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Phoenix Trail – Steam Locomotive 5526 loop from Towersey

Bike touring routes & trails

South East England

South Oxfordshire

Phoenix Trail – Steam Locomotive 5526 loop from Towersey

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Phoenix Trail – Steam Locomotive 5526 loop from Towersey

01:51

23.4km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike 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: May 18, 2026

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Chilterns National Landscape

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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597 m

Phoenix Trail: Princes Risborough to Towersey

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Solid surface across flat land with fields on either side, nice views and easy riding across this disused rail line.

nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-routes/phoenix-trail-thame-princes-risborough

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5.96 km

Phoenix Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

It's gravelly and it's beautiful. Would avoid with expensive road bikes. The trail itself goes all the way to Thame along a disused railway. There is a level crossing which …

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11.4 km

Whiteleaf Climb from Monks Risborough

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One of the infamous 100 Greatest Climbs. Very steep at the bottom but evens out and can be attacked for the last few hundred metres with whatever you have left in the tank

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17.3 km

Steam Locomotive 5526

Highlight • Monument

There is a private stream train line here so you can see the trains go past sometimes

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23.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.39 km

6.42 km

3.84 km

2.29 km

1.36 km

1.09 km

Surfaces

10.4 km

8.74 km

2.79 km

790 m

685 m

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