GPS Cycle and Walking Routes

Pennine Cycleway

326.84 miles (526 km)

National Cycle Route 68 - This epic cycle ride runs for over 300 miles from Derby to Berwick Upon Tweed along Sustrans Route 68.
The route passes through the stunning scenery of the South and North Pennines, the Derbyshire Dales, the Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales. Counties traversed include Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland.
Route highlights include views of the famous Hadrian's Wall Path and the traffic free sections along the Tissington Trail and the Longdendale Trail.
The route links up with two other major cycleways in the form of the hugely popular Trans Pennine Trail and the Pennine Bridleway.
Below you can see a list of manageable day rides along the route.
Scroll down further for a route video and the complete gpx file.

Cycle Routes on the Pennine Cycleway

Pennine Cycleway OS Map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Pennine Cycleway Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

In Clapham in Yorkshire you can link up with National Cycle Route 69 which will take you west through Lancashire to Lancaster, the River Lune and the coast at Morecambe Bay.
The route links up with the epic W2W Cycle Route - NCN 70 at Lowgill. The long distance ride runs from coast to coast from Walney Island in Cumbria to Wearmouth in Sunderland.

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

White Shaw Moss - geograph.org.uk - 130282

White Shaw Moss. Summit of the road between Kingdale and Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales.

Moorland road at Middle Busk - geograph.org.uk - 130307

Moorland road at Middle Busk. Summit of the road between the Lune and Eden valleys

Coldcotes Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1362557

Coldcotes Hill. From the track near Wark Forest. Sustrans Route 68

Approaching Barrowford top lock no. 45 - geograph.org.uk - 835839

Approaching Barrowford top lock no. 45 on the Huddersfield canal.

The tunnel at the start of the Tissington Trail, Ashbourne - geograph.org.uk - 130214

The tunnel at the start of the Tissington Trail, Ashbourne

Pole Moor - geograph.org.uk - 130268

Pole Moor. The Pennine Cycleway follows the minor road into the distance northwards towards Scammonden Reservoir

Near Hindrigg above Bellingham - geograph.org.uk - 130449

Near Hindrigg above Bellingham

Road junction near Alnham - geograph.org.uk - 1332031

Road junction near Alnham. The blue sign indicates the Pennine Cycleway, route 68 of the National Cycle Network.

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Pennine Cycleway.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)