Objective: Cycle from Skipton to Leeds on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, returning by train from Leeds. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 30.5 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 10.0 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 135-147. Costs: car parking in Skipton. Train from Leeds to Skipton, 3 per hour, £4.60. Difficulty: easy Adjacent Rides: Skipton to Burnley, Leeds… Read More Skipton to Leeds
Objective: Take the train from Burscough Junction to Chorley via Preston, returning on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal via Wigan. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 2.5 hrs, 9.1 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 105-107, 110-117 Costs: free parking in Burscough. Train from Burscough Junction to Chorley via Preston £15.20, or from Burscough Bridge… Read More Chorley to Burscough
Objective: Cycle from Kendal to Stainton Aqueduct along the mainly disused Lancaster Canal, returning a similar way. Trip Type: there and back ride Distance: 14 miles Time to complete: 1.5 hrs, 8.9 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 88-92 Costs: £1 parking in Kendal Difficulty: fair Adjacent Rides: Stainton Aqueduct to Lancaster Overview For much of this ride you… Read More Kendal to Stainton Aqueduct
Objective: Cycle from Stourport to Kidderminster on the Staffs & Worcester Canal, down the River Severn to Lincomb Lock, and back to Kidderminster. Trip Type: solo cycle, there and back ride Distance: 11 miles Time to complete: 1.25 hrs, 8.5 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 2, pp 103, 109 Costs: none – free parking at Kidderminster,… Read More Kidderminster to Stourport, and Lincomb Lock
Objective: Cycle from Skipton to Burnley on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, returning by train from Burnley Manchester Road, (via Leeds). Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 27.5 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 7.9 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 127-135 Costs: car parking in Skipton. Train from Burnley Manchester Road to Skipton, 2 per hour, £26.30. Difficulty: moderate… Read More Skipton to Burnley
Objective: Cycle from Burscough to Liverpool on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal returning by train from central Liverpool. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 27 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 7.8 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 95-105 Costs: free parking in Burscough. Train from Liverpool Central or Moorfields to Burscough Junction, 1 per hour (more frequent if just… Read More Burscough to Liverpool
Objective: Starting from Beeston Lock, at the western end of the Beeston Canal, take in the Attenborough Nature Reserve, then cycle into Nottingham, to the junction with the Nottingham Canal, south to the River Trent, and back to the start point along the river. Trip Type: solo cycle, circular ride Distance: 15.2 miles Time to complete: 1 hr… Read More Beeston Canal
Objective: Take the train from Lancaster to Oxenholme, and return by cycling to Stainton Aqueduct along roads, then to Lancaster along the Lancaster Canal, which is partially disused. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 27.7 miles Time to complete: 3.25 hrs, 8.8 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 81-89 Costs: Free parking in Lancaster. Train from Lancaster to Oxenholme from… Read More Stainton Aqueduct to Lancaster
Objective: Ride from the Anderton Lift along the Trent & Mersey Canal to Preston Brook, then the Bridgewater Canal to Runcorn, returning by train to Acton Bridge (or Northwich). Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 13 miles (plus train station to car park on return) Time to complete: 2 hrs, 8.1 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 28, 29,… Read More Anderton Lift to Runcorn
Objective: Take the train from Chorley to Burnley via Preston, returning on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal via Blackburn. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 29 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 8.7 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 119-127 Costs: free parking in Chorley. Train from Chorley to Burnley Manchester Road, 1 per hour, £12.30. Difficulty: moderate Adjacent Rides:… Read More Burnley to Chorley