Swindon - Spitfires and Roman Roads - 30 miler

You don't have to be the next Bradley Wiggins, but you'll need to know your way around a bike and be fairly fit to take part in our Challenging rides. If you're comfortable riding with other people and fancy a fresh challenge, these rides are perfect for you. They start at around twenty miles long, and are paced at between 11 and 12 miles an hour. This is a virtually flat ride along routes already popular with many local cyclists, taking in several interesting historical places. Visit the site where many Spitfires were built, cycle along an old Roman Road as you visit some of the cotswolds prettiest towns and villages. Starting in urban Swindon and utilising the cycle routes we quickly find ourselves at cycling past where the infamous Spitfires were built then past Stanton Country Park. We meander through scenic country roads through Hannington, Casue Eaton and by Kempsford. Then we loop around RAF Fairford, passing the fishing and water sports lakes then to Fairford for a potential refreshment stop. From there it's a meander through Meysey Hampton and Down Ampney towards Cleveland Lakes Nature Reserve and past the beautiful North Meadow Crickdale National Nature Reserve. The route then takes us back through Crickdale and over the River Ray back into Swindon over the Millenium Bridge.