Cycling: Longwood – Pranjip Rd Loop

 Hub & Spoke Cycling Route
  
 Route Name: 
 Longwood: Pranjip Rd Loop
  
 Mode: 
 Road / Hybrid / eBike
  
 Start / Finish locations: 
 White Hart Hotel, Longwood
  
 Map (satellite): 
Longwood – Pranjip Rd Loop
 Difficulty: 
 Easy
  
 Distance:
 29km
  
 Elevation:
 136 – 179m
  
 Topography:
 Flat terrain plains country
  
 Surfaces: 
 Bitumen, some ridging from tree roots in places
  
 Description and Features:
 The township is well worth exploring before or after. The wide un-trafficked streets lend themselves to pleasant cruising around. This route takes you into sheep grazing country, occasional swampy areas, past a few creeks, along wooded roadsides and through open pasture
 Þ   Roadside and patches of Grey Box and Casuarina woodland
 Þ   Bridged creek crossings
 Þ   Return alongside Pranjip Creek
  
 Options:
 Clockwise or anti clockwise
  
 Amenities (Longwood):
 Car parking
 Shop and Hotel
 Seating
 Parkland
 Playground
 Picnic tables 
 Public toilets
 Accommodation
 Historic features
 Sports Reserves
  
 Cautions:
 Soft shoulders
 Limbs may fall
 No potable water
 Road surfaces vary
 Snakes may be active
 Be mindful of vehicle traffic
 Roads may be subject to flooding
 Mobile reception may be unreliable
 Carry food, water, First Aid, be SunSmart 
 Be equipped for self-reliant riding  
  
 Anticlockwise Cues:
 Start: car park opposite White Hart Hotel
 North Longwood-Pranjip Rd
 Left Pranjip Rd
 Left Longwood-Shepparton Rd
 Left Grimwade Rd
 Right Longwood-Pranjip Rd
 Finish White Hart Hotel 

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