Barden Moor Estate Track – Back Road to Bolton Abbey loop from Ben Rhydding

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Barden Moor Estate Track – Back Road to Bolton Abbey loop from Ben Rhydding

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Barden Moor Estate Track – Back Road to Bolton Abbey loop from Ben Rhydding

03:25

50.5km

870m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 25.0 km for 807 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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12.1 km

Moor Lane

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Good all year round

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12.9 km

Moor Lane

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Definitely most fun in the dry

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18.0 km

Little Wood

Forest

24.6 km

Gravel Trail in Yorkshire Dales National Park

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To be fair if you can thread this needle on your first try in one hit....you must be a sewing legend 🥵🐷

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28.6 km

Barden Moor Track

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Fun to fly down this as not particularly technical. Can get driffty under loose rocks. Good in all weathers

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28.8 km

Barden Moor Estate Track

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Long section (5 miles/ 7.6km) of isolated estate track over Barden Moor with great views and an exciting descent to Rhylstone.

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35.8 km

Quiet Lane to Skipton via Halton East

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Lovely quiet road through the fields

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39.8 km

Back Road to Bolton Abbey

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Excellent route if you're looking for a 100 miler that doesn't have too many hard ascents but plenty of lumpy scenic and quiet back roads. Also an excellent cafe in …

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40.4 km

Langshaw Bank Climb

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It’s a local lung buster ..steepest from the west, best views when you tackle it from the east. Brilliant either way.

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46.2 km

North Plantation

Forest

47.0 km

Scalewray

Archaeological Site

50.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.2 km

10.4 km

6.67 km

3.79 km

1.91 km

521 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.5 km

11.2 km

5.32 km

3.86 km

355 m

244 m

Elevation

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

Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Tuesday 13 October

15°C

7°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

October 17, 2022,Gravel Addingham via Skipton Bolton Abbey loop

This is a great mixed terrain ride which will test your gravel bike skills to the max in a few spots and provide some fast and furious gravel with epic views. Skipton is great for coffee stop and then Bolton Abbey. Ride starts and finishes in Addingham very lovely village. Whole of loop has about fifteen mins road riding from …

October 30, 2022,dry lube is optimism lube, Skipton and garden moor

On bonus hour day, I thought I'd head to Skipton and Bolton Abbey on the gravel bike. It was pretty hard going on the bits that were rocky af, and that "light shower" soaked me right through.

It was made worthwhile by chippy dinner and the Barden moor gravel rollercoaster from Rylstone cross to Bolton Abbey, which remains an absolute …