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Chillerton And Gatcombe

Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

Bike touring routes & trails

South East England

Chillerton And Gatcombe

Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

Hard

7

riders

Brighstone Forest Trail – Sandown to Newport Cycle Path loop from Chillerton and Gatcombe

02:11

28.0km

320m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Isle of Wight National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

436 m

Bridleway Track to Alton Barns

Highlight • Trail

Bridleway track cutting through to kingston goat camp

Tip by

2

1.22 km

Grassy Downhill Trail, Isle of Wight National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Really fun grassy downhill (West - East)

Tip by

3

3.14 km

Muddy Path in Isle of Wight National Landscape

Highlight • Trail

Muddy beginning of March but only short section.

Tip by

4

4.10 km

Limerstone Down Gravel Track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A perfect gravel road cutting through the fields of sheep and cows: delightful! A really delicious track that shows you that not all the most scenic riding on the island …

Tip by

5

7.14 km

Brighstone Forest Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Enjoy the wide doubletrack and skinny, rooty singletrack trails through Brighstone Forest, leading out onto Brighstone Down.

Visit in autumn for the most spectacular array of colours.

Tip by

6

9.53 km

Compton Down

Highlight • Natural

7

20.8 km

Sandown to Newport Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

The Sandown to Newport cyclepath is built along the line of a former railway line, and it is the longest cycle path on the Isle of Wight. The route is …

Tip by

8

21.7 km

Merstone Station Picnic Area

Highlight • Cycleway

This is the site of the former Merstone Station (previously Merstone Junction Station) but now the machines passing through have two wheels and are human powered, as the old railway …

Tip by

B

28.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.1 km

7.40 km

4.00 km

1.63 km

1.23 km

745 m

Surfaces

12.8 km

11.3 km

3.23 km

618 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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