National Cycle Network 24 climbing Longcombe Drive, at Longleat during an Endura race.
National Cycle Network 24
National Cycle Network 24 runs from Bath in Somerset through to near Southampton in Hampshire, but this page focusses on the section within Wiltshire from East Woodlands, on the Longleat Estate, past Longleat House, up the steep incline of Longcombe Drive, through the woods to Warminster, Sutton Veny, Tytherington, Boyton, Sherrington, Stockton, Wylye, and Hanging Langford, Wilton, and beyond that past Salisbury Cathedral. Most of the route is on relatively quiet roads as most of this section runs through the stunning Wylye Valley adjacent to, but not on, the busy A36, which is the preferred route for traffic between Warminster and Salisbury. In fact I'm not a cyclists but it's a route that I have taken often, usually in two or three slices, as I am a disabled rambler, using a long-range all terrain mobility scooter. From East Woodlands to Salisbury Cathedral, one-way, is a distance of about 28 miles.
CYCLE REPAIR: There is a mobile cycle repair service based in Warminster, Cannimore Cycles - tel 01985 212888; Route 24 Cycles at Downlands Church Farm. Tytherington. Wilts. BA12 7AB (just east of the church) - tel 07723 014199; Stonehenge Cycles, 86 Fisherton St, Salisbury, SP2 7QY - tel 01722 334915; and Nash's Cycles, Netherhampton Rd, Salisbury, SP2 8HD, tel 01722 335887.
EAT/DRINK/TOILETS: Bath Arms, Horningsham (1 mile up the drive opposite Longleat House); The Lodge, Warminster (en-route at Henfords Marsh; The Woolpack, Sutton Veny; Dove Inn, Corton; Gnny's Cafe at The Ginger Piggery, Boyton; The Carriers, Stockton; The Bell Inn, Wylye; Post Office and shop, High St, Wylye; Kingfisher Cafe, Langford Lakes (also toilets!); and various in Wilton and Salisbury (including the The Refectory, in Salisbury Cathedral).
CYCLE REPAIR: There is a mobile cycle repair service based in Warminster, Cannimore Cycles - tel 01985 212888; Route 24 Cycles at Downlands Church Farm. Tytherington. Wilts. BA12 7AB (just east of the church) - tel 07723 014199; Stonehenge Cycles, 86 Fisherton St, Salisbury, SP2 7QY - tel 01722 334915; and Nash's Cycles, Netherhampton Rd, Salisbury, SP2 8HD, tel 01722 335887.
EAT/DRINK/TOILETS: Bath Arms, Horningsham (1 mile up the drive opposite Longleat House); The Lodge, Warminster (en-route at Henfords Marsh; The Woolpack, Sutton Veny; Dove Inn, Corton; Gnny's Cafe at The Ginger Piggery, Boyton; The Carriers, Stockton; The Bell Inn, Wylye; Post Office and shop, High St, Wylye; Kingfisher Cafe, Langford Lakes (also toilets!); and various in Wilton and Salisbury (including the The Refectory, in Salisbury Cathedral).
