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: October 16, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 19.3 km for 62 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.75 km

Stakehill Plantation

Forest

8.99 km

Skipton Moor Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Brilliant track right on the edge of Skipton Moor. Fab views over the Dales. Bit of a bumpy one.

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14.3 km

The Clubhouse Coffee & Cycles

Highlight • Cycleway

Great coffee, good for a nose bag & inside bike storage!.....18 Newmarket St, Skipton BD23 2HR

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14.4 km

Skipton Castle Gatehouse

Highlight • Castle

The ideal base for any ride into the Dales, Skipton is a 44-minute train journey from Leeds and has plenty going on when you’ve recovered from your day’s riding.

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18.6 km

Geocache Location

Highlight • Other

Lookind for a geocache lol

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18.7 km

Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Bradley

Highlight • River

19.3 km

Polish Airmen Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

There was two of them having a proper skirmish at the Polish War Memorial

A very nice new information sign has been erected with information about the Pilots who lost their lived
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19.3 km

Polish Airmen Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

There are two Memorials on this part of the canal. A cross along the tow path which was the crash site of a Wellington bomber where Seven airmen lost their …

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21.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.30 km

3.66 km

3.07 km

2.63 km

176 m

Surfaces

9.41 km

5.60 km

4.38 km

1.46 km

327 m

262 m

Elevation

Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 18 December

11°C

6°C

97 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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