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Page 1: C Ribble Valley · Youth hostel Museum / Church Information point Rail line and station Rural area Land over 200m Land over 400m Urban area Water Main road Motorway Minor road / Steep

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0 2 4 6 8 10Kilometres

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Rail line and station

Rural area

Land over 200m

Land over 400m

Urban area

Water

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Motorway

Minor road / Steep hill(arrow points down hill)

Recommended on-roadCycle route (not all signed)

Cycle track

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Height in metres

Picnic site / Historic attraction

Public house / Café

Bike hire / Bike shop

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© Crown copyright and database rights 2013Ordnance Survey 100023320.

Ribb

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cle

Map

Make cycling part of your lifestyle

Cycling is a great w

ay of staying fit and healthy, keeping your body in shape and saving you m

oney. Go by bike to

the shops, school and work and it’s a w

ay to obtain the recom

mended 30 m

inutes of exercise per day.

It couldn’t be easier to get startedW

hy not get in touch with C

litheroe Bike C

lub who organise a

range of regular weekly rides throughout the area for anyone to

take part. There are weekend and m

id-week evening rides that

cater for all levels, which include road and m

ountain bike rides. C

ontact Richard Paige at The G

reen Jersey Bike shop – a one

stop shop for a total cycling experience in Clitheroe. Tel 01200

427630.

Cycle and M

ountain Bike hire is available from

Pedal Power C

ycle shop in C

litheroe, for family days out and holiday bike rides. For

hire rates contact 01200 422066.

Bow

land Electric Bicycle N

etwork – If you w

ould like to try out the bikes contact M

ike Pugh on 01200 448000.

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idge

ove

r the

st

ream

and

follo

w th

e ro

ad ro

und

past

the

chur

ch.

A

t the

T ju

nctio

n in

Cha

tbur

n by

Hud

sons

ic

e cr

eam

sho

p, g

o le

ft an

d fir

st ri

ght,

sign

post

ed G

rindl

eton

.

B

efor

e re

achi

ng G

rindl

eton

and

afte

r cr

ossi

ng th

e R

iver

Rib

ble,

turn

left

to W

est

Bra

dfor

d an

d he

ad th

roug

h th

e vi

llage

to

war

ds W

addi

ngto

n.

In

Wad

ding

ton

swin

g le

ft, ju

st b

efor

e th

e ce

ntre

and

at t

he n

ext c

ross

road

s, g

o st

raig

ht

acro

ss to

war

ds, b

ut to

the

right

of t

he P

aris

h C

hurc

h w

ith th

e cl

ock

tow

er a

nd fo

llow

the

road

as

it be

nds

left

and

right

.

Ta

ke th

e fir

st ro

ad le

ft, s

ignp

oste

d C

lithe

roe

and

follo

w th

is ro

ad u

ntil

you

reac

h th

e ju

nctio

n at

Edi

sfor

d B

ridge

(nex

t to

the

Edi

sfor

d B

ridge

pub

).

Tu

rn le

ft an

d fo

llow

the

road

in to

C

lithe

roe

over

the

railw

ay b

ridge

and

left

at

the

smal

l rou

ndab

out.

Con

tinue

alo

ng th

is

road

unt

il yo

u ar

rive

back

at t

he s

tatio

n.

This

rout

e co

mm

ence

s fro

m th

e ra

ilway

st

atio

n. It

take

s yo

u th

roug

h W

orst

on

and

on to

the

pict

ures

que

villa

ge

of D

ownh

am fa

med

for i

ts ro

le in

the

film

‘W

hist

le D

own

the

Win

d’ a

nd T

V s

erie

s ‘B

orn

and

Bre

d’.

The

seco

nd s

ectio

n of

the

rout

e pa

sses

th

roug

h th

e vi

llage

s of

Wes

t Bra

dfor

d an

d W

addi

ngto

n, w

hich

boa

sts

beau

tiful

or

nam

enta

l gar

dens

bef

ore

head

ing

back

al

ong

the

coun

try ro

ads

to C

lithe

roe.

This

ride

thro

ugh

a w

onde

rful u

nspo

ilt

area

take

s in

bot

h, c

ontra

stin

g si

des

of

the

Rib

ble

Valle

y an

d pa

sses

thro

ugh

seve

ral a

ttrac

tive

and

tranq

uil v

illag

es a

s w

ell

as a

num

ber o

f site

s of

his

toric

al in

tere

st.

Rid

ing

is g

ener

ally

on

the

flat,

with

a fe

w

shor

t clim

bs.

This

rout

e is

des

crib

ed fr

om a

sta

rt po

int a

t W

addi

ngto

n, h

owev

er y

ou c

ould

equ

ally

wel

l st

art f

rom

any

oth

er p

oint

alo

ng th

e ro

ute

such

as

Dow

nham

, Cha

tbur

n, W

halle

y or

R

ibch

este

r. A

ltern

ativ

ely

you

coul

d st

art f

rom

th

e ra

ilway

sta

tion

at C

lithe

roe.

Arr

ivin

g by

Tra

in: C

lithe

roe

railw

ay s

tatio

n is

at t

he h

eart

of th

is ro

ute,

and

is e

asily

ac

cess

ible

from

Man

ches

ter,

Pre

ston

and

B

lack

burn

.

Plac

es o

f Int

eres

t

Dow

nham

- w

ell k

now

n as

a b

ackr

op

to a

few

film

and

TV

ser

ies,

hom

e to

Lor

d C

lithe

roe

and

a la

rgel

y un

spoi

lt es

tate

vill

age.

R

ibch

este

r Rom

an m

useu

m -

built

on

the

site

of t

he R

oman

fort

and

settl

emen

t B

rem

eten

acum

Vet

eran

orum

, thi

s is

the

Lanc

ashi

re’s

onl

y R

oman

mus

eum

, ope

n al

l ye

ar ro

und.

S

tony

hurs

t Col

lege

- Ju

st o

ff th

e ro

ute

in

Hur

st G

reen

this

fam

ous

Jesu

it pu

blic

sch

ool

was

foun

ded

in 1

794,

the

grad

e 1

liste

d bu

ildin

g is

repu

ted

to b

e on

e of

the

larg

est

build

ings

und

er o

ne ro

of in

Eur

ope.

Sta

rt F

inis

h Po

int:

Wad

ding

ton

car p

ark.

The

Rou

te (M

inor

road

s, B

road

s)

Sta

rting

at W

addi

ngto

n ca

r par

k, ta

ke th

e ro

ad s

traig

ht a

head

, pas

sing

imm

edia

tely

out

in

to o

pen

coun

try. H

ere

you

are

on a

sec

tion

of th

e La

ncas

hire

Cyc

lew

ay (R

oute

).

Follo

w th

e bl

ue s

igns

for t

he n

ext 6

km (3

.7

mile

s) u

ntil

Gre

at M

itton

.

P

ossi

ble

stop

off

poin

t at B

asha

ll B

arn

- sh

op, c

afé

and

brew

ery!

Tu

rn le

ft at

the

T-ju

nctio

n

Fo

llow

the

mai

n ro

ad a

t the

nex

t Tju

nctio

n tu

rn ri

ght t

owar

ds H

urst

Gre

en.

A

t the

Hal

ls A

rms

cros

sroa

ds tu

rn le

ft.

In

the

cent

re o

f Rib

ches

ter t

urn

left,

al

thou

gh y

ou m

ay w

ant t

o ex

plor

e th

e vi

llage

an

d vi

sit t

he R

oman

mus

eum

.

A

fter l

eavi

ng th

e vi

llage

go

over

the

brid

ge to

cro

ss th

e R

iver

Rib

ble,

then

turn

im

med

iate

ly le

ft, a

nd fo

llow

ano

ther

sec

tion

of

the

Lanc

ashi

re C

ycle

way

(Rou

te

) thr

ough

D

inkl

ey, O

ld L

angh

o an

d B

illin

gton

to W

halle

y (fo

llow

the

blue

sig

ns)

O

n le

avin

g W

halle

y tu

rn ri

ght,

sign

post

ed

to O

akhi

ll C

olle

ge,W

isw

ell a

nd P

endl

eton

, stil

l fo

llow

ing

Lanc

ashi

re C

ycle

way

(Rou

te

).

C

ross

the

A67

1 w

ith c

are

and

cont

inue

in

to W

isw

ell a

nd P

endl

eton

. Fol

low

the

NC

N

91 s

igns

as

you

drop

dow

n to

the

A59

from

P

endl

eton

Hal

l.

C

ross

the

A59

with

gre

at c

are,

and

turn

rig

ht a

fter 2

5m o

nto

a ve

ry q

uiet

lane

that

ev

entu

ally

lead

s yo

u ba

ck to

re-c

ross

the

A59

an

d on

to a

cyc

le p

ath

into

Wor

ston

vill

age.

Tu

rn ri

ght t

o D

ownh

am. I

n D

ownh

am, s

top

a w

hile

to e

njoy

this

pic

ture

sque

vill

age

with

its

pub

and

tea

shop

. Lea

ve th

e vi

llage

in th

e di

rect

ion

of C

hatb

urn.

Tu

rn le

ft at

the

T ju

nctio

n ne

xt to

Hud

sons

Ic

e C

ream

, and

then

righ

t afte

r the

Pos

t O

ffice

for G

rindl

eton

.

Tu

rn le

ft an

d fo

llow

the

road

bac

k to

W

addi

ngto

n.

Star

t Fin

ish

Poin

t: B

erry

Lan

e, L

ongr

idge

to

wn

cent

re

The

Rou

te (M

ediu

m R

oad

Rid

e)

Rid

e ca

refu

lly u

p B

erry

Lan

e (th

e m

ain

stre

et in

Lon

grid

ge),

turn

left

at th

e to

p an

d at

th

e W

hite

Bul

l whe

re th

e ro

ad s

win

gs ri

ght,

carr

y st

raig

ht o

n. A

fter p

assi

ng th

e H

aven

/C

arav

an P

ark

take

the

left

hand

bra

nch

of th

e fo

rk in

the

road

. P

ass

the

rese

rvoi

rs o

n yo

ur

right

and

ride

stra

ight

on

(rea

lly a

left

turn

) at

the

next

junc

tion

taki

ng c

are

dow

n th

e hi

ll.

Don

’t m

iss

the

beau

tiful

vie

ws

over

Jef

frey

Hill

to W

hitw

ell a

nd P

arlic

k Fe

ll.

A

t the

bot

tom

of t

he h

ill g

o rig

ht a

t a s

mal

l T

junc

tion,

then

, ign

orin

g a

right

and

a ‘n

o th

roug

h ro

ad’ g

o ro

und

to a

T ju

nctio

n by

the

Dog

& P

artri

dge

and

turn

righ

t. F

ollo

w th

e ro

ad in

to C

hipp

ing

by g

oing

left

and

right

at

the

next

junc

tions

. Vi

sit t

he a

ncie

nt c

hurc

h of

St B

arth

olom

ew a

nd th

e ol

d cr

aft c

entre

. S

top

for c

offe

e at

the

Cob

bled

Cor

ner C

afé.

Tu

rn ri

ght i

n C

hipp

ing

and

taki

ng th

e ro

ad

This

cycl

e ro

ute

star

ts in

the

smal

l bu

stlin

g to

wn

of L

ongr

idge

imm

edia

tely

op

enin

g ou

t int

o th

e sp

ecta

cula

r sc

ener

y an

d vi

ews

acro

ss L

ongr

idge

Fel

l.

It of

fers

the

cycl

ist a

var

ied

sele

ctio

n of

la

ndsc

apes

on

pred

omin

antly

qui

et c

ount

ry

road

s in

an

Are

a of

Out

stan

ding

Nat

ural

B

eaut

y.

The

final

sec

tion

pass

es a

long

side

C

rom

wel

l’s B

ridge

and

the

sple

ndid

bui

ldin

gs

of S

tony

hurs

t Col

lege

. With

a s

elec

tion

of

refre

shm

ent s

tops

en-

rout

e, th

is ri

de is

a

jour

ney

of tr

anqu

illity

thro

ugh

the

Rib

ble

Valle

y co

untry

side

.

Plac

es o

f Int

eres

t

Chi

ppin

g. A

pic

ture

sque

vill

age

fam

ed fo

r La

ncas

hire

che

ese

and

chai

rmak

ing.

The

S

un In

n is

bel

ieve

d to

be

haun

ted

by th

e gh

ost o

f the

ser

ving

wen

ch L

izzi

e D

ean,

C

rom

wel

l’s B

ridge

. An

old

pack

hor

se

brid

ge b

elie

ved

to h

ave

been

use

d by

Oliv

er

Cro

mw

ell.

S

tony

hurs

t Col

lege

. Ind

epen

dent

sch

ool

run

by J

esui

ts. T

he H

all f

orm

erly

bel

onge

d to

th

e S

hire

burn

fam

ily.

tow

ards

Clit

hero

e, ig

nore

all

turn

s to

pas

s ov

er th

e H

ighe

r Hod

der B

ridge

(afte

r abo

ut

6 m

iles)

.

C

ross

the

brid

ge, g

o up

the

hill

and

turn

rig

ht a

t the

cro

ssro

ads:

filte

r rig

ht a

t the

nex

t ju

nctio

n an

d fo

llow

the

road

igno

ring

all t

urns

of

f it,

espe

cial

ly th

e W

halle

y on

e –

to a

rriv

e at

Hur

st G

reen

(B62

45).

Thi

s ro

ad ta

kes

you

acro

ss th

e H

odde

r whe

re y

ou w

ill n

ote

Cro

mw

ell’s

Brid

ge o

n yo

ur le

ft.

O

n re

achi

ng th

e S

hire

burn

Arm

s in

Hur

st

Gre

en, t

urn

right

and

hea

d up

the

min

or ro

ad

tow

ards

the

colle

ge.

Follo

w th

e ro

ad ro

und

to th

e rig

ht a

nd ta

ke in

the

won

derfu

l vis

ta o

f S

tony

hurs

t Col

lege

. B

efor

e th

e fe

nce,

in fr

ont

of th

e la

kes,

turn

left

here

and

follo

w th

is ro

ad

for a

ppro

xim

atel

y a

mile

.

A

t the

nex

t T ju

nctio

n, tu

rn le

ft an

d co

ntin

ue a

long

the

ridge

. Ig

nore

all

turn

ings

an

d go

stra

ight

ove

r the

cro

ssro

ads

by th

e N

ewdr

op In

n. A

won

derfu

l moo

rland

ride

al

ong

this

road

find

s Lo

ngrid

ge s

traig

ht

ahea

d.

Ro

ute

5 G

isb

urn

Fo

rest

“B

ott

om

s B

eck”

Blu

e Tr

ail -

5.5

mile

s (9

.5km

) 1hr

Sta

rting

from

Dun

sop

Brid

ge th

is ri

de

follo

ws

a ta

rmac

brid

lew

ay u

p th

e U

pper

Dun

sop

Valle

y in

the

hear

t of t

he

Bow

land

Fel

ls. E

xcep

t for

the

occa

sion

al fa

rm

vehi

cle

the

rout

e is

all

but t

raffi

c fre

e. D

unso

p B

ridge

at t

he s

tart

of th

e rid

e is

the

geog

raph

ic

cent

re o

f the

UK

.

Ref

resh

men

ts: T

he g

ener

al s

tore

and

Pos

t O

ffice

, Pud

dled

ucks

, als

o co

ntai

ns a

caf

é op

en

9am

-5pm

incl

udin

g S

unda

ys.

Ro

ute

3 C

lith

ero

e to

Do

wn

ham

- 1

3mile

s (2

1.5k

m) 1

.5hr

s

Ro

ute

1

Rib

ble

Val

ley

Vill

ages

- 2

9mile

s (4

7km

) 3hr

sR

ou

te 2

Lo

ng

rid

ge

to C

hip

pin

g a

nd

Hu

rst

Gre

en -

20m

iles

(32k

m) 2

.5hr

s

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