Wharncliffe Viewpoint – Wharny Climb loop from Wortley

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Wharncliffe Viewpoint – Wharny Climb loop from Wortley

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316

riders

Wharncliffe Viewpoint – Wharny Climb loop from Wortley

02:46

27.2km

560m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 26.7 km for 181 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.16 km

Wharncliffe Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Step out onto the rock for a beautiful view over the valley.

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6.38 km

Stone Hill Rocky Outcrop and Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Not a gravel section. Definitely one for the mountain bikers who like navigating boulders

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6.93 km

Wharny Climb

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Eat your sweets and drink your energy drink, this tough, steep, gravel climb is the famous Wharny climb! Your legs may fall off and your lungs fall out, but when you’re at the top ready to hit the trails, nothing is better 🥳

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7.29 km

Motivational Graffiti Rock, Wharncliffe Woods

Highlight • Structure

Just when you think you can’t pedal anymore and your lungs are about to fall out, this nice happy little rock gives you the motivation you need to finish the climb

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7.31 km

Warncliffe Rock Graffiti Pillar

Highlight • Viewpoint

8.09 km

Bench in Greno Woods

Highlight • Forest

I am new to cycling and I was able to maintain 10-15MPH

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10.6 km

Greno Woods Red Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Easiest of the 3 marked trails in Greno.

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12.5 km

Greno Wood (Nature Reserve)

Forest

18.9 km

Plank Gate, Trans Pennine Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A little bit of wilderness close to the city!

This section of the Trans Pennine Trail is a wide, groomed, gravel path through the woodland linking Wortley to Oughtibridge. It's undulating but there aren't any very steep climbs.

It's less than 6 miles (10 km) out of Sheffield city centre but it feels like you could be in the middle of nowhere, even though the busy A6102 runs just to the west of it.

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27.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.6 km

8.42 km

781 m

378 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.0 km

1.39 km

1.16 km

584 m

540 m

351 m

185 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

16°C

6°C

77 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

September 25, 2022,Wharncliffe wood MTB ride 😬🙂🚴

Well worth a visit whether you are on MTB, horse or on foot walking a dog. There is a good mix of riding for the MTB, some of the descents are way beyond my ability but great to look at, you could easily spend the whole day there and only have stretched the surface. 🙂🚴