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Stage 7: Tilston to Chester – Cheshire Cycleway

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Stage 7: Tilston to Chester – Cheshire Cycleway

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September 15, 2021

Stage 7: Tilston to Chester – Cheshire Cycleway

Moderate

02:42

42.8km

15.9km/h

350m

380m

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Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.9 km for 529 m

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11.2 km

Maiden Castle Ramparts

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Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort constructed around 600 BC. The fort would have been used as an important line of defence until the Roman conquest in the …

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13.9 km

At 716 feet (227 m) Rawhead is the highest point on the Sandstone Trail and affords some wonderful views over Cheshire. A little further down the trail, you reach a cave known as Bloody Bones, which you can peek inside.

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23.5 km

Beeston Castle

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Beeston Castle is a magnificent 11th-century former stronghold that once belonged to Henry III. Built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, the castle was partly destroyed under Cromwell in …

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42.0 km

River Dee Promenade, Chester

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The River Dee flows 68 miles (110 km) through beautiful areas of Wales and the UK, travelling from Snowdonia to the Wirral Peninsula. Its name comes from the Brythonic word …

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42.8 km

Chester Castle

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A walk round the city walls is a worthwhile experience, giving not only good views of the centre of town, but also a number of other sights including the river, the castle and the racecourse

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Way Types & Surfaces

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36.3 km

3.04 km

1.48 km

1.35 km

537 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

30.3 km

10.3 km

1.24 km

834 m

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Stage 7: Tilston to Chester – Cheshire Cycleway

Maiden Castle Ramparts

Rawhead Summit

Beeston Castle

River Dee Promenade, Chester

Chester Castle

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