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Salcey Forest – Blisworth Tunnel loop from Salcey Forest

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South Northamptonshire

Hartwell

Salcey Forest – Blisworth Tunnel loop from Salcey Forest

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Salcey Forest – Blisworth Tunnel loop from Salcey Forest

02:46

39.0km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 13.2 km for 90 m

After 13.3 km for 157 m

After 13.9 km for 101 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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223 m

Grounds Café & Cycle Centre, Salcey Forest

Highlight • Cycleway

Fairly popular cafe for Salcey Forest walkers and wheelers alike. Plenty of outdoor seating for nice days (or if you're a bit muddy from the forest!) and there's a bike hire centre too.
groundscafe.uk/salcey

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377 m

Salcey Forest

Highlight • Cycleway

Plenty of parking though it is expensive, on-site cafe serving coffee, teas, lunches and ice creams. lots of walking routes for all abilities with many surfaced well enough for disabled …

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13.2 km

The Boat Inn, Grand Union Canal

Highlight • Pub

The Navigation Pub is actually behind the cameraman from this photograph, over the bridge and back down to the canal. The pub on the left of this photo (behind the …

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13.4 km

The Boat Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

Nice little pub for a pint or bite to eat, right next to the canal.

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13.6 km

Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful little canal village in the west of Northamptonshire.

Tip by

13.9 km

Wire Animal Sculptures

Highlight • Structure

Metal Wicker horse just a little way off the canal towpath

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14.3 km

Blisworth Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

The magnificent Blisworth Tunnel is the longest on the Grand Union Canal and the third-longest navigable canal tunnel in the UK.

Tip by

16.6 km

Nun Wood

Forest

21.3 km

View of Easton Neston Hall

Highlight • Viewpoint

Easton Neston Hall - once home of Lord Hesketh, author of the Hesketh V1000 motorcycle.

Tip by

22.1 km

Blagden

Forest

39.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.4 km

11.4 km

3.99 km

3.25 km

1.05 km

862 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.2 km

10.4 km

10.1 km

4.75 km

432 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

29°C

18°C

35 %

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Salcey Forest – Blisworth Tunnel loop from Salcey Forest

Grounds Café & Cycle Centre, Salcey Forest

Salcey Forest

The Boat Inn, Grand Union Canal

The Boat Inn

Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum

Wire Animal Sculptures

Blisworth Tunnel

View of Easton Neston Hall

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