Run Astley's Plantation route from Backbarrow., Backbarrow, Cumbria

Cycle routes in Cumbria

49 rides with stories of the places you pass.

49 routes in Cumbria are good on a bike, from 2.1 to 23.6 km, starting in Backbarrow, Keswick, Kirkby Stephen, Portinscale and Ambleside and more. On the way you pass Gummers How, Astley's Plantation, Helvellyn and Browncove Crags.

Each comes with narrated stories of the places you pass, timed to your speed and set to original music. The stories follow you at riding pace, so you hear about each place as you reach it.

Rides49

Towns23

Distance2.1 to 23.6 km

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Cycle routes in Cumbria

Cycle routes in Cumbria

Run Astley's Plantation route from Backbarrow.

Run the Helvellyn and Raise route from Swirls near Keswick.

Run the Mallerstang route from Kirkby Stephen.

Run the Ullock Pike route from Portinscale.

Run past Alcock Tarn and Rydal Water from Grasmere.

Walk past Ravenglass and the Esk Estuary near Seascale.

Run from Glenridding over Red Tarn near Ambleside.

Run Standing Crag and Ullscarf from Watendlath near Keswick.

Run from Seathwaite past Styhead Tarn.

Run the Styhead and Sprinkling Tarns route from Portinscale.

Run the Askham Fell route from Lowther Castle near Stainton.

Run the Bannerdale Crags route from Mungrisdale.

Run Castle Crag and Grange from Seatoller.

Walk a route of Gowbarrow Fell from near Dockray.

Run the Nateby and Waitby Common route from Kirkby Stephen.

Walk Rannerdale Knotts and Crummock Water near Portinscale.

Run Winder and The Calf in Sedbergh.

Run the Alston and Garrigill route in the Pennines.

Run the Arnside Knott route from Arnside.

Run the Blea Tarn route from Boot near Gosforth.

Run Castlerigg Stone Circle from Keswick.

Walk Cat Bells from Gutherscale near Portinscale.

Walk Claife Heights from Windermere past Sawrey.

Walk a Kirkby Lonsdale route past Devil's Bridge.

Cycle the Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside.

Run past Grange and Watendlath from Rosthwaite in Keswick.

Run through the Great and Little Langdales from Ambleside.

Run over Grike and Crag Fell near Arlecdon.

Run the Kentmere Valley route from Staveley.

Run Lingmoor Fell and Langdale from Elterwater.

Run Place Fell's open fells from Patterdale, Ambleside.

Walk Roughton Gill from Fellside near Wigton.

Run Rutter Force and Hoff Beck from Appleby-in-Westmorland.

Run the Rydal Water and Grasmere route from Ambleside.

Run the Rydal Water route from Ambleside.

Run School Knott and Grandsire from Ings near Staveley.

Walk the scenic shores of Derwentwater from Keswick.

Walk Tilberthwaite and Holme Fell from Coniston.

Run Tom Heights and Tarn Hows from Coniston.

Run Whitbarrow and Lord's Seat from Whitebeck near Levens.

Run Cautley Spout and the Calf from Sedbergh.

Walk Dufton Pike from Knock near Kirkby Thore.

Run over Great Knoutberry Hill and Dent Head from Hawes.

Walk to Pendragon Castle from Outhgill near Kirkby Stephen.

Cycle the Shorter Kentmere Horseshoe near Staveley.

Cycle the Upper Eden valley from Hawes.

Walk to Watersmeet from Thursby, passing Caldbeck's fells.

Run up Brunt Knott, a scenic hill climb from Staveley.

Run the Lune Valley from Kirkby Lonsdale, scenic riverside.