Prior's Wood, Portbury - Friday Route Recommendation
![Prior's Wood, Portbury - Friday Route Recommendation](/content/images/size/w2000/2021/01/20200525_135053.jpg)
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Distance: 6.25km
Elevation Gain: 170m
Type: Trail
Route Link: Strava Link
A short route good for practicing climbs just past Portbury.
Start parking outside The Priory pub (a good place to visit afterwards once all this lockdown m'larky has ended) - plenty of space here, though it's a popular walk on sunny days so arrive early.
From there it's a gradual climb up to the start of the woodland, pass some horses to the left and views of Portishead to the right.
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At the start of the woods hang left and follow the trail up, and up, and up, as it climbs through some technical terrain.
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At the top there's a set of fields, leading off to the right over one of them back towards the country lanes.
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Once you reach the roads there's a quiet downhill stretch along a wide single lane back to Portbury, or alternatively you can take a right at the top of the woods and do a loop back to the start of the trail for a 4k ish finish.