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Longleat House Drive – Shearwater Lake loop from Bruton

Longleat House Drive – Shearwater Lake loop from Bruton

Moderate

4.3

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Longleat House Drive – Shearwater Lake loop from Bruton

02:53

58.8km

720m

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: March 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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24.3 km

Horningsham Road Climb

Highlight • Climb

Views out to Somerset before finishing the climb up to Horningsham and back into Longleat

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26.0 km

Fast, straight road leading up to Longleat House. Great cycling through the grounds, its par of the national cycle route so you can always have access on a bike. If you are lucky you can often see some of the animals including giraffes, hippos, and kangaroos.

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26.6 km

Longleat House

Highlight • Monument

Perhaps one of the most famous stately homes in the UK, Longleat is an impressive Elizabethan prodigy house. Longleat is set amongst 1,000 acres of parkland, home to the first safari park outside Africa.

Construction on the house began in 1568 on the site of a priory which had burnt down. Originally designed for Sir John Thynn, the estate remains in the same family today. The flamboyant artist Alexander Thynn and his son Ceawilin Thynn currently live in the house.

You can visit Longleat from 10am - 5pm daily. It's well worth exploring the safari and other attractions as well. Tickets for adults cost £17.00 online. You can buy them here: longleat.co.uk

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28.3 km

Climb Out of Longleat Estate

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely ride through grounds of Longleat. They don’t make it too clear that you’re allowed through, but is part of the national cycle route. Longish hard climb out of the park. Pause half way up to admire Lord Baths country pad.

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31.3 km

Forest Road in Cranborne Chase

Highlight • Trail

Quite forest road past Centre Parks.

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32.2 km

Forest Road between Shearwater Lake and Longleat

Highlight • Trail

This is a great quit road that take your from/ to Shearwater from Longleat.

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34.9 km

Shearwater Lake

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful lake with great walking around. Cool cafe which serves everything you need to stock up. The roads are really smooth and it’s a great entrance to the Devrills

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45.9 km

Climb to Stourhead

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Some people like to torture themselves up Kingsettle Lane. By comparison, this is a really nice and enjoyable climb up to the same area. Never gets too steep and some lovely views off to the left hand side. Maybe more traffic but all in all a nicer experience.

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58.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

57.4 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

47.2 km

11.5 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Friday 8 May

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Longleat House Drive – Shearwater Lake loop from Bruton

Horningsham Road Climb