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Blackpool

View of the Bowland Fells – Jubilee Tower (Quernmore) loop from Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Routes
Road cycling routes
United Kingdom
England
North West England
Blackpool

View of the Bowland Fells – Jubilee Tower (Quernmore) loop from Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Moderate

75

riders

View of the Bowland Fells – Jubilee Tower (Quernmore) loop from Blackpool Pleasure Beach

04:11

98.9km

710m

Road cycling

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: July 18, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Forest of Bowland National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

31.2 km

The Barn, Scorton

Highlight • Cafe

A firm favourite with local cyclists. Plenty of seating indoor and outdoor. Also has bike racks (although most of the locks have keys missing). It can take ages to get …

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2

37.9 km

Mashaw Road

Highlight • Cycleway

3

40.1 km

Cam Brow Climb

Highlight • Climb

This nasty little 20%+ climb comes out of no where, but it's fairly short and manageable - one to be very careful of in the winter going to the West/South from Abbeystead

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4

40.5 km

Lovely quiet road, lots of ups & downs. Nice route if you're heading to Scorton

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5

41.9 km

View of the Bowland Fells

Highlight • Viewpoint

Amazingly beautiful road looking East and North to the Bowland Fells Wolfhole Crag, Ward's Stone and Baxton Fell - the road to the Trough of Bowland

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6

48.1 km

Quiet Lanes to Abbeystead

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely quiet descent into Abbeystead from Jubilee Tower

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7

49.2 km

Jubilee Tower (Quernmore)

Highlight • Monument

A good climb especially from the north from Quernmore, this is the shorter steeper side. From the north it averages 6% for approximately 2 miles, the steep section is early …

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51.0 km

Appletree Basin

Forest

9

52.1 km

No. 76 in the top 100 road climbing list. The road climbs 230m in 4.1km with an average gradient of 6% and a max gradiet of 16%.
The road is …

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59.8 km

Redmond Wood

Forest

B

98.9 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

81.4 km

12.1 km

2.75 km

2.72 km

107 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

97.1 km

1.86 km

107 m

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Monday 31 August

19°C

14°C

46 %

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