Salisbury plain?

[Chris71]

Are there any good roads in the Salisbury plain area?

Ideally I'd like a fun route that takes me from Swindon down onto the A303 heading west.

[chris7676]

Sure, the B3098 - especially the bit between Earlstoke and Wesbury. One of my favourites. Slighlty more east (no Salisbury plain as such) is the A345 between Pewsey and Marlborough.

[brisel]

chris7676 said:

Slighlty more east (no Salisbury plain as such) is the A345 between Pewsey and Marlborough.

A346 Swindon - Burbage, then A338 - down to Collingbourne Ducis, picking up the A346 again until the A342 Devizes - Andover road. It's also a good one & well worth the detour.Avoid the rest of the A338 & A345 south of Pewsey - not many overtaking opportunities unless you have a decent bike.

Also - A346 to Marlborough then A4 towards Calne, turning off on the A361 to Devizes. Beware of talivans on both roads though. Come to think of it, I haven't found a bad bit of the A361 anywhere yet!

A350 is good too, especially south of Warminster

[Chris71]

Awesome, cheers.

[chris7676]

Most of the A-roads mentioned are good if you want speed, the two I suggested are good (if not great) if you like bends and other interesting features in my opinion.

[tuffer]

And make sure you bloody slow down when you come past my house The open bits are fair game but take it easy in the villages. To be honest the trucks are the worst offenders, constant 50mph no matter what the speed limit. Mind you I did see one tt overtake in a 40 right outside my house, doing about 60 odd.

[Chris71]

tuffer said:

And make sure you bloody slow down when you come past my house The open bits are fair game but take it easy in the villages. To be honest the trucks are the worst offenders, constant 50mph no matter what the speed limit. Mind you I did see one tt overtake in a 40 right outside my house, doing about 60 odd.

Fear not, I grew up in an area that makes Salisbury plain look like a metropolis, so I'm reasonably aware of the need to tailor your speed to the conditions on country roads.

chris7676 said:

Most of the A-roads mentioned are good if you want speed, the two I suggested are good (if not great) if you like bends and other interesting features in my opinion.

Definitely more of a bend man than a V-Max man! It also crossed my mind that Zig Zag Hill can't be far away.

Eta, something like this maybe: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a...

Edited by Chris71 on Thursday 17th September 12:35

[chris7676]

A350 is very good too though may be busy. But I didn't find A361 as good as other ones (still pleasant and fast).

[Highway Star]

Chris71 said:

Zig Zag Hill can't be far away.

But Zig Zag is rubbish - sure it has bends, but the surface is terrible, its too narrow and downright dangerous if you meet an HGV, coach or large van coming the other way.

Most overrated road since the Route Napoleon.

[106 gti]

Westbury to Dauntsey is an awesome windy road , bit narrow at times but worth a trip , and then you have the road from dauntsey to the 303 , a bit wider but still has loads of twisties .

[Chris71]

After all that it appears my trip to Swindon has just been called off. I still go back to the Westcountry regularly though, so I'll use these ideas to form a fun route back some time.