Kennet & Avon towpath to Bristol-Bath railways Path (aka cycleway)

[didds]

Hi - can anyone outline how easy it is to trasnfer (on bike) from the
K&A towpath (having come in from the Bradford ON Avon direction) to
the Bath-Bristol railway path aka cycleway? Googlemaps suggests that
the K&A towpath becomes a towpath alongside the Avopn river which
then
ends up somewhere near Brassmill lane (road) where the cyclepath
starts... is anyone able to confirm/deny this? Or provide an
alternative connection that preferably avoids traffic filled roads?

cheers


didds

 

[POHB]

On 8 May, 10:07, didds <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi - can anyone outline how easy it is to trasnfer (on bike) from the
> K&A towpath (having come in from the Bradford ON Avon direction) to
> the Bath-Bristol railway path aka cycleway?  Googlemaps suggests that
> the K&A towpath becomes a towpath alongside the Avopn river which
> then
> ends up somewhere near Brassmill lane (road) where the cyclepath
> starts...  is anyone able to confirm/deny this?  Or provide an
> alternative connection that preferably avoids traffic filled roads?
>
> cheers
>
> didds

OSM shows it fairly well
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.38437&lon=-2.40133&zoom=15&layers=B0FT

 

[didds]

On 8 May, 10:42, POHB <[email protected]> wrote:

> OSM shows it fairly wellhttp://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.38437&lon=-2.40133&zoom=15&layer...

that's excellent... cheers!

didds

 

[Rob Oldfield]

"didds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi - can anyone outline how easy it is to trasnfer (on bike) from the
> K&A towpath (having come in from the Bradford ON Avon direction) to
> the Bath-Bristol railway path aka cycleway? Googlemaps suggests that
> the K&A towpath becomes a towpath alongside the Avopn river which
> then
> ends up somewhere near Brassmill lane (road) where the cyclepath
> starts... is anyone able to confirm/deny this? Or provide an
> alternative connection that preferably avoids traffic filled roads?
>
> cheers
>
>
> didds
>
>

When are you going to be doing it? There's currently a chunk of the best
route - along the Avon towpath - that is out of action.

 

[Martin]

Rob Oldfield wrote:
> "didds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hi - can anyone outline how easy it is to trasnfer (on bike) from the
>> K&A towpath (having come in from the Bradford ON Avon direction) to
>> the Bath-Bristol railway path aka cycleway? Googlemaps suggests that
>> the K&A towpath becomes a towpath alongside the Avopn river which
>> then
>> ends up somewhere near Brassmill lane (road) where the cyclepath
>> starts... is anyone able to confirm/deny this? Or provide an
>> alternative connection that preferably avoids traffic filled roads?


The route from Bath city centre is quite easy along the Avon tow path,
and chucks you straight onto the B2B. There is a very short on road
section (100m or so). However the towpath can get flooded in wet
weather, and if it has recently flooded can be muddy, so you should plan
to be able to use the road.

I was looking at this the other day, and Sustrans have a map of the
route available online. (NCN 4 I think).

> When are you going to be doing it? There's currently a chunk of the best
> route - along the Avon towpath - that is out of action.

Thanks for that, I was thinking about this myself.

 

[didds]

On May 8, 6:55 pm, "Rob Oldfield" <[email protected]> wrote:

> When are you going to be doing it?  There's currently a chunk of the best
> route - along the Avon towpath - that is out of action.

18th June - bike to work day. I .live in Devzies so was hoping to
cycle the K&A towpath to Bath, then the Bristol-bath railway path/
cycleway to Fishpoinds, then down blackberry hill and up through
Frenchay park to the A4174 and the MOD roundabout (where nearby I
work).

The map provioded above shows that its not difficult to get from the
K&A to the BBRP, and the avon towpath isn;t necessary probably...

Does that help?

cheers

didds