Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Login or Signup

Get the App

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Road cycling routes

North East England

Alston Cobbles on Front Street – Brotherlee loop from Stanhope

Road cycling routes

North East England

Alston Cobbles on Front Street – Brotherlee loop from Stanhope

Hard

44

riders

Alston Cobbles on Front Street – Brotherlee loop from Stanhope

04:25

87.1km

1,360m

Road cycling

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

Last updated: May 16, 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 30.9 km for 134 m

After 54.0 km for 80 m

After 54.8 km for 80 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

1

204 m

Ford and Stepping Stones to Stanhope

Highlight • Trail

Short cut to Stanhope, for walkers and (mad) cyclists, ford is smooth and easy to cross, if its not to deep. You may get wet feet with splashes. I did …

Tip by

2

8.37 km

Weardale–Teesdale Pass (B6278)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

This is a long moorland road that links Stanhope in Weardale to Eggleston in Teesdale. It's about 17km and reaches a high point of 511m on Middleton Common. It's quite …

Tip by

26.5 km

High Hag Plantation

Forest

30.9 km

Langdon Beck Plantation

Forest

5

54.0 km

Alston Cobbles on Front Street

Highlight • Structure

About a 30m section of cobbles is being replaced in front of the market square on Front Street. The council have used a couple of different patterns for a trial …

Tip by

6

54.4 km

South Tynedale Railway

Highlight • Historical Site

This narrow gauge railway winds from Alston into the South Tyne Valley in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Powered by steam, diesel, and electric, the locomotives have …

Tip by

7

54.7 km

Saddlers Bakery & Bistro

Highlight • Cafe

Good to explore instead of racing through, plenty places for refreshment.
Alston claims to be the highest market settlement in England, being about 1000 feet above sea level. It is …

Tip by

64.2 km

Killhope Cross

Mountain Pass

9

76.7 km

Daddry Shield Quiet Road

Highlight • Settlement

One of several small villages along this quiet B road out of Stanhope, parallel to main A road.

Tip by

10

78.1 km

View of St John's Chapel

Highlight • Settlement

Several small hamlets along the quieter scenic B road that runs parallel to the faster A road.

Tip by

11

79.9 km

Brotherlee

Highlight • Settlement

One of several small villages along this quiet B road out of Stanhope.

Tip by

B

87.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

64.1 km

22.8 km

134 m

115 m

Surfaces

76.9 km

9.94 km

178 m

109 m

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Elevation

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (620 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Tuesday 2 June

13°C

9°C

98 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Print

Share

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Nearby routes

4.0

99

Hartside Fell & Moor House Nature Reserve loop from Barnard Castle

06:41h

139km

1,670m

5.0

85

Blanchland & Allendale loop from Hexham

03:24h

65.2km

1,060m

5.0

34

Stanhope & St. John's Chapel loop from Middelton in Teesdale

02:48h

47.7km

910m

5.0

20

Barnard Castle & Bishop Auckland loop

02:34h

55.3km

490m

4.0

5

Seaham, Sunderland & Stanley loop from Durham

03:37h

75.8km

640m

25

Matfen and Ponteland loop from Corbridge

03:23h

76.4km

590m

20

Teesdale & Weardale loop from Barnard Castle

05:24h

104km

1,740m

18

Alston and Nenthead loop from Corbridge – North Pennines

05:05h

94.2km

1,700m

26

Teesdale and Barnard Castle Loop

02:16h

44.9km

610m

11

Kielder and Gilsland loop from Hexham – Northumberland National Park

07:37h

152km

1,740m

16

Piercebridge and Egglescliffe loop from Bishop Auckland

03:57h

83.6km

530m

6

Newcastle and Ponteland loop from Hexham

04:04h

90.8km

690m