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Knitsley Farm Shop & Cafe – Waskerley Way loop from Healeyfield

Road cycling routes

North East England

Knitsley Farm Shop & Cafe – Waskerley Way loop from Healeyfield

Moderate

5

riders

Knitsley Farm Shop & Cafe – Waskerley Way loop from Healeyfield

02:06

43.3km

540m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Tips

The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 3.59 km for 1.31 km

After 36.0 km for 453 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

446 m

Ascent to the Pennines with View of Derwent Water

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2

1.07 km

View of Castleside

Highlight • Viewpoint

3

3.63 km

Palmer's Bridge Byway

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

Can be a bit cut up and rutted by the motor bikes, but there's plenty of options to either side, and even in the wettest weather, most is fully rideable.

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5.59 km

Longburnford Quarry nature reserve

Nature Reserve

9.63 km

Droverhouse Plantation

Forest

6

30.5 km

Peth Bank Road Climb

Highlight • Climb

Perth Bank road from Lanchester up towards Burnhope is a great road climb. It features in the top 100 climbs list.
It's 1.8km and ascends 141m with an average gradient of 8% but a punishing max gradient of 20%.

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7

36.5 km

Knitsley Farm Shop & Cafe

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As far as farm shops go, this has the option of a sit-in cafe with a great choice of food or alternitavley, the Deli has a choice of freshly made …

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8

42.4 km

Waskerley Way

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Waskerley Way C2C route.
Beautiful route passing through a varied
landscape; from urban fringe through to upland sheep farms and
then on to exposed heather moorland. Hownsgill Viaduct towers 46 …

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B

43.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.1 km

9.01 km

1.78 km

1.72 km

719 m

Surfaces

37.3 km

4.22 km

1.72 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Lowest point (90 m)

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Wednesday 28 October

13°C

6°C

26 %

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