* 26 Modular routes - short, medium and long options plus route linking = 70+ individual rides.
* Ordnance Survey mapping and excellent photography support each route.
The South Pennines guide book introduces you to the wilderness and urban trail networks of Kirklees & Calderdale, Airedale & Wharfedale and Lancashire. New riding centres: Stainburn, Healey Nab, Gisburn Forest and Lee Quarry mix freely with classic Pennine riding on London Road, around Rivington Pike and on Ilkley Moor.
This guide contains 26 meticulously researched and legal routes; most with short, medium and long modular options detailing routes that can be full day epics, half day rides or a short blast. The modular design means you can choose from over 70 separate possible rides to suit the weather conditions on the day, or simply how much of a ride you fancy. Each route is accompanied by excellent, evocative photography clearly detailing what you can expect to see on route. Ordnance Survey mapping, gradient profiles, clear route descriptions and informative text make planning your ride a pleasure in your living room and routes easy to follow from your pocket, on the trail.
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ROUTE LIST
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| 1/ Marsden to The Holme Valley |
10/ The Grand Tour of Calderdale |
19/ The Heads of The Valleys |
| 2/ The Marsden Circuit |
11/ Haworth South |
20/ Rivington Pike and The Western Moors |
| 3/ Ripponden |
12/ Haworth North |
21/ Jubilee Tower |
| 4/ London Road |
13/ The Bingley Circuit |
22/ Wycoller |
| 5/ Tod Skyline |
14/ Baildon Moor |
23/ Around Foulridge |
| 6/ Luddenden, Oxenhope & Ogden |
15/ Ilkley North |
24/ A Tour of Pendle |
| 7/ A Tour Around Crimsworth Dean |
16/ The Washburn Valley |
25/ Around The Ribble |
| 8/ The Big Widdop Ride |
17/ The 4 D’s |
26/ Dunsop Bridge |
| 9/ Widdop Lite |
18/ Rooley Moor |
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Websites referred to in this guide:sites referenced in this guide:
Introduction: IMBA Rules of the Trail | Stainburn: Singletracion | Lee Quarry: Mountain Bike Trails
The Mary Towneley Loop was the first section of the Pennine Bridleway to open and the whole circuit is a healthy 76km. Loop details and maps can be found on the Internet or at any local Information Centre for free so it is pointless describing it in detail here. Some of the routes in the guide utilise many of the best stretches of it at some point anyway.
The Pennine Bridleway national trail currently runs from Middleton (near Cromford) in Derbyshire, through the Peak District, up to the Mary Towneley Loop and then just north to Wycoller. The next section up to Settle in the Yorkshire Dales is in varying states on construction. The 10-mile Settle Loop is also complete. In addition to the routes that make use of the Mary Towneley Loop Routes 2 and 17 follow sections of the Pennine Bridleway and Routes 22, 23 and 25 also use bridleways that are scheduled to be incorporated into the as yet incomplete section.
Calder Aire Link is used by some routes in the guide this is a linear route between Bingley and Clough Foot near Widdop Reservoir. There is also a Keighley Link. Free details and maps at their website.
Phase 1 of The North Lancashire Bridleway project has been completed from Lancaster to Chipping via Salter Fell and Dunsop Bridge. Route 26 uses some of the bridleways and takes advantage of the new concessionary bridleways made as part of the project. In the future the route may continue from chipping back to Lancaster, completing a circuit. You can download the guide for this ride as it stands along with information on accommodation and facilities on route. |
