These pages are for readers of Bikepacking: mountain bike camping adventures on the wild trails of Britain by Laurence McJannet.
If you do not own the book please buy a copy here!
Ride Information
START: Frome station, Station Approach, Wallbridge BA11 1RE, 51.227314, -2.309997
FINISH: Avoncliff station BA15 2HD, 51.339576, -2.281899
DISTANCE: 27.6 miles/44.5km
ASCENT: 3133ft/955m
OFF-ROAD: 65%
TERRAIN: Dirt bridle track, quiet byways and lanes, traffic-free tarmac through the Greenway, and stony tow path.
Moderate climbs get steeper around Bath, with a flat towpath to the end.
NAVIGATION: Easy. With quiet road sections, signed bridle paths and NCN 24 waymarks, this route shouldn’t present
any problems. On the wooded descent north of Faulkland take an unsigned right at a crossroads; a little further on,
along the bridleway to Wellow, as you climb keep the hedgerow on your left and don’t descend until you have passed
the Long Barrow mound on your left. OS Landranger maps 142 and 155 cover all but the final canal section.
Maps
Ordnance Survey Map
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Open Street Map with information markers and elevation
Book Map
Downloadables
Download .GPX file (right click to download)
Download map.pdf from the book (right click to download)
How to navigate using .GPX files
Eat & Drink
The Talbot, Selwood Street, Mells, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3PN, 01373 812254, www.talbotinn.com
Cross Guns, Avoncliff, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2HB, 01225 862335, www.crossguns.net
Sleep
The Castle Inn, Mount Pleasant, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1SJ, 01225 865657, www.flatcappers.co.uk
Pitchperfect, Woolverton, Somerset, BA2 7QU, 01373 830733, www.pitchperfectcamping.co.uk
Bivvy: Claverton Down
Provisions
The Walled Garden, Selwood Street, Mells, Somerset, BA11 3PN, 01373 812597, www.thewalledgardenatmells.co.uk
Cycology, The Old Courthouse, Waterloo, Frome, BA11 3FE, 01373 469590, www.cycologybikes.co.uk