Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2025

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Forest of Bowland National Landscape

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Start point

Bus stop

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11.2 km

Little Town Farm Shop & Café

Highlight • Cafe

Also known as Little Town Dairy, a working farm and shop with a fantastic cafe offering cakes, tray bakes sausage rolls etc all made on site along with plenty of …

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11.2 km

Little Jean's Farm Shop & Café

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Fantastic cafe, my favourite when I head south. Good coffee, amazing cakes, sausage buns and the pork and apple sausage roll is amazing.
Being a farm shop with bakery and …

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21.1 km

Tom Rydings Wood

Forest

27.9 km

With a babbling brook, manicured gardens and chocolate box cottages, Waddington is a lovely village in Lancashire. Its historic buildings house fascinating tales: Henry VI went into hiding in Waddington …

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30.4 km

Bashall Barn Café

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Nice café with good food, excellent coffee. No bike rack but plenty of places to put them with good visibility. A little too swanky for your usual cycling café but …

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35.4 km

Beggars Bush Plantation

Forest

39.9 km

Whitewell Estate Bridge

Highlight • River

Some nice views looking east or west.

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43.9 km

Chipping Village Entrance

Highlight • Settlement

Located at the southern end of the Forest of Bowland in the Ribble Valley is the picturesque village of Chipping. Dating back at least 1,000 years, the village is a …

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44.1 km

Chipping Village

Highlight • Cafe

Lovely village with two great Cafs and lots of quirky buildings

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44.3 km

Chipping Farm Shop

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absolutely fantastic bacon barm..and great coffee, even got provision for bikes to be left safely.. top marks!!!

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60.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

60.0 km

228 m

180 m

123 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

54.7 km

5.61 km

228 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Little Town Farm Shop & Café

Little Jean's Farm Shop & Café