Cawood Bridge – Cawood Castle Gatehouse loop from Selby

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Cawood Bridge – Cawood Castle Gatehouse loop from Selby

Moderate

5.0

(2)

131

riders

Cawood Bridge – Cawood Castle Gatehouse loop from Selby

02:03

51.9km

80m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 18 m for 7 m

After 52.0 km for 7 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Historical Site

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11.7 km

Drovers Arms Gastropub, Skipwith

Highlight • Pub

Great Gastropub with outdoor huts and canopies. Good food and a pint!

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13.6 km

North Woods

Forest

19.9 km

Bank Island, Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

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Trans Pennine Trail: Selby to York Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

It's very safe. So great for kids. In some areas there are some bumps in surface due to tree roots. The honesty hut is a nice place to stop and …

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31.1 km

The Fisher of Dreams

Highlight • Monument

A large wire figure of a man in a bobble hat sitting on top of the bridge, with a fishing rod hanging out over the River Ouse, on the end …

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31.2 km

Bridge with Fisherman Sculpture over the River Ouse

Highlight • Bridge

Good opportunity for a photo here The fisherman and the dog are really cool.

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41.5 km

Cawood Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Grade II listed swing bridge opened in 1872. The deck was submerged when the River Ouse flooded in 2015.

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41.7 km

Grade I listed building. The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War.

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51.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

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