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Cawood Castle Gatehouse – Cawood Bridge loop from Selby

Moderate

5.0

(1)

12

riders

Cawood Castle Gatehouse – Cawood Bridge loop from Selby

02:33

44.2km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 158 m for 193 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

1

254 m

Selby Park — bowling green, mini-golf and outdoor fitness area

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice little park just south of Selby Abbey.

Tip by

2

996 m

Selby Railway Swing Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Selby swing bridge (1891), a hogback railway swing bridge built for the NER as a replacement for the 1840 bridge

Tip by

3

8.59 km

Cawood Castle Gatehouse

Highlight • Other

Grade I listed building. The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War.

Tip by

4

8.76 km

Cawood Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Grade II listed swing bridge opened in 1872. The deck was submerged when the River Ouse flooded in 2015.

Tip by

5

10.2 km

16.9 km

Kirkby Wharfe SSSI

Nature Reserve

18.2 km

Brick Kiln Plantation

Forest

18.9 km

Bar Plantation

Forest

9

21.2 km

Towton Battlefield

Highlight • Viewpoint

Stop to read the history

Tip by

10

36.2 km

Bishop Wood

Highlight • Forest

We didn't play out in here as were on a Road Ride

Tip by

B

44.2 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

40.6 km

1.38 km

1.27 km

716 m

135 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.1 km

3.27 km

604 m

230 m

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Thursday 9 July

32°C

16°C

3 %

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