Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 6, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 614 m for 92 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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6.96 km

Birley Brook Trail (High Lane)

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

This is part of the Linacre Classic through Birley Brook, ridiculously muddy in winter, best attempted when it's been dry for a while. Depending upon which way you travel, the …

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13.4 km

Shillito Woods Trail

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Fantastic single-track for about a mile. At its best in spring and late summer as it gets muddy and overgrown. Watch out for the drop off before the river but don't worry it is rollable.

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16.7 km

Sid Lane Singletrack

Highlight • Trail

Handy piece of nice singletrack. If run uphill it makes a great link between Mill Lane & Grimsell Lane (Horsleygate singletrack) as downhills.

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20.0 km

Cartledge Hall

Highlight • Other

20.7 km

Cartledge Bridleway

Highlight • Trail

Be prepared for a long hard climb unless of course you start at Cartledge 🤦‍♂️

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20.9 km

Black Car Bridleway

Highlight • Cycleway

Great cut-through to/from Cartledge. Gets very muddy after wet weather.

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23.5 km

Gateland Lane Singletrack

Highlight • Cycleway

Another great section of singletrack, a few large stones in places, nice flowing downhill to Barlow

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25.3 km

Sud Brook Crossing Singletrack

Highlight • MTB Park

A fun fast and narrow path just a bit too ouchy in summer. At the bottom get ready to engage the granny ring as the climb out is short but very sharp in slippy gravel.

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26.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.6 km

8.40 km

4.87 km

2.50 km

254 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

7.77 km

3.23 km

2.03 km

1.64 km

416 m

Elevation

Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 6 January

2°C

-5°C

85 %

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Max wind speed: 28.0 km/h

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