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Tan Hill Road Climb – Lamps Moss Climb loop from Kirkby Stephen

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United Kingdom
England
North West England
Cumbria
Eden
Kirkby Stephen

Tan Hill Road Climb – Lamps Moss Climb loop from Kirkby Stephen

Moderate

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(3)

54

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Tan Hill Road Climb – Lamps Moss Climb loop from Kirkby Stephen

02:31

44.2km

790m

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: November 13, 2025

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

North Pennines National Landscape

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Start point

Train Station

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1

1.48 km

Jubilee Park

Forest

2

10.6 km

20% Climb to Barras

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Good punchy little climb up toward Barras from the South

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3

12.9 km

View of Eden Valley from Barras

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Beautiful view of the Eden Valley

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4

17.6 km

Descent from Tan Hill Inn

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From Tan Hill all the way down to Barras this is a superb descent on single track roads with breathtaking views

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21.7 km

At 1,732 feet (528m), this historic Inn is the highest in Great Britain!

On the border of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales near the village of Keld, the pub is …

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23.2 km

Tan Hill Road Climb

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Just when you thought that the switchbacks at West Stonesdale were the hard bit of the climb to the pub, you hit this.

A gradual drag leads to a bend …

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27.4 km

West Stonesdale Hairpin Bends

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A sequence of steep hairpins arising out of Swaledale towards Tan Hill. Light the blue touch paper & get to the top before your legs explode!

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37.5 km

Lamps Moss Summit

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great view and even better descent - watch out for the sheep though!

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37.6 km

Lamps Moss Climb

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One of the famous 100 Climbs - this beauty is steep at the bottom, then gradual and then savage for 100m at the end. Great descent off the other side heading on toward Buttertubs and the heart of the Dales

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44.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

40.6 km

1.73 km

861 m

722 m

158 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

32.8 km

11.0 km

272 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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