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Id: 86, Quality: 5/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9305, -2.15054/br>Ride length: 92 km/br>Ride ease: Hard/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Sunday Long 57 miles 3200 feet of ascent Landranger 103 The long route adds a loop onto the medium passing through Whalley, a pleasant small town with shops and cafes as well as a ruined abbey, before heading out to Ribchester. Ribchester is a small village with its own Roman museum. After leaving R ... |
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Id: 85, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9305, -2.15054/br>Ride length: 36 km/br>Ride ease: Easy/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Sunday - Leeds Liverpool canal and Pendle Short 22 miles 1200 feet of ascent Landranger 103 The ride joins the Leeds Liverpool canal, started in 1770 and completed in 1816, at Greenberfield Locks. This is the canals high point at 487ft above sea level. The route follows the canal until Barrowford wh ... |
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Id: 84, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9305, -2.15054/br>Ride length: 61 km/br>Ride ease: Average/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Sunday Medium Ride The medium route continues down the canal past Barrowford to the entrance to the Foulridge tunnel (1640yds long and taking 6 years to build) re-joining at the other end. The canal starts to pass through the more industrial areas of Burnely and Colne with plenty of old cotton mills ... |
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Id: 35, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9306, -2.15085/br>Ride length: 52 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Bonus - Haworth 33 miles with 3600 feet of ascent Landranger 103 & 104 This is a hilly ride. For those of you who want another ride for the Wednesday, fancy some more hills or are a fan of the Bronte sisters then this is an extra ride just for you. The ride heads east up over the moors that inspired ... |
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Id: 34, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9305, -2.15066/br>Ride length: 102 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Long 64 miles with 4000 feet of ascent Landranger 98 & 103 The long route misses Settle to give time to go through the honey pots of Clapham and Ingleton before the long steady climb up to the iconic Ribblehead viaduct. Some stats for you, Ribblehead Viaduct is 440 yards (400 m) long, and 104 feet ( ... |
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Id: 33, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9304, -2.15049/br>Ride length: 66 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Medium 41 miles 2600 feet of ascent Landranger 98 & 103 The medium doesn't call in at Hellifield instead heading onto the small market town of Settle before continuing north to the village of Stainforth. This is where the big climb of the day begins. Take your time, it's worth the climb up onto the ... |
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Id: 32, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9306, -2.15085/br>Ride length: 46 km/br>Ride ease: Easy/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Short 29 miles 1500 feet of ascent Landranger 103 & a little on 98 The route heads north to the small town of Hellifield and onto the pretty village of Airton. From here the route is an out and back up to Malham, so you could cut the route short if you don't want to see the cove. From Airton the rou ... |
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Id: 31, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9307, -2.15094/br>Ride length: 83 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Long 52 miles with 2600 feet of ascent Landranger 98, 103 & 104 The long route continues along Wharfedale all the way to Kettlewell before returning underneath Kilnsey crag to re-join the other routes. |
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Id: 30, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9307, -2.15094/br>Ride length: 65 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Medium 40 miles with 2100 feet of ascent Landranger 98, 103 & 104 The route takes the side of the valley above the railway (I don't know if you can take your tandem on the train) to reach Bolton Abbey. The ruins of the Abbey are well worth a look around. The road squeezes through an ancient archway ... |
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Id: 29, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9306, -2.1509/br>Ride length: 41 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Short 26 miles 1100 feet of ascent Landranger 103 with a tiny bit on 104 All the routes start the day with 2 miles along the A56 and then another couple along the busy A59. Knuckle down get them over with, the rest of the ride is well worth it, venturing into the Yorkshire Dales proper. Skipton is a ... |
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Id: 28, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9304, -2.1504/br>Ride length: 103 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Extra Long 65 miles 4500 feet of ascent Landranger 102 & 103 Not for the faint hearted! If you've got the legs, you can't leave the Forest of Bowland without cycling through the Trough of Bowland. The route of the Pendle witches on their way to Lancaster for their trial and hanging, the trough is a ... |
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Id: 27, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9304, -2.1504/br>Ride length: 58 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Medium 36 miles 2000 feet of ascent Landranger 103 From Grindleton the medium ride continues down the valley through West Bradford and onto Waddington with its stream running through the heart of the village. Waddington has pubs and a cafe. From Waddington the ride continues on to Bashall Town that ... |
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Id: 26, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9304, -2.1504/br>Ride length: 42 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Short 26 miles 1700 feet of climbing Landranger 103 The routes start by heading north crossing the river Ribble before descending into the pretty village of Bolton-By-Bowland with toilets and a small tearoom. Heading down the valley the route passes through Grindleton before crossing the Ribble agai ... |
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Id: 25, Quality: 2/br>Group: tcn2017/br>Location: Thornton Hall Country Park Thornton-in-Craven North Yorkshire/br>Postcode: BD23 3TS/br>Map Reference: 53.9304, -2.1504/br>Ride length: 73 km/br>Added by: Neil Wheadon/br> | Long 46 miles 2900 feet of ascent Landranger 103 After leaving Bolton-By-Bowland the long route climbs up into the wilder fell country before a speedy descent into Slaidburn (watch out for the hairpin) with the Hark to Bounty pub. The pub apparently dates from the 13th century, the upstairs room was ... |