The off-road cycle touring route guide

Part of the ‘Where’s the Brew Stop? The off-road cycle touring website’


The site about off-road cycle touring routes, Cyclist’s Cafes, Local  off-road Cycling Group events, the South Lakes Group and Good Photos.

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Latest Routes

15th May 2013

A 21.6 mile ride to Roeburndale, starting and finishing at Halton Station as been added.

1st May 2013

A 44.22 mile ride to Hurst Green, starting and finishing at the Apple Tree Store Cafe as been added.

29th April 2013

A 31.8 mile ride to Knipe Fold, starting and finishing at Chapel House Wood  as been added.

17th April 2013

A 39.4 mile ride to Ribchester, starting and finishing at the Apple Tree Store Cafe at Wyresdale Park as been added.

16th April 2013

A 45.9 mile ride to Longsleddale, starting and finishing at the Farleton View Tearoom in Wath Sutton as been added.

31st March 2013

A 29.2 mile ride over Salter Fell to Slaidburn, starting and finishing in Wray as been added.

27th March 2013

A 16.6 mile ride to Sadgill in Longsleddale, starting and finishing outside Wilf’s Cafe in Staveley as been added.

18th March 2013

A 41.2 mile ride to Borrowdale, starting and finishing at the Market Square in Kirkby Lonsdale as been added.

14th March 2013

A 22.7 mile ride to Cowan Bridge, starting and finishing in Wray as been added.

9th March 2013

A 31.9 mile ride to Pooley Bridge, starting and finishing in Shap and a 41.1 mile to Little Langdale, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane have been added. There be general update of all pages on the route guide with a comment box at bottom of each page, so that you can comments about the route or ask a question about the route.

28th February 2013

A 36.7 mile ride to Brockmill, starting and finishing outside Cafe d’Lune in Condor Green and  28.2 mile ride around the Settle Loop, starting and finishing in Clapham  have been added.

18th February 2013

A 17.1 mile ride to Coniston Water, starting and finishing in Chapel Stile as been added.

12th February 2013

A 18.2 mile ride to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, starting and finishing in Clapham as been added.

7th February 2013

A 32.8 mile ride along Loughrigg Terrace to Grasmere, starting and finishing outside Wilf’s Cafe in Staveley.

22nd January 2013

A 24.5 mile ride to Dent  and 25.6 mile ride to Dent, starting and finishing at the Market Square in Kirkby Lonsdale as been added.

15th January 2013

A 24.5 mile ride around the Arnside and Silverdale Area, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station as been added.

5th January 2013

A 22.5 mile ride to Hampsfell and Simpson Ground, starting and finishing at Derby Arms as been added.

30th December 2012

A 17.9 mile ride to Longsleddale, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane as been added.

28th December 2012

A 7.07 mile walk to Jenny Brown’s Point, starting and finishing at the National Trust Car Park at Eaves Wood. The index pages for routes starting from Kirkby Lonsdale, from The Derby Arms near Witherslack, from Chapel Stile and from Shap have been added.

25th December 2012

A 50.1 mile ride to Crosthwaite, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

23rd December 2012

A 28.1 mile ride to Glasson, starting and finishing at  Carnforth Railway Station.

21st December 2012

A 27.4 mile ride to Kirkby Stephen, starting and finishing in Tebay.

19th December 2012

A 19.2 mile ride to Dandra Garth starting and finishing in Sedbergh.

11th December 2012

A 14.2 mile ride to Botton Bridge starting and finishing in Wray and a 30.6 mile ride to Botton Bridge starting and finishing at Halton Station.

5th December 2012

A 13.1 mile ride to Kendal via Gamblesmire Lane, starting and finishing at Staveley.

26th November 2012

A 26.3 mile ride to Abbeystead and Grize Dale, starting and finishing at Conder Green.

20th November 2012

A 21.2 mile ride to Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane.

13th November 2012

A 33.1 mile ride to Feizor, starting and finishing in Wray.

4th November 2012

A 27.6 mile ride to Cartmel, starting and finishing at Chapel House Wood Car Park.

28th October 2012

A 38.5  mile ride to Kendal Castle, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

18th October 2012

A 24.6 mile ride to Garnett Bridge, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane and a 45.66 mile ride to Malham Tarn starting and finishing in Wray.

1st October 2012

A 41.2 mile ride to Borrowdale, starting and finishing at Farleton View Tearoom at Wath Sutton.

25th September 2012

A 32.7 mile ride to Claife Heights and around Grizedale Forest, starting and finishing at Chapel House Wood car park.

22nd September 2012

A 34.1 mile ride to Kitridding, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

17th September 2012

A 14.7 mile ride to Cafe d’Lune, starting and finishing at Halton Station and  a 30.7 mile ride along the Pennine Bridleway to Cam Fell, starting and finishing in Clapham.

27th August 2012

A 27.1 mile ride to Clapham, starting and finishing in Wray and a 31.5 mile ride to Malham, starting and finishing in Clapham.

27th July 2012

A 42.8 mile ride to Austwick, starting and finishing in Halton Station.

24th July 2012

A 29.1 mile ride to Newby Head, starting and finishing in Sedbergh.

18th July 2012

A 58 mile ride to Borrowdale, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

12th July 2012

A 39.8 mile ride to Little Langdale, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane.

2nd July 2012

A 37.6 mile ride along Mastiles Lane, starting and finishing in Clapham.

24th June 2012

A 28.6 mile around the Silverdale and Arnside area, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

20th June 2012

A 36.3 mile ride to Semer Water in Raydale, starting and finishing in Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

12th June 2012

A 43.74 mile ride over Salter Fell Road, starting and finishing in Wray.

5th June 2012

A 43.10 mile ride to Summerhouse Hill, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station and 23.90 mile ride to Harter Fell, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane.

4th June 2012

A 24.6 mile ride up to the Calf on the Howgill Fells and Bowderdale, starting and finishing in Sedbergh.

17th May 2012

A 45.6 mile ride to Cam End, starting and finishing in Wray.

9th May 2012

A 42.5 mile ride to Bell Hill and Kendal, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station and a 30.6 mile ride to Hell Gill Force, starting and finishing in Sedbergh.

26th April 2012

A 29.6 mile ride to Mosedale Cottage, starting and finishing in Tebay.

20th April 2012

A 39 mile ride to Dent, starting and finishing in Wray.

9th April 2012

A 29.1 mile ride over Foxup Moor, starting and finishing in Clapham.

5th April 2012

A 60.4 mile ride along the Old Shap Road and Borrowdale, starting and finishing at Wath Sutton.

4th April 2012

A 32.8 mile ride to ‘The Park’ and around Grizedale Forest, starting and finishing at Chapel House Wood.

3rd April 2012

A 39.4 mile ride to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, starting and finishing in Wray.

26th March 2012

A 44.9 mile ride to Long Preston, starting and finishing in Wray.

21st March 2012

A 28.9 mile ride around the northern part of the Pennine Bridleway, starting and finishing in Sedbergh.

14th March 2012

A 45.4 mile ride to Lambrigg Fell, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

4th March 2012

A 30 mile ride around the Northern Part of Lake Windermere, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane.

27th February 2012

A 37.70 mile ride to Chipping, starting and finishing at Cafe d’Lune in Conder Green and a 51 mile route to Chipping, starting and finishing at Halton Station.

23rd February 2012

A 25.9 mile ride to Shap, starting and finishing in Tebay.

13th February 2012

A 31.1 mile ride over Scout Hill to Kitridding Tea Room, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

5th February 2012

A 16.2 mile ride to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, starting and finishing in Clapham.

29th January 2012

A 25.6 mile ride to Ingleton via the Tow Scar Road, starting and finishing in Wray.

24th January 2012

A 21.5 mile ride to Grizedale, starting and finishing at Chapel House Wood. A 18.70 mile ride to Wray and 26.9 mile ride to Forton starting and finishing at Halton Station have been added.

21st January 2012

A 11.88 mile ride to Gawthrop in Dentdale, starting and finishing in Sedbergh as been added.

16th January 2012

A 35.4 mile ride to Levens, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station as been added.

7th January 2012

A 20.4 mile ride to Brockhole Visitor Centre, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane as been added.

21st December 2011

A 10.8 mile ride to Kentmere Village, starting and finishing in Staveley as been added.

13th December 2011

A 29.02 mile ride around the Silverdale and Arnside Area, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station as been added.

10th December 2011

A 37.8 mile ride to Borrowdale, starting and finishing in Wath Sutton as been added.

4th December 2011

A 19.4 mile ride to Clapham, starting and finishing in High Bentham as been added.

2nd December 2011

A 19.18 mile ride to the Crook n’Lune, near Halton, starting and finishing in Wray as been added.

23rd November 2011

A 55.4 mile ride along the Old Coach Road, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane as been added.

22nd November 2011

A 18.05 mile ride to Simpson Ground and the Winster Valley, starting and finishing in Low Newton as been added.

17th November 2011

A 20.4 mile ride up Hempsfell and around the Cartmel  area, starting and finishing in Low Newton as been added.

14th November 2011

A 26.2 mile ride to Abbeystead and Grizedale, starting and finishing in Conder Green, North Lancashire as been added.

4th November 2011

A 24.5 mile ride to Crosby Ravensworth, starting and finishing in Tebay as been added.

3rd November 2011

A 41.7 mile ride to Dunsop Bridge via Ouster Rake, starting and finishing at Cafe d’Lune in Conder Green as been added.

2nd November 2011

A 51.4 mile ride to Beacon Fell  starting and finishing at Cafe d’Lune in Conder Green as been added.

1st November 2011

A 14.52 mile up the Rawthey Valley starting and finishing at Duo Cafe in Sedbergh as been added.

28th October 2011

A 30.7 mile ride to Clapham starting and finishing in Wray as been added.

21st October 2011

A 22.7 mile ride to Arnside and a 24.75 mile ride to Garnett Bridge have been added.

19th October 2011

A 25.7 mile ride to Oxen Park as been added.

17th September 2011

A  24 mile ride to Feizor , A 25.9 mile off-road cycle route to Crosby Garrett and 29.4 mile ride around Lancaster have been added.

28th July 2011

A 25.4 mile ride to Kitridding and over Scout Hill as been added.

21st July 2011

A 22.2 mile ride over Green Quarter and Cocklaw Fells as been added.

30th March 2011

A 26.6 mile off-road cycle route to the ‘Three Men of Gragareth’ and a 28.5 mile route around the Howgill Fells.  

19th March 2011

A 31.1 mile off-road cycle route to Pilling and Grize Dale in North Lancashire and a 49.5 mile cycle route to Chipping and over Mellor Knoll.

8th March 2011

A 28.6 mile ride to Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

9th February 2011

A 22.3 mile ride to Feizor in North Yorkshire and a 28.65 mile ride to Ambleside.

23rd January 2011

A 22.4 mile ride to Cowan Bridge in North Lancashire, a 13.4 mile ride around Wenningdale and 25.7 mile ride to Scorton.

17th January 2011

A 16.20 mile ride to Grange-over-Sands and up the Winster Valley, starting and finishing in Cartmel.

9th January 2011

A 29.8 mile ride to Natland in South Cumbria, starting and finishing at Tewitfield.

2nd January 2011

A 18.32 mile ride over Cocklaw Fell and down Longsleddale, starting and finishing at Ashes Lane.

14th December 2010

A 22 mile ride to Hornby, starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station

2nd December 2010

A 13.70 mile ride to Simpson Ground starting & finishing in Cartmel and a 18.9 mile ride around the Kent Valley Starting and finishing at Ashes Lane Car Park.

1st December 2010

A 37.21 mile ride to Grize Dale starting and finishing at Conder Green.

20th November 2010

A 23 mile ride to Ingleton starting and finishing at Hornby.

18th November 2010

A 25.4 mile ride around the Silverdale and Arnside starting and finishing at Carnforth Railway Station.

18th October 2010

A 29.4 mile ride to Claife Heights starting and finishing at Ashes Lane Car park  as been posted.

13th October 2010

A 37.6 mile ride to Hutton Gate and along Old Scotch Road to Kirkby Lonsdale starting and finishing at Carnforth Station as been posted.

30th September 2010

A 28.7 mile ride to Yordas Cave in Kingsdale starting and finishing at Hornby Post Office Tearoom. A 22.42 mile long ride to Sadgill in Longsleddale starting and finishing at Ashes Lane have been posted.

18th September 2010

A 28.4 mile ride a long the Old Shap Road to Borrowdale starting and finishing at Ashes Lane as been posted.

13th September 2010

A 36.5 mile ride to Beckhead starting and finishing in Tewitfield as been posted.

11th September 2010

A 37.5 mile ride to Semmer Water starting and finishing in Horton-in-Ribblesdale and A 46.7 mile ride up the Lyth Valley to Staveley starting and finishing in Tewitfield have been posted.

5th September 2010

56.9 mile ride to Semmer Water starting and finishing in High Bentham and A 32 mile to the Hoad Hill Monument at Ulverston starting and finishing in Cartmel have been posted.

31st August 2010

A 36.7 miles route to Giggleswick, starting and finishing in Hornby as been posted.

30th August 2010

A 32 miles route to Barbondale, starting and finishing in Hornby as been posted.