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Mountain bike day routes in North of England
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Cleveland Moor (Cleveland) |
| Start: |
Hasty Bank car park, North Yorkshire Moors |
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Coast to Coast |
| Distance: |
30 miles/50km |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
Route
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A
superb bit of rigg sprinting spiced up with a dash of singletracking,
sinuous descents and random rock-dodging. |
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$1.87
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Danby (Cleveland) |
| Start: |
Danby Lodge Visitor Centre (North Yorkshire Moors) |
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
38.75km (24m). |
| Difficulty: |
moderate. |
Route
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Wide
open heather moor criss-crossed with shooting tracks and 'semi-technical
singletrack' - narrow paths of peat, snaking through heather, peppered
with erratic rocks and ruts . |
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$1.87
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Guisborough (Cleveland) |
| Start: |
Guisborough, North Yorkshire Moors |
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
20 miles/32km |
| Difficulty: |
moderate |
Route
Intro: |
Climb
straight out of claustrophobic, city streets onto the wide open heaths
of the North York Moors. Up there the spirit can soar while your tyre
skips on grit, top-cogging along miles of rut 'n rhythm rigg roads interspersed
with tricky dips into woodland glades. |
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$1.87
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Brant Fell (Cumbria) |
| Start: |
Sedbergh, Howgill Fells |
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
11miles (18km) |
| Difficulty: |
moderate |
Route
Intro: |
It's
all up or down with spectacular scenery and a skittish scree slope to
negotiate. Can be ridden either way but the climbing's tough whatever
you do. |
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$1.87
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Eskdale (Cumbria) |
| Start: |
Start Boot car-park, Lake District |
| Links
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Lakeland Loop;
Coast to Coast |
| Distance: |
14 miles (23km) |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
Route
Intro: |
An
easy 'eight' up and down Eskdale's delightful tracks and lanes - ignore
the tarmac and you're in for a great off-road return run that's ideal
for kids and adults alike. |
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$1.87
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Ullswater (Cumbria) |
| Start: |
Cow Bridge car park, Brothers Water, Lake District |
| Links
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Lakeland Loop;
Coast to Coast |
| Distance: |
21 miles (34km) |
| Difficulty: |
moderate |
Route
Intro: |
Ullswater
is one of Cumbria's most beautiful lakes. Set right beneath the dark
and dramatic peaks of Helvellyn this slender ribbon of water is best
seen from the eastern shore. And one of the best vantage points is from
the helter-skelter bridleway that skirts around Barton Park woods. |
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Worsthorne (Lancashire) |
| Start: |
Worsthorne |
| Links
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
39 miles (62km). |
| Difficulty: |
hard |
Route
Intro: |
A
big bastard but this route encapsulates all that's great about cross-country
riding in this here Bronte country, locally known as The Forest of Trawden
and Heptonstall Moors. |
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$1.87
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Roughting Linn (Northumberland) |
| Start: |
Heatherslaw Mill at Ford Forge, Northumberland National
Park |
| Links
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
18 miles/28km |
| Difficulty: |
moderate |
Route
Intro: |
A
real pick 'n mix of track 'n trail with the odd rut 'n rock to entice
an endo or two in the beautiful Cheviot Hills. |
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$1.87
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Castle Bolton (North Yorkshire) |
| Start: |
Castle Bolton, Yorkshire Dales |
| Links
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Coast to Coast |
| Distance: |
16 miles (26km) |
| Difficulty: |
moderate |
Route
Intro: |
A scenic gem of a route
that slings a loop over Bolton Moor and Apedale Head facilitating great
panoramas over Wensleydale and Swaledale. Top of the route coincides
with The Coast-to-Coast headbangers' option through Swaledale |
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Free! |
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Coverdale (North Yorkshire) |
| Start: |
West Scrafton (Yorkshire Dales) |
| Links
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
8 miles (13km) |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
Route
Intro: |
Excellent pot-pourri of lane, track and singletrack with a taste of open fell riding. Ideal for the adventurous tyro. |
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$1.87
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Pen-y-Ghent (North Yorkshire) |
| Start: |
New Bridge, Littondale, Yorkshire Dales |
| Links
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No links to other MBRUK routes |
| Distance: |
17 miles (27km). |
| Difficulty: |
moderate/difficult |
Route
Intro: |
Our
ride is classic loop around one of the Dales most famous hills - Pen-y-Ghent.
Isolated by its height - 694m/2275ft - Pen-y-Ghent's saddle-back outline
is instantly recognisable. There's also a chance to see one of the Dale's
biggest holes - Hull Pot. |
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$1.87
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Robin Hoods Bay (North Yorkshire) |
| Start: |
Boggle Hole car park, North Yorkhire Moors |
| Links
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Coast to Coast |
| Distance: |
21 miles (34km) |
| Difficulty: |
moderate |
Route
Intro: |
The
North Yorkshire Moors is the most spectacular splash of purple in England.
Visit it when summer's giving a last blast before sinking into autumn
to enjoy this double loop to hone trail skills on some delectable dirt
track. |
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$1.87
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