Coxwold Village – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Dalby-cum-Skewsby

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Hambleton

Dalby-Cum-Skewsby

Coxwold Village – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Dalby-cum-Skewsby

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Coxwold Village – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Dalby-cum-Skewsby

02:24

48.5km

700m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Howardian Hills National Landscape

North York Moors National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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7 m

City of Troy Maze

Highlight • Historical Site

"City of Troy" here is the only surviving instance (in North Yorkshire) of an ancient game. A similar name is given to these kinds of maze games in Scandinavia (Trojeborg …

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11.0 km

Newburgh Priory

Highlight • Historical Site

The very impressive Newburgh Priory is the home of the Wombwell family. It was founded in 1145, and was an Augustinian priory before becoming the House that it is today. …

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11.2 km

Lake in Howardian Hills National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

12.0 km

Coxwold Village

Highlight • Settlement

Pretty village with an informative website if local history is your thing. Recorded under the name of Cucvalt in the Domesday Book, and the local church is where George Orby …

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16.3 km

View of the White Horse of Kilburn

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice view of the White Horse of Kilburn, said to be the largest and most northerly hill figure in England. If you're riding towards Kilburn, you'll notice a bench at …

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18.0 km

Low Town Bank Road (25% Gradient) – White Horse Bank Climb

Highlight • Climb

Low Town Bank Road climbs up from about 296 feet (90 m) in Kilburn, through some steep hairpin bends to 952 feet (290 m) at the Yorkshire Gliding Club. Known …

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25.0 km

Bradley Bank

Forest

27.2 km

Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Such beautiful and complete ruins of what was once one of the grandest Cistercian abbeys – until Henry VIII set the Dissolution in motion. In the 1200s there were more …

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35.3 km

Golden Square Wood

Forest

37.9 km

St Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk

Highlight • Historical Site

This is a proper countryside, English church, marked on the street indeed as "Historic Church". It is over 900 years old (Norman) and was built on the site of a …

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48.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

45.5 km

2.98 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

42.9 km

5.63 km