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Lucy's first visit to the peaks

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Lucy's first visit to the peaks

Rachel Hopkins and others planned a road ride

October 5, 2020

Lucy's first visit to the peaks

Hard

03:09

52.4km

16.6km/h

1,030m

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Overview

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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4.26 km

The Abney Lego Blocks

Highlight • Other

Road blocks put in after a recent landslide but make for comedy shots - it's a beautiful ride up to here from either side

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6.19 km

Abney Gliding Club

Highlight • Structure

You'll be amazed if you see one lift off, such a speedy steep ascent!

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8.26 km

Great Hucklow Butter Cross

Monument

9.13 km

Windmill Lane

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely village. No obvious windmill

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12.1 km

Tideswell Village

Highlight • Religious Site

Lovely touristy village with an impressive church (The Cathedral of the Peak), pubs and a good (for the size of place) selection of take away shops and cafes. Good place to stop for a rest on a ride.

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12.6 km

Tideswell to Miller's Dale Singletrack Road

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This quiet singletrack road is a great alternative way of getting up to Tideswell. While it is very steep at the bottom, there are amazing views.

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24.2 km

Rushup Edge to Peak Forest Road

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Perfect cut-through from Rushup Edge to Peak Forest. Views can extend for miles on a clear day.

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29.6 km

Winnats Pass Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Canyon

No.33 of Simon Warren's '100 Greatest Cycling Climbs'. A 1.1 mile (1.8 km) climb with an average gradient of 11.4% and a max of 18.3%.

Worth it though as once …

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35.1 km

Café Adventure

Highlight • Cafe

Cozy cafe and a nice place after a bike tour in the Peak District. Here's hot coffee, delicious cakes, crispy sandwiches and all in a really nice atmosphere. The walls …

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38.1 km

Thornhill Lane

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely, quiet lane, with some sneaky little hills in there to keep you busy!

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40.6 km

New Road Climb to Stanage Edge

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Another of my real favourites – this lovely quiet climb takes you from the main road at Bamford up under the shadow of Bamford Edge.

Back towards where you have …

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45.6 km

View of Stanage Edge from North Lees Road

Highlight • Natural Monument

This road, North Lees, is a quiet and beautiful lane running along the lower slopes of Stanage Edge near Hathersage.

It runs parallel to the Edge and can be accessed …

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47.4 km

Burbage Moor Climb from Hathersage

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

The Dale from Hathersage at about 178m up to Burbage Moor at 432m opposite Higger Tor is a long and fairly tough climb. It's great though, not bust and the …

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52.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.2 km

1.21 km

827 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.1 km

24.2 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Lucy's first visit to the peaks

The Abney Lego Blocks

Abney Gliding Club

Windmill Lane

Tideswell Village

Tideswell to Miller's Dale Singletrack Road

Rushup Edge to Peak Forest Road

Winnats Pass Climb

Café Adventure

Thornhill Lane

New Road Climb to Stanage Edge

View of Stanage Edge from North Lees Road

Burbage Moor Climb from Hathersage

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