BeSpoke Bike Shop & Café – Loch Laxavat Ard loop from Stornoway

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BeSpoke Bike Shop & Café – Loch Laxavat Ard loop from Stornoway

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BeSpoke Bike Shop & Café – Loch Laxavat Ard loop from Stornoway

02:57

51.0km

270m

Cycling

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: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Mòinteach Leòdhais

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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562 m

BeSpoke Bike Shop & Café

Highlight • Cafe

Bike repairs and cafe. Also Alistair will come out to you in the middle of nowhere and fix your bike if you have a massive issue! The best service! Also offers a bike taxi service for great rates.

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584 m

BeSpoke Cycle the Hub Café & Bike Repair

Highlight • Rest Area

good food and chcyle shop & repair

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6.74 km

Lewis Moor Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

A lovely road through the Lewis moors. The road has a gravel character, as the surface is asphalted but very uneven and rough. In addition, there are a lot of …

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25.8 km

Carloway War Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Memorial to Lewis fallen in both world wars. Here you can take a break.

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29.8 km

Loch Laxavat Ard

Highlight • Natural

Riding through moorland on the Pentland Road close to Carloway, the surroundings are part land, part water. Here the road passes right next to Loch Laxavat Ard.

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36.5 km

Ruins in Mòinteach Leòdhais

Highlight • Structure

One of the many ruins dotted around the island

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38.9 km

Loch an Tobair

Highlight • Lake

One of the many lochs on this road

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44.6 km

Beinn Ghrideag Wind Farm

Highlight • Natural

Good chance of seeing deer here near the road side.

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51.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.0 km

2.54 km

2.20 km

341 m

Surfaces

50.0 km

1.03 km

110 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Today

Monday 26 October

14°C

7°C

98 %

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Comments

August 17, 2023,Durch das Hochmoor von Lewis

A wonderful tour of the Lewis high moorland. You just have to take a lot of time and physical condition, because the road almost has a gravel character and has many bumps that slow down the descent.
Unfortunately, the altitude information from OpenMap and Komoot is not correct. Due to the bumps, it is easily twice as high.
If a …

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