Rudgwick Double Bridge – Loxwood Lock loop from Loxwood

Rudgwick Double Bridge – Loxwood Lock loop from Loxwood

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Rudgwick Double Bridge – Loxwood Lock loop from Loxwood

01:48

29.0km

170m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

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Bus stop

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599 m

Bridge Over the Wey and Arun Canal

Highlight • Historical Site

The Wey and Arun Canal, finished in 1816, established a crucial link between the Wey Navigation near Guildford and the south coast via the River Arun.

This canal played a pivotal role in the inland transportation network designed to ensure secure passage from London to Portsmouth, facilitating the transportation of goods to sustain the dockyards during the Napoleonic Wars.

Despite its initial success in efficiently transporting a substantial volume of cargo, the advent of railways ultimately led to the formal closure of the canal in 1871.

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4.30 km

Gibbons Mill

Highlight • Other

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, human or animal muscle power could be easily replaced by the power of the natural elements through a watercourse - natural or artificially created - in order to grind grain into corn or press oil from fruit, for example.

There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills:

* Either the flowing water simply hits the blades of the water wheel from below to set it in motion; or
* the water is guided above the wheel - usually through a so-called "mill channel" - and falls onto the blades; this type of construction is more efficient due to natural gravity.

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10.2 km

Rudgwick Double Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

A set of steps down to view point . I did manage to get bike down but with a struggle . Great bit History

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15.2 km

Downs Link

Highlight • Cycleway

15.5 km

Baynards Station

Highlight • Historical Site

This old station has been restored and rebuilt into a private home complete with the platforms, waiting rooms and everything. It’s been very well done but unfortunately you can’t access the property as it is someone’s private home now.
(You can take a look from outside though 😉)

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22.7 km

Wey and Arun Canal

Highlight • Historical Site

From 1785 until 1896, the Wey and Arun Canal was used to transport goods on large barges from Wey and Goldaming to Newbridge. Engineered by Josias Jessop, the canal was considered to be important for the with France. However, the war was over before the canal was complete.

Following its closure, the canal fell into a state of disrepair until the mid 20th century when a Trust formed to protect the waterway. Today, a multi-million pound restoration has repaired some of the bridges and locks such as Devil's Hole Lock when was destroyed during a training exercise by the Canadian army in 1942.

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24.1 km

Sidney Wood

Forest

28.9 km

Loxwood Lock

Highlight • Bridge

In 1905, the Wey and Arun Canal was split at Loxwood after a road bridge was dismantled. The road then ran through where the canal should have been as a replacement bridge wasn’t on the cards. To restore the canal, it would need to run beneath the road.

The canal was dropped and a new lock put in – Loxwood Lock – to allow for boats and pedestrians to pass underneath the road. The canal was reopened at this section in 2009, and a boat passed through for the first time in over 100 years.

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