cycling in Brockenhurst New Forest

freddunn said:

Is there a 5-8 mile roundtrip route in Brockenhurst (New Forest) which would include hills On or
off road Thanks Fred🙄

Yes. Lots. Stop by the New Forest Cycling Experience (shop) just by the station and get their pack
of half adozen routes for a couple of quid. There'll be a few in there to suit you.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by John'S Cat

BOn 3 Aug 2003 03:30:19 +0950 said:

Is there a 5-8 mile roundtrip route in Brockenhurst (New Forest) which would include hills On or
off road Thanks Fred🙄

Yes. Lots. Stop by the New Forest Cycling Experience (shop) just by the station and get their pack
of half adozen routes for a couple of quid. There'll be a few in there to suit you. [/B]

Thanks,
I'll try that
Fred🙂

freddunn said:

Is there a 5-8 mile roundtrip route in Brockenhurst (New Forest) which would include hills On or
off road Thanks Fred🙄

If you're looking for something fairly simple, there's a nice route from Brock to Beaulieu and back.
Start at the car park behind the Balmer Lawn hotel near the wagon ride signs.
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Head up the long gravel track and pick up NCN route 2 to Beaulieu through the forest, following the
signs (note: there's a confusing bit where it's not 100% which direction to go. Head across the
cattle grid into the deer research enclosure. You'll see what I mean.) You'll eventually come out at
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At the crossroads, turn right towards Brockenhurst on the B3055 a follow it for a nice run across
the moor before heading down a lovely sweeping series of downhill bends into Brockenhurst. It's
about 8 miles or so, takes anything up to a couple of hours depending how often you look at the
wildlife/stop for a [censored]. :-) Some long shallow climbs, a few short descents and a nice trundle back
down into Brock.
V. pleasant for a lazy bloke like me, a bit dull if you're looking for serious off-road stuff.

Oh yeah, definitely pick up the cycle route pack from the LBS near the station as recommended by
John's Cat. Nice people. Good little shop.

HTH!
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DG

Bah!