Cycle Routes in and around Cheshire

Quarry Bank By Bike

  • Gentle
  • 16.6 miles
  • 496 ft

Middlewood Way

  • Gentle
  • 20.3 miles
  • 401 ft

A555 Hazel Grove to Manchester Airport

  • Gentle
  • 14.9 miles
  • 475 ft

Lyme Loop

  • Moderate
  • 12.5 miles
  • 706 ft

Lyme Lanes

  • Moderate
  • 12 miles
  • 984 ft

Upper Peak Forest Canal

  • Gentle
  • 13.3 miles
  • 56 ft

Beginners’ Brickworks

  • Challenging
  • 18.4 miles
  • 1662 ft

Wood Lanes off Middlewood

  • Gentle
  • 12.5 miles
  • 528 ft

Goyt Valley Grinder

  • Challenging
  • 17.6 miles
  • 1930 ft

Cat & Fiddle Climbs

  • Very Challenging
  • 26.7 miles
  • 3501 ft

Mills and Brows

  • Moderate
  • 14.3 miles
  • 1218 ft

Hidden Hills in High Peak

  • Very Challenging
  • 23.1 miles
  • 3319 ft

Cheshire Mountains of Macclesfield

  • Very Challenging
  • 23.6 miles
  • 2987 ft

Station to Station Rides

  • Very Challenging
  • 0 miles
  • ft

Blog posts featuring Cheshire

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Routes Cycling

Revised route: Goyt Valley Grinder gets more Goyt, more gravel

With its stiff climbs, a spot of gravel and a brilliantly swooping descent, the Goyt Valley Grinder cycle route has long been my favourite quick spin up into the Peak District National Park. But as a stand-alone adventure it felt like it lacked a few extra miles and a final flourish. So now I’ve revised it for 2022, with more Goyt and more gravel!

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Cycling Safety

BBC Countryfile’s criticised cycling safety report filmed on closed Long Hill road

Where better to talk to Dame Sarah Storey about cycling safety on fast rural roads than Derbyshire‘s A5004 Long Hill — briefly a cycling paradise while closed to most vehicles. So it was odd that the BBC’s Countryfile failed to mention this fact while using it for background footage in a piece that has been much-criticised online.