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Cycling in Galgate

Discover a map of 55 cycling routes and bike trails near Galgate, created by our community.

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Find the right bike route for you through Galgate, where we've got 55 cycle routes to explore. Most people get on their bikes to ride here in the month of May.

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Day 8, 37 hilly miles from Lancaster to Tockholes
Road bikePaved
Ian Clark
0

Day 8, 37 hilly miles from Lancaster to Tockholes

Cycling route in Galgate, England, United Kingdom

September 8, 2008. Today we started a half hour earlier than normal (8:00 instead of 8:30). It was a glorious day and we had not realized how pastorally "green and pleasant" is northern Lancashire just a few miles from the (former) dark satanic mills of Preston, Blackburn, Manchester, Liverpool and the dozens of factory towns in between. We turned east off the A6 at Galgate and took back roads through Oakenclough, Inglewhite, and Longridge (where we had coffee at a stylish cafe-wine bar internally integrated, we discovered on entering, with a hair salon. This was actually a short day of cycling - 37 miles in linear distance but about 4,000 feet in accumulated vertical assent. Half way to Blackburn we celebrated our "Everest moment" when the trip accumulated assent reached 29,028 feet. We began to wonder whether the line from the Beatles song was actually "there are 4,000 hills in Blackburn, Lancashire" but we eventually emerged into the rural road to Tockholes, where Charles I hid in a tree from Cromwell's army. Our cycling day ended with a relaxed late lunch at the canine-filled Royal Arms. Our hotel was The Lion, an old and quite large hotel on the High Street, of Shrewsbury.
58.4 km
Distance
660 m
Ascent
458 m
Descent
Glasson Dock to Grasmere
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Stephen Taylor
1

Glasson Dock to Grasmere

Cycling route in Galgate, England, United Kingdom

83.6 km
Distance
465 m
Ascent
400 m
Descent
Glasson Gallimaufry
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Corncopia
7

Glasson Gallimaufry

Cycling route in Galgate, England, United Kingdom

A tremendous, easy and level route taking in canal towpath, seaside promenade and riverside riding. Best ridden anticlockwise from Glasson - it encompasses breathtaking views of the bay and superb cycling pathways... Enjoy!
39.2 km
Distance
42 m
Ascent
41 m
Descent
Glasson Dock to Grasmere
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0

Glasson Dock to Grasmere

Cycling route in Galgate, England, United Kingdom

None (cloned from route 826470)
83.6 km
Distance
463 m
Ascent
397 m
Descent

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