Bilsborrow, Scorton and Chipping Circular | Routes

Copy the following HTML iframe code to your website:

<iframe src="https://busstopbikers.co.uk/routes/bilsborrow-scorton-and-chipping-circular/?embed=1" name="cmmrm_map_iframe" class="cmmrm_map_iframe" style="width:100%; height:500px; border:solid 1px black;"></iframe>

Distance Instructions

Label

Distance 49 miles
Time 4 h 27 min
Speed 11 mph
Min altitude 16 ft
Peak 669 ft
Ascend 1280 ft
Descent 1280 ft

(0)

Difficulty Grade: Advanced
Route Type: Cycling

This route is based on that used for the Lewis Balycki memorial ride.
Start is from 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). (What3Words ///skim.cultivation.hillsides). There are no toilets at the start, but there are some in Great Eccleston on the way out.
The route is clockwise past Myerscough College to Inskip, Wharles, Elswick and Great Eccleston. You then need to cross the Wyre via the Cartford Toll bridge (20p charge) turning east to Nateby and Scorton before the ascent of Beasedale lane in the Forest of Bowland. Descending into Chipping turning South to skirting Longridge to Whittingham, Goosnargh and Inglewhite, before returning to Bilsborrow.
Total distance is 49 miles.