Cycling
The North Face Trail offers a rush of curves, berms and north shore, uphill and downhill which takes riders on an adventure trail through Grizedale Forest.
Lots of local routes
•Carlisle to Wetheral
•Carlisle to Brampton and Talkin Tarn
•Carlisle to Burgh by Sea
•The Caldew's Quiet Banks
•Romans and Reivers
•Rickerby Park and River Eden
•Geltsdale and Eden Valley
•Along the Wall
•Irthing Valley Round on Cycling Cumbria website
Cyclingis a great sport, loved by millions around the world, and the Tour de France is the ultimate cycling challenge.
The sport has a lot of different disciplines – BMX, Cycle Speedway, Cycle-cross, Mountain Bike, Road and Track
Cycling is an excellent form of physical activity for people seeking to improve their fitness and cardiovascular health. Cycling makes use of the largest muscles in the body (the Glutenus Maximus and Quadriceps).
Cumbria County Council are doing a lot of work around cycling as a sustainable form or transport and cycling for health. Local cycle networks are being developed for each town in Cumbria to assist shorter cycle journeys to work, school and shops. With the ongoing 'Better Ways to Schools' project helping to determine the most suitable route.
Cumbria can truly claim to “have it all” as far as cycling is concerned. What better backdrop than the Lake District National Park
Hadrians Wall Cycling and Walking pages have information on supported tours, cycle hire and day tours around Hadrians Wall.
The Pennine Cycleway is England's longest 'challenge' cycle route and runs from Derby to Berwick-upon-Tweed, through remote and beautiful scenery in the National Parks of the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales & Northumberland. It follows quiet country lanes for 80% of its length, with traffic free paths, forest tracks and disused railway lines making up the remainder of the route
The Coast2Coast Guide is the definitive resource centre for the sea to sea cycle route. This website has lots of advice, tips and downloadable information on doing the c2c tours.
Visit Lake District Outdoors for information on cycling routes, bike hire and other outdoor activities in the Lakes.
Hadrians Cycleway is a 174 mile (280km) National Cycle Network route running through the World Heritage Site and the Solway Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It forms part of the National Cycle Network running between Ravenglass (Cumbria) and South Shields (Tyne and Wear).
The Walney to Wear Cycle Route was inspired by the pioneering C2C Cycle Route. The W2W passes through Walney Insland, just outside Barrow-in-Furness and both Wearmouth in Sunderland and Whitby on the North Sea Coast.
CONTACT
Alex Scoular
NW Regional Manager, British Cycling T: 0161 274 2128 M: 07793 844651