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Dales Bike Centre & Café – High Harker Hill Trail loop from Leyburn

Hard

6

riders

Dales Bike Centre & Café – High Harker Hill Trail loop from Leyburn

08:21

97.5km

2,000m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 27, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 4.00 km for 183 m

After 93.4 km for 183 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

2.05 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

12.1 km

Greets Hill

Peak

3

12.1 km

Greets Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A great, fast and open bridleway track which drops down to the road above Reeth.

Great fun, and spectacular views!

Tip by

4

16.3 km

Dales Bike Centre & Café

Highlight • Cafe

Food, cake, coffee, tea, cake, accommodation, bike hire, route suggestions, cake, an excellently stocked bike shop, and cake. Honestly, what more do you need?

The cafe is open 7 days …

Tip by

23.9 km

Lead Flue

Ruins

36.7 km

Level House

Ruins

44.0 km

Rowleth Wood

Forest

8

52.7 km

A very rotten tractor

Tip by

9

52.7 km

The Swale Trail is ideal for families or gravel and MTB bikes but is a very gentle MTB experience and riders will soon yearn for greater challenges.
The views all …

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53.1 km

Kisdon Force Woods SSSI

Nature Reserve

62.2 km

Yellands Meadow

Nature Reserve

12

66.7 km

Gunnerside Stone Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Built in the early 1830s as a way of providing employment for the people affected by the depression in the lead mining industry. The bridge was washed away in and rebuilt.

It carries the B6270 over the river Swale.

Tip by

13

76.7 km

High Harker Hill Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Nice Trail leading to another trail that leads you to the bottom of the water crossing which brings you at the main road people park at.

Tip by

14

81.8 km

View Over Swaledale

Highlight • Natural

Great gravel & stunning views.

Tip by

15

82.8 km

Apedale Road

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Disused lead mine workings pepper the Apedale Road - in fact the workings here were so substantial, and so remote, that a series of structures was made to house the …

Tip by

95.7 km

Leyburn Shawl

Forest

B

97.5 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.3 km

40.8 km

1.68 km

1.50 km

649 m

589 m

Surfaces

32.7 km

26.6 km

22.8 km

8.51 km

6.32 km

601 m

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Elevation

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

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Tuesday 7 July

26°C

16°C

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