself up for a one day trip from Wimbledon to Trowbridge in Wiltshire - does anyone have any suggestions for route, tea, cakes, bike shops or sanity.
Thanks

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  • salsarider79
    salsarider79 Posts: 828
    Um,...Why Trowbridge? Only it's a bit of a dump and Bradford on Avon and Bath are just a bit further on...
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  • Greenbank
    Greenbank Posts: 731
    OK, cobbling together some of my previous rides:-

    If it were me I'd probably do:

    Wimbledon, Kingston, Hampton, Shepperton, Chertsey, Longcross, Windlesham, Lightwater, Frimley, Farnborough, Fleet, Crookhams, Odiham, Upton Grey.

    Here's my London to Cornwall route that uses bits of the above:-

    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/143181

    Once near Upton Grey use the top section of the Stonehenge 200 Audax to get to Ludgershall. It's a nice route:-

    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/41558

    ( This last section is a guess, I've no idea what the A342 is like. )

    Then bimble along the A342 through Upavon, then along the B3098 to Edington, turn off to go through West Ashton and into Trowbridge.
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  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    The Test valley is a really nice ride and more or less on the way. From Basingstoke, follow Overton, Whitchurch and then down the river until you meet the road to Salisbury.

    I last did it in 1978, so it is probably a tad busier now!

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  • jonnyr5
    jonnyr5 Posts: 13
    Salsa, thanks for your comment, I completely agree with your comments on Trowbridge, however my father decided to move there a few years ago. I was in Bath at the weekend and it was great. BTW worth checking out is a newly reopened Ring o bells pub on Widcombe Parade
  • Russell Smith
    Russell Smith Posts: 229
    This'll get you to Basingstoke from Kingsmeadow about 2 Hours then add the second bit on ...

    http://www.bikeradar.com/routes/?bpath= ... stoke-Town

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