Welcome!
We love the The Avon Cycleway – an 85 mile circular route around the city of Bristol, following quiet country lanes and taking in the best of the countryside and villages around Bristol and Bath.
This site aims to be a virtual shrine and a practical guide to all things Avon Cycleway: its scenery, villages, natural history, pubs, cafes, bike shops and weird stuff along the way. To do this we need your help – please send us your comments and recommendations about the places and things you love about the cycleway, via our Facebook page or email
The cycleway is signed as Sustrans Regional Route 10. You can download a detailed map here. A set of four general cycling maps covering the former Avon area can be ordered from Bristol City Council.
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The Route
The cycleway can be divided into six sections to reflect the landscapes it passes through:
Hills, a lake and view: Brockley to Salford via Chew Valley, taking in stone villages, dramatic Pensford viaduct and the stone circles at Stanton Drew. Very hilly! but with some lovely views.
Railway and industrial Heritage: Saltford to Iron Acton, following easy gradients along the Bristol & Bath Railway Path.
Open commons and woodland: Iron Action to Cromhall, a sparsely populated section of the route with a sense of isolation.
Estuary views: Cromhall via rolling unspoilt countryside and the solid historic small town of Thornbury to Littleton-on–Severn.
Rhynes and small orchards: Littleton-on-Severn to Pill, a mainly flat section skirting Bristol’s industrial edgelands.
Wooded hillsides and a bit of Somerset levels: Pill to Brockley, including Clevedon seafront and its impressive restored Victorian pier.
Bristol to North Somerset loop, using the Avon Cycleway from Pill to Brockley