Towards the Figsbury Ring via the 2nd & 3rd ley line and back

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Region: Wiltshire • Pitton and Farley • Clarendon Park • Winterbourne • Salisbury
Linked groups: Ley line routes
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Towards the Figsbury Ring via the 2nd & 3rd ley line and back

This cycling road takes you to a few amazing prehistorical sites near Salisbury. It starts at the railwaystation of Salisbury, and passes the cathedral, Old Sarum and goes to the Figsbury Ring. Some sources state that the line Old Sarum - Figsbury ring is the 2nd ley line. Since there is no real path along that ley line, this route makes a detour and just connects the end and the beginning of the ley line. Look at those spots in the direction 78° to follow the ley line. The tour brings you back to Salisbury.

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General difficulty level

General difficulty score: 50/100.

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Difficulty level in detail

Total ascent: 300 m
Difficulty level (relative): 5/10

Max. slope (base 500m): 7.81 %
Difficulty level (relative): 7/10

Length: 35.8 km
Difficulty level (relative): 4/10

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Places of interest (along the route) (show all)

Salisbury Railway station (distance from start: 0 km/0 miles)

Salisbury Railway station
Salisbury
Salisbury Railway station

Milford Hall Hotel & Restaurant (distance from start: 1.07 km/0.66 miles)

Milford Hall Hotel & Restaurant
Salisbury


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Old Sarum (distance from start: 4.86 km/3.02 miles)

Old Sarum
Salisbury
Old Sarum is considered by some as the center of 10 ley lines. Ley lines are straight lines connecting important (pre) historic places. Some link magical properties to them Others claim that there are always straight lines between a set of random points.

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Portway Roman Road (distance from start: 7.47 km/4.64 miles)

Portway Roman Road
Laverstock
This straight street named Portway is an old Roman Road. The Portway was a Roman road running from London to Weymouth, via Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), Old Sarum (Sorviodunum) and Dorchester (Durnovaria).

Figsbury Ring (distance from start: 13 km/8.08 miles)

Figsbury Ring
Firsdown
The earthworks of Figsbury Ring are probably remains of an Iron Age Hillfort. The shape is sub-circular and enclose 6.4 hectares of grassland on a chalk ridge.

Avon (distance from start: 27.84 km/17.3 miles)

Avon
Odstock
Salisbury sits at the confluence of five rivers: the Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne are tributary to the Avon, which flows to the south coast and into the sea at Christchurch, Dorset.

The Legacy Rose & Crown Hotel (distance from start: 34.02 km/21.14 miles)

The Legacy Rose & Crown Hotel
Salisbury


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Salisbury Cathedral (distance from start: 34.66 km/21.53 miles)

Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury
Originally, Salisbury Cathedral was built in Old Sarum. However, since the cathedral was destroyed by a lightning it was rebuilt here in Salisbury. The underlying reason was that it was a response to deteriorating relations between the clergy and the military at Old Sarum. Legend has it that the Bishop of Old Sarum shot an arrow in the direction he would build the cathedral, the arrow hit a deer and the deer finally died in the place where Salisbury Cathedral is now. The foundation stone was laid on 28 April 1220

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Salisbury Museum (distance from start: 34.72 km/21.57 miles)

Salisbury Museum
Salisbury
The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum is housed in the King's House, a Grade I listed building whose history dates back to the 13th century, just opposite the west front of the Cathedral. The permanent Stonehenge exhibition gallery has interactive displays about Stonehenge and the archaeology of south Wiltshire, and its collections include the skeleton of the Amesbury Archer, which is on display.

The Rifles Museum (distance from start: 34.93 km/21.7 miles)

The Rifles Museum
Salisbury
The Rifles Museum

Mompesson House (distance from start: 35.06 km/21.78 miles)

Mompesson House
Salisbury
Mompesson House

High Street (distance from start: 35.15 km/21.84 miles)

High Street
Salisbury
High Street, themain street of Salisbury.

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Poultry Cross (distance from start: 35.29 km/21.93 miles)

Poultry Cross
Salisbury
The 15th century Poultry Cross in the Market Place of Salisbury originally marked the section of the market trading in poultry.

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Places of interest (near the route)

  1. Salisbury Cathedral
  2. Old Sarum
  3. Salisbury Museum
  4. Portway Roman Road
  5. Figsbury Ring
  6. Poultry Cross
  7. High Street
  8. Salisbury Railway station
  9. Pitton and Farley
  10. Clarendon Park
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Hotels nearby

  1. The Legacy Rose & Crown Hotel
  2. Mercure White Hart Salisbury
  3. Holiday Inn Salisbury-Stonehenge
  4. Premier Inn Southampton West
  5. The Cathedral Hotel
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