Low Dalby to Langdale End
Distance:
7.5miles, 12km
Description:
A hilly ride with the hard work going up rewarded by some fantastic freewheels coming down. Nearly all of this stage is forested, which makes it a good sheltered route to choose for a windy day.
TIME:
Allow 1 to 2 hours
DIRECTIONS: LOW DALBY TO LANGDALE END
From Low Dalby follow the forest drive northwards. At the Sneverdale car park turn R and through a wooden barrier onto a forest track. At a cross roads, turn sharp R and continue up Housedale Rigg. Turn R at t-junction and almost immediately L to joint a tarmac road. At the top of the hill follow the track round to the R. Ignore the turning to Flaxdale on R and follow the track round to the L. Continue eventually passing through a green iron gate flanked by two stone walls and proceed in the same direction but along a tarmacked road which joins from the L.
Pass by Jingleby Thorn Tea Rooms and then down a 1 in 6 hill and past the toll point. At phone box follow road round to the R and all the way to Langdale End.
DIRECTIONS: LANGDALE END TO LOW DALBY
Leave Langdale End to the west, ignoring a turning to the R. At phone box follow the road round to the L signed Forest Drive, Low Dalby 9 and Bickley. Through the forest drive Toll, proceed up a 1 in 6 hill and keep straight ahead. Pass Jingleby Thorn Tea Rooms then, at a crossroads, directly before the Toll check-point, continue straight on round a green iron gate flanked by two stone walls.
At a t-junction follow the road round to the R, pass the entrance to Flaxdale and follow road round to the L. Shortly afterwards turn R on to a forest track and then immediately L down Housedale Rigg. At a crossroads of tracks, turn L and continue through the wooden barrier into the car park. Turn L onto the forest drive and continue along into Low Dalby village.
FACILITIES:
Cycle hire, refreshments and visitor centre at Low Dalby
Jingleby Thorn Tea Rooms in Dalby forest Moorcock Inn at Langdale End
Accommodation
- View Accommodation in Low Dalby
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- View Accommodation in Lockton
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