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Cycle routes


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UK Cycling Routes - Member Suggestions - ( km / miles )
1. Mid Wales. 107 Miles. 2/3 Days. Llangamarch Wells-Devils Bridge-Aberystwyth Route Map and Summary Campsite, Llangamarch Wells....

Route Maps - rides and dates - ( km / miles )
070911 Weardley-Temple Newsome-Linton 051011 Tang, Hampsthwaite

Route 1 Follifoot and Calcutt - ( 16 km / 10 miles )
Route Map Hornbeam, through woods to squash club, down hill and slight uphill, take cycle route to R to Travellers Rest pub. L onto...

Route 44 Short ride routes, options and notes - ( 20 km / 12 miles )
Options, so distance varies approx 10-15 miles Hornbeam- Towards St. Michael’s Hospice. Turn Left at footpath sign and down path and keep left to gate. Through gate and down through field and up...

Route 2 Hampsthwaite - ( 22 km / 14 miles )
Route Map Oakdale Bridge, Penny Pot Army Camp, Hampsthwaite, Cafe, Lund Lane, Grainbeck Lane, Knox Lane, Asda path, Harrogate Bit...

Route 83 OFF ROAD from Starbotton - ( 23 km / 14 miles )
Route Map Start Starbotton, very challenging 600m climb in 1km, fast descent to Kettlewell (refreshments), tough climb over moors to Litton, another...

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 3 Little Ribston - ( 24 km / 15 miles )
Route Map Hornbeam, Knaresborough (Abbey Rd). In Little Ribston turn R to Spofforth, Follifoot. Cross A658 Harrogate by-pass into Rudding...

Route 84 OFF ROAD from Ripley to Fountains Abbey - ( 25 km / 16 miles )
Route Map (All stats are available by clicking on the "Summary" tab. This shows it is 24.94 km. Change this to miles by using the...

Route 76 OFF ROAD to Ferrensby - ( 26 km / 16 miles )
Go to end of Hornbeam, left down footpath, take left gate to Hookstone Woods. Down Station Road cross over A661 and take cycle path to Sherwood Estate. Right at end and left onto Crossways Drive . Left...

Route 6 Farnham, Ferrensby, Flaxby - ( 29 km / 18 miles )
Knaresborough Farnham Ferrensby Arkendale – Coneythorpe - Flaxby Goldsborough Abbey Rd Calcutt & Home Distance 29 km / 18 miles Mainly flat

Route 7 Fewston - ( 29 km / 18 miles )
Beckwithshaw Over Moor past little Arncliffe Right at T-Junc, then 1st left to Fewston Ice cream & toilets at reservoir car park Return to Fewston, turn left on Back lane At T-junction turn left,...

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

Route 4 Brearton - ( 30 km / 19 miles )
Route Map Ripley – (scenic route) Out of Ripley on A61, take 2nd right, country lane to Brearton Scotton Lingerfield Knaresborough Home...

Route 77 OFF ROAD to Lindley Wood Reservoir - ( 32 km / 20 miles )
Route Map 23 miles. 50% off-road. Mountain bikes only. Hornbeam, Beckwithshaw, Norwood Lane, turn L at Stainburn Forest car park,...

Route 33 Almscliffe Crag and the Wharfe Valley - ( 32 km / 20 miles )
Hilly at the beginning and end. From Hornbeam turn left and head west along Hookstone Road and Leadhall Lane. Continue to the T junction with Green Lane and turn left. Follow the winding Yew Tree...

Route 8 Copgrove Circular - ( 32 km / 20 miles )
Knaresborough Farnham - Copgrove Bridal Path signed Roecliffe At end turn Left to Bishop Monkton Left towards Burton Leonard Back to Farnham Knaresborough Beryl Burton Back to Harrogate Mainly...

Route 5 Knaresborough, Wetherby, Spofforth - ( 32 km / 20 miles )
Route Map Mostly flat. Climb out of Showground near end. Hornbeam, Knaresborough, Abbey Road, Little Ribston, Kirk Deighton, Wetherby. (Café.)...

Route 36 Beckwithshaw, Stainburn, Almscliffe Crag - ( 32 km / 20 miles )
Hilly and interesting ride, part on good gravel track. Hornbeam, exit left to to cross A61 at t/lights, on to Leadhall road, after 0.7 mile after dip in road turn rt to Green Lane. At r/about take...

Route 38 Knaresborough, Wetherby, Spofforth - ( 33 km / 20 miles )
Route Map Mainly flat. Knaresborough, Abbey Road, R, St. James Park, Wetherby. (Café.) Out of Wetherby on Linton Road, turn R at Scaur Bank car...

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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.