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ukcycleroutes.com brings you a selection of carefully compiled individual routes and cycling guide books. At the moment, the focus is around the northwest of England, but with a view to expand further over time.
There are several free routes for you to download and try, as well as a wider collection of routes that are available to purchase from this website in pdf format. The routes are graded in terms of the severity of climbing - read on for more details.
The guide books are also available to purchase from this website in pdf format, or via Amazon as both paperback and Kindle versions (links provided on the relevant pages).
For Cheshire East riders, check out the Greatest Climbs page & see how many you can tick-off.
Also check-out the Holding Bay for loads of great routes that haven't yet made it into formatted .pdf documents.
Guide Books
Riding the Cheshire Cycleway 2021
A detailed guide to planning your ride around this fantastic route, with large maps, elevation profiles and loads of photos and practical information.
Wilmslow Cycle Routes
A collection of graded routes around Wilmslow and Cheshire East, ranging from flat 5-milers through to 40-milers with challenging climbs, as well as routes for MTB.
Cheshire & South Manchester Gravel Biking
This guide describes 13 routes that encompass loads of off-road trails suitable for gravel bikes. The routes cover a range of terrain including former railways, canal towpaths and bridleways.
South Manchester & Eastern Cheshire MTB Trails
This book details all the permissible sections of trail for mountain biking in an area to the west of Kinder Scout. The book also includes 9 routes that cover many of the trails.
Ten Stunning Cycle Rides through Cheshire
This guide includes ten cycle routes that give you an insight into the range of stunning cycling terrain offered by the county of Cheshire.
Five Cycle Rides around Wilmslow
This mini-guide includes five routes to give you an insight into the great range of cycling from the doorstep in Wilmslow.
A Cycling Tour of Anglesey
A staged approach to planning your ride around this fantastic island, with detailed maps, elevation profiles and loads of practical information.
Anglesey Cycle Routes
A collection of 30 routes ranging from 25-100km from 6 popular locations around the island, with detailed maps, elevation profiles and loads of photos.
Serious Cycling: Macclesfield
A collection of 22 graded routes from 30-200km, ranging from no hills through to 3000m of elevation gain. Five of the routes also include off-road sections to suit gravel/adventure bikes.
Serious Climbing: Macclesfield
7 epic routes that encompass 47 of Simon Warren's Greatest Cycling Climbs, all starting from Macclesfield. Shorter versions of the routes are also included to increase your route choice.
Drive and Ride: Cheshire East and the Peak District
A collection of 10 stunning routes that encompass 35 of Simon Warren's UK climbs, with start-points that are 30-60 minutes' drive from the Macclesfield area.
Individually Documented Routes
The routes on these pages contain detailed maps and narratives of the routes, which are neatly formatted as .pdf files for download and printing as required. There are also .gpx files available for free-download.
Cheshire East Routes
A large collection of hill-graded routes around the eastern side of the county.
Cheshire West Routes
A select number of routes around the western side of the county.
The North of England
A handful of routes from further north, including Lancashire and Cumbria
Holding Bay
The routes on these pages have not yet progressed into formatted .pdf routes for download but are freely available for you to browse and try-out as you please. I'm happy to take requests for any of them to turn into formatted routes.
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