Meet at Billington War Memorial, Nr Whalley BB7 9JA, at 9 a.m. on Sunday 7th August.
Route and parking details as below. Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair equipment. Cash or Card if you require lunch.
Lunch stop at Town End Farm tearoom at Airton. A second cake stop at the Nectar cafe after Wigglesworth is usually welcome as it is a hilly ride.
*We recommend all participants carry emergency contact details about their person*
Total distance 58 miles. NO ONE will be left behind.
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 58 miles
- Time 6 h 30 min
- Speed 9 mph
- Min altitude 148 ft
- Peak 1276 ft
- Ascend 3379 ft
- Descent 3379 ft
Start at Billington War Memorial. Adjacent parking is available outside St.Augustines High School, Elker Lane, BB7 9JA, Weekends and during School holidays.
This is an extension of the route to Gargrave and passes along the well trodden route 91 through Whalley, Wiswell, Pendleton and Downham, climbing over Middop to Barnoldswick. From here a there is a section of the Pennine cycleway (route 68), including a short length of the Leeds Liverpool canal, to Gargrave, with a potential lunch stop at the famous Dalesman Cafe, or at the Town End Farm Cafe at the next stop in Airton.
Return leg is to continue north on the Pennine cycleway which re-joins the Way of the Roses to climb over Scosthrop Moor after which there is a descent into Settle. Continue through Rathmell, Wigglesworth, Bolton-by-Bowland, Sawley, Chatburn, then the cycle path to Barrow, before finally to Whalley and Billington.
Total distance is 58 miles.
