- Distance Instructions
- Distance 52 miles
- Time 5 h 13 min
- Speed 10 mph
- Min altitude 154 ft
- Peak 843 ft
- Ascend 3222 ft
- Descent 3235 ft
Start at Billington War Memorial. Adjacent parking is available outside St.Augustines High School, Elker Lane, BB7 9JA, Weekends and during School holidays.
Route 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. (Please note that this cafe now accepts card payments).
Return leg is to continue north on the Pennine cycleway to Winterburn before joining a section of the Way of the Roses to Airton before turning south to Otterburn and Hellifield. From here we continue on the Hellifield road to Bolton by Bowland, Sawley, Grindleton and Chatburn, then Clitheroe, Barrow and Whalley.
Total distance is 52 miles.
