Severn & Thames
Route: Gloucester to Newbury and Reading (via Bristol and Bath). The Severn & Thames Cycle Route includes all of the Kennet & Avon Cycle Route.
Distance: 128 miles. Map shows 173 miles of route, of which 65 are traffic-free.
From the border with Wales and the tranquillity of the Severn, to the Avon Valley and on over the Wiltshire downs, into the Thames Valley at Newbury and on to Reading. This route encompasses some of the best traffic free routes in the country, including the Bristol - Bath Railway path and the Kennet and Avon canal.
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Map out of print - the official Sustrans Severn & Thames Cycle Route map is no longer available, however the following maps cover sections of the route:
- Reading to Bristol via Pewsey and Devizes on National Route 4 is mapped on the Geoprojects Kennet & Avon Canal map, or there is a guide to the Kennet & Avon Cycle Route which you can download.
- Bristol to Avonmouth on National Route 41 is mapped on the free Bristol, A Map For Cyclists.
- Avonmouth to Thornbury on National Route 41 is mapped on the free South Gloucestershire, A Map For Cyclists.
- Thornbury to Gloucester on National Route 41 is mapped on the Goldeneye Cotswolds map.
Links with The West Country Way, The Celtic Trail East, Lôn Las Cymru South and the Thames Valley Cycle Route.