5 London gravel bike winter rides

 

 The best of London’s winter gravel

Five of the best gravel rides specially chosen for a winter’s day. The river paths and woodland trails are almost people free, allowing you to ride with joyous freedom. Seek the blazing dusk setting behind the naked trees of London’s woods, or see from the hills the grey, damp light shadowing the distant towers, or ride under the purest of blue skies alongside the silver’d Thames on frost-hardened paths. All routes avoid traffic as if it was a contagious disease. Embrace adventure and liberate the winter soul!


Number 1.

London’s wild woods

Windsor, water and wind

88km London to Windsor gravel route

A muddy gravel ride through the edgelands….


Number 2.

Gallows Bridge, river Brent

The Sacred River

27 km The Lower Brent

West London’s ‘sacred’ river


Number 3.

The Thames Estuary, Dartford

The Thames Estuary

82km Woolwich to Tilbury Loop

The wild lands of the Thames……


Number 4.

Northala, the old Wembley stadium

Between the Great West Roads

50km Chiswick- Greenford Loop

West London is full of tracks and surprises….


Number 5.

Beam Valley Country Park

Eastern Gems

58km Stratford-Barking Loop

London’s most exhilarating traffic-free route along the Thames…


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