UK Cycling routes/breaks

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loubie_lou
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Hi all

Me and my partner enjoy cycling (easy stuff, not mountain biking!) and im looking for nice areas of the country to take our bikes to for a short break. We've done the tarka trail a few times, so something like that would be perfect. Estuaries seem to be a good option but I can't find any. Any suggestions?

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  • ca55ie
    ca55ie Posts: 254 Forumite
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    I too only like easy (relatively flat ) rides.
    I can recommend
    - the track around Carsington Reservoir (about 8 miles)
    - High Peak trail (Parsley Hay to Cromford) but stop/start at Middleton Top. The climb out of Cromford is very steep
    - Monsal trail - starts in Bakewell
    - Manifold Trail
    All these cycle routes are off road and in Derbyshire

    Hope this helps
  • ca55ie
    ca55ie Posts: 254 Forumite
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    Oh and yes the route from Dawlish to Exmouth which part road/ part off road. It goes up and around the River Exe estuary :-)
  • mair1234
    mair1234 Posts: 15 Forumite
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    The Camel Trail in Padstow, Cornwall is beautiful.
  • 13Kent
    13Kent Posts: 1,177 Forumite
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    http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-33
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    Cuckoo Trail (Polegate - Heathfield)
    Tissington trail (Links Ashbourne to the High Peak trail)
    Rochdale canal (Sowerby Bridge - Manchester)
    Leeds - Liverpool canal
    Kennet & Avon canal (Bath - Devizes & beyond)
    South West Way around the Taw & Torridge estuaries
    The coast from Dover - Whitstable
    Monmouthshire & Brecon canal
    Oxford canal
    Flitch Way (Dunmow - Braintree)
    The fens, Cambridgeshire & Norfolk
    Somerset Levels
    York area
    Rosedale Ironstone Railway over the North York Moors
    The Great Glen, Loch Linnhe - Inverness
  • loubie_lou
    loubie_lou Posts: 1,368 Forumite
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    Thanks peeps. Lots of food for thought!
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  • sweetilemon
    sweetilemon Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    What about a Scottish Island? Theres Isle of Cumbrae, well know for their cycling because it's 10.5 miles round and you can cycle to the top of the Island https://www.millport.org http://www.cottages.com/cottages/island-hideaway-uk5318 or for something more challenging there is the Isle of Arran http://www.auchrannie.co.uk/ 55miles around. Hope you find something you enjoy ��
  • sweetilemon
    sweetilemon Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    Just out of interest, did you book somewhere loubie_lou?
  • loubie_lou
    loubie_lou Posts: 1,368 Forumite
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    Sorry for the late reply, no nothing yet.
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  • sweetilemon
    sweetilemon Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    loubie_lou wrote: »
    Sorry for the late reply, no nothing yet.

    No worries, ugh that's annoying! Hope you get somewhere. I know York is quite good for leisurely cycling, it has a lot of cycle paths but thats more as part of the holiday rather than a cycle holiday. Suppose isle of Cumbrae /arran could be too. Good luck!
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