Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 31.6 km for 29 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.06 km

Biddulph Valley Way

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice off road route which forms part of the National Cycle Route 55. Mainly a good surface to ride on, but some sections are a little rough for road bikes

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5.38 km

View of Biddulph Brook

Highlight • Forest

9.99 km

Biddulph Valley Way

Highlight • Cycleway

A great ride on the route of the old railway, suitable for all

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11.9 km

Biddulph Valley Way

Highlight • Cycleway

A great traffic free route from Stoke-on-Trent to Congleton

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15.1 km

Whitfield Valley Path and Ponds

Highlight • River

Great place to have a wander or ride your bike and learn about the areas industrial past. The views would have been very different not so long ago and certainly not as nice as the ones today.

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20.6 km

Caldon Canal Towpath – Milton

Highlight • River

Tow path heaven all the way

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28.2 km

Side Pound

Lake

31.6 km

Leek Tunnel Pool

Highlight • Bridge

Probably best to get off the bike !!
Little tunnel through a sharp little hill.

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35.2 km

Leek and Rudyard Railway

Highlight (Segment) • Rest Area

Gravel track along the old railway line.

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38.3 km

Back Wood

Forest

39.0 km

Hunthouse Wood

Forest

39.4 km

Rudyard Lake

Lake

52.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.2 km

11.5 km

2.11 km

1.74 km

393 m

333 m

Surfaces

16.6 km

15.1 km

10.4 km

9.14 km

1.11 km

350 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

Weather

Wednesday 22 April

17°C

2°C

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