Dalby Forest Visitor Centre – Dalby Forest loop from Newby and Scalby

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Dalby Forest Visitor Centre – Dalby Forest loop from Newby and Scalby

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Dalby Forest Visitor Centre – Dalby Forest loop from Newby and Scalby

03:16

47.4km

780m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.2 km for 104 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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481 m

Scalby Beck Viaduct

Highlight • Structure

This is an old railway viaduct near what was Scalby railway station. Long since closed; no real description remains of the station. But it's worth stopping on the viaduct to look at the Beck from high above, offering pleasant views!

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4.80 km

Crossdales Wood

Forest

5.98 km

Low Hall

Highlight • Viewpoint

Amazing views of the North York Moors from the climb up to Low Hall. Certainly not the toughest climbs in the region, but a good test none the less. Low …

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6.71 km

Hackness Village

Highlight • Historical Site

Hackness is a small village with a Grade I listed church, parts of which date from the 11th century. Hackness Hall and its landscape gardens were created in the 1790s.

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11.0 km

Red House Wood

Forest

13.9 km

Dalby Forest Drive

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

A very comfortable tarmac stretch for a few kilometres on Dalby Forest Drive between Red Dike and Bickley Gate. An opportunity for smooth, fun and joyous pedalling in between the …

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25.3 km

Dalby Forest Visitor Centre

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is the usual place where people go when they choose to do their Dalby Forest adventures! There is a car park here, a café, tourist information, trail maps, a …

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27.8 km

Dalby Forest

Highlight • Trail

This beautiful forest with a bike shop and cafe is packed with loads of trails for gravel and mountain bikes and maintained by Forestry England. Along with Langdale Forest and …

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27.8 km

Jubilee Plantation Forest Tracks

Highlight • Forest

Straight and straightforward forest roads and tracks here - crossing a number of riggs (ridges) such as Housedale Rigg and Sutherbruff Rigg. Easy and pleasant cycling.

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31.9 km

Seavy Slack Junction

Highlight • Trail

"Slack" means a depression between hills. This one is a lovely area to cycle in: green, forested tracks, excellent surface even in wet weather and very peaceful.

Incidentally, this junction here was Trackrod Rally Yorkshire 2023 (car racing).

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47.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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