Below are some suggestions to help with your itinerary. The planning stage should be an enjoyable experience as you put together a trip to remember. There is no right or wrong route to take and we believe it should be specific to you – your level of fitness, type of bike, interests, available time frame, time you wish to spend riding each day – and we would be pleased to help advise and put together a personalised schedule for you.
Road Biking
The tarmac routes allow you to take full advantage of the network of quiet county roads that span the country. Having navigated your way across the Lake District and passed through Kirkby Stephen mid-way you’ll enjoy the lovely rolling Yorkshire Dales and the more challenging North Yorkshire Moors beyond, with trips lasting from 2 to 7 days.
Road Biking alternatives across the Lake District
| Approx 320km Total ascent 5076m |
Approx 292km Total ascent 4463m |
Approx 290km Total ascent 4306m |
| Route via Rosthwaite (up Honister pass) and from there on through to Grasmere (via Keswick) and Patterdale (via Ambleside, ‘The Struggle’ & Kirkstone – before joining the above route at Pooley Bridge on the end of Ullswater. |
Slightly further south from St Bees to Eskdale and then straight across to Ambleside via the Hard Knott & Wrynose roller-coaster. From Ambleside the route also then takes you up ‘The Struggle’ and on to Patterdale. |
The Sustrans route (including some cycle ways on old rail lines) via Loweswater & The Whinlatter Pass to Keswick and on as far as the ‘Troutbeck Turn’ off the A66. The route then tracks more southerley via Matterdale and Pooley Bridge, Bampton & Shap. |
From Orton the 3 routes follow the same route into Kirkby Stephen, through to Richmond before the flat section on lanes through Danby Wiske and Osmotherley before the hills return in the North York Moors National Park.
E-Biking/Hybrid
