Meet in the small car park on the right on the A6 (travelling North on the A6) on Garstang road, Bilsborrow PR3 0RE, at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday 28th May.
A chance to visit the historic village of Sunderland Point with a bike ride thrown in. Route and parking details below. Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair equipment. Daytime running lights are also recommended. Sunderland point is accessed via a causeway which is subject to the tides. Low tide at Heysham on this day is 12.58 p.m. so there should be no difficulties. There are no cafe facilities in the immediate area so the route has a detour to Half Moon Bay for a cafe stop before the return leg. A further brief stop in Scorton may be a relief on the way back.
*Please note Half Moon Bay Cafe is CASH ONLY*.
*We also recommend all participants carry emergency contact details about their person*.
Total distance is 59 miles. NO ONE will be left behind.
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 59 miles
- Time 5 h 20 min
- Speed 11 mph
- Min altitude 10 ft
- Peak 243 ft
- Ascend 1608 ft
- Descent 1608 ft
Start in the small car park on the right on the A6 (travelling North on the A6) on Garstang road, Bilsborrow PR3 0RE. This car park is situated just AFTER the left turn into St Michaels Road (Guy’s Thatched Hamlet) and just BEFORE the Right turn into Bilsborrow Lane (The Roebuck and the Premier Inn).
The route is roughly clockwise via Garstang, Bay Horse and Galgate, passing through the Lancaster University Campus then cycle paths to Lancaster itself. Crossing the Millennium Bridge the route then follows the North side of the Lune Estuary to Overton to cross the tidal causeway to Sunderland point. Sunderland point is only accessible at low states of the tide. Return route is back to Overton, then there is included a dog leg to Half Moon Bay, where there is a cafe. Return is via Middleton and again the North of the Lune to re-cross the Millennium Bridge taking the Bay Cycleway on the South bank of the river towards Condor Green. From here you cross to Galgate and retrace a further section to Bay Horse before returning via Scorton and Barnacre using NCN route 6.
Total distance is 59 miles.
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- Distance 51 miles
- Time 5 h 40 min
- Speed 9 mph
- Min altitude 62 ft
- Peak 561 ft
- Ascend 2516 ft
- Descent 2503 ft