Sherwood Forest Gravel Trails – Vicar Water Lake loop from Our Lady of Egmanton

Bike touring routes & trails

Sherwood Forest Gravel Trails – Vicar Water Lake loop from Our Lady of Egmanton

Moderate

riders

Sherwood Forest Gravel Trails – Vicar Water Lake loop from Our Lady of Egmanton

03:59

55.8km

390m

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: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 30.1 km for 75 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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11.4 km

Clumber Park Forest Cycle Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Hardpacked section of flat cycle trail running through the forest at the edge edge of Clumber Park. The trail joins up the NCN6 with the NCN647. Can get a bit …

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20.6 km

Hazel Gap Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Good meet point to trips into Clumber, Welbeck, or even heading towards Rother Valley

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21.7 km

Budby Waterworks Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Looks better than it smells

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23.6 km

Sherwood Forest Gravel Trails

Highlight • Cycleway

Sherwood Forest is a wonderful woodland famous for its links to folkloric hero, Robin Hood. The most famous resident of Sherwood Forest these days is the iconic Major Oak, an …

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26.5 km

New Lodge Plantation

Forest

30.2 km

Golden Hand Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Nice place for a picnic

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31.1 km

Vicar Water Lake

Highlight • Trail

Not only is there a giant sculpture of a hand coming out of the ground, but there's also a café (run by a charitable organization called Rumbles), bike racks and kids playground. Win-win.

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32.2 km

Colliers Plantation

Forest

35.5 km

A super handy section of disused railway that links Route 6 in Sherwood Pines with the Southwell Trail. It runs for a number of pan-flat kilometres, making it the ultimate gravel grind on cruise control.

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55.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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