Cycle routes

Click on route title for full details of each ride.

Route 69 OFF ROAD Goldsborough, Knaresborough - ( 29 km / 18 miles )
Crimple Valley through wood to Yorkshire Showground and Travellers Rest pub. Wetherby Road, after 50m left on to bridleway to Forest Moor Road and Calcutt. Just before A658 take bridle path towards...

Route 68 OFF ROAD K. Overblow, East Keswick, Harewood - ( 35 km / 22 miles )
About 50/50 on/off road and takes around 2 hours from Burn Bridge. From Buttersyke take Walton Head Lane to Kirkby Overblow and turn right at T-junction then follow road past Barrowby towards Sicklinghall...

Route 67 To the edge of the Solar System - and back! - ( 100 km / 62 miles )
An alternative to Route 28 to visit the Solar System. Forest Moor, Knaresborough Low Bridge, Abbey Road, Little Ribston, Cowthorpe, Tockwith, Long Marston, Askham Richard, Copmanthorpe for refreshments...

Route 66 Little Almscliff and Darley - ( 40 km / 25 miles )
Quite a short but hilly medium ride with lovely views. Leadhall Lane to Yew Tree Lane, Burn Bridge, Brackenthwaite Lane to ‘top of the world’, R, down hill to Beckwithshaw, Little Almscliff Crag, first...

Route 65 Lofthouse and Yorke's Folly - ( 96 km / 60 miles )
Ripley, Bishop Thornton, Fountains Abbey, Winksley, Kirkby Malzeard, Grewelthorpe, Ilton, Healey, Leighton Reservoir, Lofthouse, Pateley Bridge, Yorke's Folly, Thornthwaite, Darley, Birstwith, Clapham...

Route 64 OFF ROAD Hampsthwaite, Cayton Gill, Ripley - ( 24 km / 15 miles )
Start beside Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall (drive or cycle to get there). To Birstwith, bridleways virtually all the way to Shaw Mills and Bishop Thornton. To Cayton Gill, further bridletracks to Ripley,...

Route 63 OFF ROAD Harewood, East Keswick, Wetherby - ( 48 km / 30 miles )
Leave Hornbeam Park by the new footbridge over railway. After 100m, turn L along cycle path, down steep hill to Crimple Valley, and turn R at bottom. Until bridge has been rebuilt over River Crimple...

Route 62 Bramhope and Otley - ( 72 km / 45 miles )
Kirkby Overblow. Short stretch A61. Harewood Bridge. Harewood Estate. Join Weardley Road. Ride towards Eccup. Head towards Bramhope via Blackhill farm. A660 to Bramhope. Through village. Towards...

Route 61 'Mystery tour' - ( 72 km / 45 miles )
1 dam, 2 fords, 3 x 1in4 hills, 4 very small bits of busy road, 5 gates and a small section of track you might want to walk, plus a cafe full of trains. Challenging, excellent views Little Alms Cliff,...

Route 60 OFF ROAD Farnham, S. Stainley, Ripley 3-3.5 hours - ( 40 km / 25 miles )
Hornbeam, Claro Road, Dragon Bridge, Bilton Lane, Beryl Burton Way to Knaresborough, on road to Farnham. Turn right in Farnham at village green, tarmac ends at 1km, continue on track and over hill...

Disclaimer:
All rides are at your own risk. Please ensure that you have your own third party insurance (check your house insurance) and consider CTC membership.
All riders under eighteen must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.