A week camping at Salisbury with rides around the surrounding area.

This is very much in the planning stage at the moment but the premise is that we'll be based at or near Salisbury for a week and be doing daily rides to interesting and scenic places in the surrounding area.  

Stay tuned to this page to see more details as they become available. We'll be having a meeting some time at the end of February or the beginning of March to discuss the trip.

The proposed camp site is map the Camping and Caravanning site on Castle Road

Salisbury Camping and Caravanning Club Site
Hudson’s Field
Castle Road
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 3RR

01722 320713
No calls after 8pm please.

Not a camper?
There is the option of staying at the Youth Hostel in Salisbury or finding alternative accommodation.

Don't want to do the whole week?
Then drop in for a day, two, three or the weekend.

From London the easiest way to get there is by train from Waterloo.

Day 1 Wednesday 27th May

Arrive in Salisbury, pitch tent and settle in.

For any one that's ready to go by 3pm there's a short ride to take in the Avon Valley, Wliton and Amesbury, the two towns closest to Salisbury.

memory map track

24.3 miles
1388 feet of climbing

Day 2 Thursday 28th May

The Nadder Valley
The Nadder Valley

From the campsite we head into the centre of Salisbury and then head along the River Nadder, the river is the spine of this ride, into Wilton. Out of Wilton and it's up to the byway that runs for 8 miles along the ridge formed by Compton, Favant, Sutton and Swallowcliffe Downs. From Swallowcliffe Downs we descend through Ansty and then divert to Castle Ditches Fort. From Castle Ditches we may backtrack a little and go west to the ruins of Wardour Castle before heading into Tisbury. From Tisbury it's north to Fonthill Bishop and then we head back to the foot of the valley descending through Chilmark. We remain in the well of the valley to head back to Salisbury touching on the villages of Dinton, Barford St. Martin and Burcombe.

memory map track

40-45 miles
2341 feet of climbing

Day 3 Friday 29th May

Mottisfont Priory

This ride heads directly east shadowing the Monarch's Way to the RiverTest. Then it's south to Mottisfont Priory at the confluence of the Test and River Dun. We then go east through East and West Dean along the River Dun back to Alderbury and Salisbury.

memorry map track

31.4 miles
2011 feet of climbing

Day 4 Saturday 30th May

Salisbury Plains

This ride will leave Salisbury Station at 10:00. Anyone wanting to come down from London for the Day will need to catch the 08:20 from Waterloo to make it in time for the ride.

This ride heads west to Wilton and along the Wyle valley before heading north and up onto Salisbury Plains through Chitterne to Tilshead over to Larkshill and then down to Stonehenge. We'll ride into Amesbury and then head south down the Avon Valley back to Salisbury.

memory map track

41.6 miles
2116 feet of climbing

Day 5 Sunday 31st May

Westbury and The White Horse

This ride will leave Salisbury Station at 10:00. Anyone wanting to come down from London for the Day will need to catch the 07:42 from Waterloo to make it in time for the ride.

The ride goes out from Salisbury to Wilton and then heads west along the Wylye Valley to Warminster and Westbury. At Westbury we'll climb up onto Salisbury Plains to get a close look at the White Horse before descending through Bratton and looping back to Westbury.

It's a possible train back to Salisbury from Westbury. We may even get the train out from Salisbury to Westbury - doing it this way will make the ride nearly all downhill.

memory map track

36 miles
1732 feet of climbing

Day 6 Monday 1st June

The Avon Valley

From the Campsite we head into Salisbury and then go east and south along the eastern side of the River Avon. We cross the Avon at Downton and then head north to the confluence of the Avon and Ebble. Following the Ebble east we slip through the villages of Nunton, Odstock and Homington before crossing the Ebble at Coombe Bisset. From CB we head north to Wilton cross the Nadder and Wyle and join the western side of the Avon north of Salisbury. It's then up through Lower, Middle and Upper Woodford. We cross the Avon again and head east crossing the River Bourne at Porton. From Porton it's east and south over Portman Downs and back to the Avon at Alderbury before heading back to Salisbury.

memory map track

44.9 miles
2433 feet of climbing