Objective: Cycle from Marsden Railway Station up the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to the Standage Tunnel east portal. Cycle back past Marsden and down into Huddersfield. Continue past Aspley Basin along the Huddersfield Broad Canal to the junction with the Calder & Hebble Navigation. Head west, taking in the Salterhebble Branch, before finishing in Hebden Bridge. Take… Read More Marsden to Hebden Bridge
Objective: Cycle from Greenfield up to the western portal of Standage Tunnel. Return to Greenfield, and continue down the Huddersfield Narrow Canal through Stalybridge then take the Ashton Canal into central Manchester, finishing at Ducie Street Junction. Return by train from Manchester Piccadilly to Greenfield Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 19.5 miles Time to complete: 2.5 hrs, 7.7 mph… Read More Greenfield to Piccadilly
Objective: Take the train from Runcorn East to Manchester Piccadilly, and cycle back along the Rochdale Canal and Bridgewater Canal. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 26 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hr, 7.6 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 28-36 Costs: free parking at Preston Brook. Train from Runcorn East to Manchester Piccadilly ~£9 (prices vary depending on service). Difficulty: fair… Read More Piccadilly to Preston Brook
Objective: Cycle the full length of the Sankey Canal, from the junction with the River Mersey at Spike Island, Widnes, via Warrington to St. Helens, returning by train via Liverpool Lime Street. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 21.5 miles Time to complete: 2.5 hrs, 8.0 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 208-213 Costs: free parking at Spike Island. Train from… Read More Sankey Canal
Objective: Cycle from Newhaven via Lewes to Barcombe Mills along the Sussex River Ouse, returning to Lewes along roads, and take the train back to Newhaven. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23.6 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 7.9 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 7, pp114-125 Costs: free parking in Newhaven. Train from Lewes to Newhaven £3.50. Difficulty: moderate (easy from Newhaven… Read More Newhaven to Barcombe Mills
Objective: Cycle from Banbury to Lower Heyford along the Oxford Canal, returning by train from Heyford. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 17 (hard) miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 4.8 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 1, pp 159-165 Costs: free parking in Banbury. Train from Heyford to Banbury £5.60, infrequent Difficulty: hard Adjacent Rides: Napton Junction to Banbury, Lower Heyford to Oxford… Read More Banbury to Lower Heyford
Objective: Cycle from Nantwich to Ellesmere Port along the Shropshire Union Canal, returning by train from Ellesmere Port. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 32.5 miles Time to complete: 4 hrs, 8.1 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 4, pp 105, 106, 110-119 Costs: free parking in Nantwich. Train from Ellesmere Port to Nantwich an extortionate £31.70 (see below for cheaper option), 1… Read More Nantwich to Ellesmere Port
Objective: Cycle from Oldbury north along the Birmingham Mainline, taking in the Gower Branch, down Wolverhampton Locks, then along the Staff & Worcester Canal to Penkridge, returning by train to Sandwell & Dudley Station. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 24 miles Time to complete: 3.75 hrs, 6.5 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 2 pp 50, 51, 58, 59, Guide 4,… Read More Oldbury to Penkridge
Objective: Cycle from South Wigston to Syston along the Leicester Branch of the Grand Union Canal, through Leicester city centre, returning by train from Syston. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 17 miles (can be extended either way) Time to complete: 2 hrs, 7.3 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 3, pp 100-109 Costs: free parking in South Wigston. Train from Syston to… Read More South Wigston to Syston
Objective: Cycle from Nantwich to Wrenbury then to Winsford via the Llangollen Canal, Shropshire Union Mainline, and Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch, returning by train from Winsford to Nantwich. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 22 miles (17 if parking in Wrenbury) Time to complete: 2 hrs, 7.5 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 4, pp 39, 40, 106-109 Costs: free parking in Nantwich.… Read More Wrenbury to Winsford