Cycling

Our corner of Lancashire is the perfect base for a cycling holiday with everything from leisurely rides to challenging mountain biking, locally and in the rest of the Forest of Bowland.

Mountain bikes can be hired via www.cycle-adventure.co.uk and delivered to Bleasdale cottages.

Beacon Fell Country Park

Locally there are quiet lanes back roads, tracks and bridle ways aplenty. On Beacon Fell there is a short mountain bike trail which offers attractive cycling against a stunning backdrop of Fair Snape Fell and Parlick Hill.

Location of Beacon Fell Country Park SD566418

Gisburn Forest

Gisburn Forest offers more straightforward mountain biking. Enjoy the extensive network of mountain bike trails through Gisburn Forest, an upland forest managed by Forest Enterprise, on the edge of Stocks Reservoir.

Location of Gisburn Forest SD746554

Moorland Passes

The Trough of Bowland: (on-road) a narrow pass between steep sided hills.

Hornby Road: (off-road) rough moorland track linking Slaidburn with Hornby in the Lune Valley.

Cross of Greet Pass, Lythe Fell: (on-road) from Slaidburn into the upper reaches of the Hodder Valley to the Cross of Greet, a remote moorland pass then down into Bentham, across open moors with long distance views.

Bowland Knotts Pass: (on-road) Ride up from Gisburn Forest on the most minor of minor roads to the Bowland Knotts Pass. Continue down into Clapham with views over to the Three Peaks.

View of Yorkshire Dales from Bowland Knotts Pass ©B.P. Tyrer

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