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: 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 Hebden Bridge over the Pennines on the Rochdale Canal, passing through Todmorden, Littleborough and Rochdale before dropping down into central Manchester, and finishing at Ducie Street Junction. Return by train from Manchester Victoria. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 28.5 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 8.3 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 5, pp 188-199 Costs: free parking at… Read More Hebden Bridge to Piccadilly
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