Meet at Astley Park Gates, Chorley PR7 1JU at 9.45 a.m. on Sunday 20th September. Route and further parking details as below.
Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair equipment. Daytime running lights can be a good idea. We hopefully will be able to take lunch at The Potters Barn in Ribchester. Cash/card if you require lunch.
Total distance is 43 miles with some hills.
NO ONE will be left behind
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 43 miles
- Time 4 h 17 min
- Speed 10 mph
- Min altitude 30 ft
- Peak 728 ft
- Ascend 2067 ft
- Descent 2067 ft
Start is from Astley Park Gates, Chorley PR7 1JU. There is an adjacent Car Park on Queens Road which is free on Sundays and evenings after 5 p.m. (What3words///line.firmly.pose). There are toilets at Astley Hall on the other side of the park together with a further car park on Hallgate (PR7 1NP), but there is a charge of £3 for all day parking at all times.
The route is anti-clockwise, passing up Harpers Lane and along Blackburn Road to Whittle Springs, Brindle and Houghton, to Salmesbury Bottoms. Crossing Preston New Road there is the climb up to Mellor, then along Ramsgreave Road to Wilpshire before dropping into Ribchester.
The return route is via Longridge and Grimsargh to join a section of the Guild Wheel at the Crematorium. This takes you to Salmesbury, then re-joining roads to Roach Bridge, Gregson Lane, Walton Summit and cycle paths through Whittle -le-Woods. Crossing the A6 at Cow Well La. the last section is down Factory La., a short section in Cuerden Park, then through Buckshaw village to Euxton and through Astley Park, returning to the park gates.
Total distance is 43 miles
