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Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)

Mountain bike area · UK

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Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sun 8: Rain before today is not known, Rain 4.2 mm in the last two days, Air 10 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 68 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0.2 mm
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 66 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.2 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 67 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.3 mm
Rain
0.2 mm
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 68 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 66 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
2.3 mm
Rain
1.8 mm
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 75 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
4.2 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
10°C

Mon 9 · 72 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
2.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 368, good
  2. Wed 466, good
  3. Thu 567, good
  4. Fri 668, good
  5. Sat 766, good
  6. Sun 875, good
  7. Mon 972, good
  8. Tue 1051, fair
  9. Wed 1161, good
  10. Thu 1249, fair

The spot in two facts

  • 8 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Best Jun–Aug6 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Tue 3Nov*68, goodUnknown0 mm0.2 mm11°C
Wed 4Nov*66, goodUnknown0.2 mm0 mm10°C
Thu 5Nov*67, goodUnknown0.3 mm0.2 mm9°C
Fri 6Nov*68, goodUnknown0.3 mm0 mm9°C
Sat 7Nov*66, goodUnknown2.3 mm1.8 mm9°C
Sun 8Nov*75, goodUnknown4.2 mm0 mm10°C
Mon 9Nov*72, goodUnknown2.1 mm0 mm8°C
Tue 10Nov*51, fairUnknown7.8 mm1.5 mm12°C
Wed 11Nov61, goodSlick12.6 mm2.1 mm11°C
Thu 12Nov49, fairSlick7.8 mm0 mm4°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)

Footpath through Brickkiln Copse
Photo: Mr Ignavy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)

8 mountain bike routes mapped. Best from Mar to Sep. The nearest town to stay in is Basingstoke.

  • Routes 8 mountain bike routes mapped.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,510–US$2,810 each

about US$1,510–US$2,810 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$450–US$926
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$322–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$282–US$523
Totalabout US$1,510–US$2,810

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Basingstoke

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Closest

Basingstoke

about 15 min by car · 30 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 30 places to stay in Basingstoke · Booking.com

About Basingstoke its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 13h 40m

About 13h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LHR, direct, then 1h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

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