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 30, 2025

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Howardian Hills National Landscape

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20.3 km

Kirkham Priory

Highlight • Historical Site

Nice spot for a quick break. Be careful descending the steepish hill from Crambe/Whitwell, there's a level crossing immediately round the bend at the bottom.

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20.4 km

Stone Trough Inn

Highlight • Pub

This is a lovely place to stop on your tour if you need some food and drink at a pleasant inn in a lovely spot. It's a sizeable inn with …

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20.8 km

Kirkham Priory

Highlight • Monument

Kirkham Priory is an Augustinian Abbey, built in the 12th century. If you look carefully at the gothic medieval gatehouse you can see sculptures of St George and the dragon …

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40.8 km

View of the Yorkshire Wolds

Highlight • Viewpoint

41.9 km

View of the Vale of Pickering from Leavening Brow

Highlight • Viewpoint

An absolutely gorgeous view across the Vale of Pickering to the Howardian Hills and on to the North York Moors and on a good day even the Pennines.

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42.5 km

Aldro Plantation

Forest

44.8 km

Water Dale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Water Dale is a beautiful place to ride in either direction. Downhill towards Thixendale or up towards Leavening.

The road winds along right at the base of the deep sided …

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46.1 km

Highland Cows of Thixendale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lovely highland cows with big hair and horns.

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47.5 km

Beamer Hill

Forest

51.7 km

Fairy Dale Quarry and Dry Valley

Highlight • Natural

Fairy Dale is a great example of a dry valley in the Yorkshire Wolds. It really is beautiful.

There is a quarry here as well as a disused railway running …

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73.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

69.2 km

3.00 km

1.03 km

382 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

43.2 km

30.4 km

Elevation

Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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