The Glastonbury area has much to offer cyclists, much of which has been covered in earlier articles on this blog (search under the Cycling category).\u00a02021 saw the launch of The Glastonbury Way, a 7.5 mile guided walk around Glastonbury which is a wonderful way to explore the area on foot. In a similar vein, I thought it would be a good idea to document a route for cyclists to explore the area that I call The Glastonbury Cycleway.<\/p>\n
How I Derived the Route<\/strong><\/p>\n There are two documented cycle routes through the town centre: National Cycle Network Route 3[1]<\/sup> and the Bittern Trail (ignoring the bits of the incomplete Route 26). The Glastonbury Cycleway includes all of Route 3 that passes through the parish, plus all of the Bittern Trail. To connect Route 3 and Bittern trail this route takes cyclists through 2 National Nature Reserves (and along the boundary of a third) and provides an insight into the landscape of the Avalon Marshes as it once was; vast reed-beds, lakes and pools, wet woodlands and raised bogs now home to lots of wonderful wildlife.<\/p>\n [1]<\/sup>The section of Route 3 passing through Glastonbury forms part of the EuroVelo 1 (EV1), named the Atlantic Coast Route<\/i>, which is a 5,087 mile (8,186 km) long-distance cycling route running from North Cape in Norway to Sagres in Portugal.]<\/p>\n The Route<\/strong><\/p>\n The Glastonbury Cycleway is an 18 mile (29 km) long mixed terrain circuit around the Glastonbury area and the route includes several refreshment stops and points of interest along the way to break up the adventure.<\/p>\n To show directions, print the map and directions and download the route to a GPS file or image, play the route (right arrow in centre of map) and use the drop-down menu in the top RH corner of the map. To hide the route map labels, turn labels off via the Display drop-down menu – Enjoy!<\/p>\n