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Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Sherburn In Elmet

Cawood Bridge – Bishop Wood Forest Trails loop from Sherburn-in-Elmet

Road cycling routes

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Sherburn In Elmet

Cawood Bridge – Bishop Wood Forest Trails loop from Sherburn-in-Elmet

Moderate

5.0

(5)

94

riders

Cawood Bridge – Bishop Wood Forest Trails loop from Sherburn-in-Elmet

02:00

50.6km

70m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

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Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 25.4 km for 51 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

10.8 km

Ryther Castle

Highlight • Castle

Scholars describe Ryther Castle as a modest, fortified manor, likely never having substantial defences. It is also known by the name Hall Garth, referring to the field where it stood. …

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2

13.9 km

Cawood Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Grade II listed swing bridge opened in 1872. The deck was submerged when the River Ouse flooded in 2015.

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3

14.1 km

Cawood Castle Gatehouse

Highlight • Other

Grade I listed building. The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War.

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4

17.1 km

All Saints' Church, Wistow

Highlight • Religious Site

The site's religious history dates back to the Danish period, with an original St. Hilda's Chapel potentially existing as early as 500 AD. Medieval building: By the 12th century, the …

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5

24.2 km

Bishop Wood Forest Trails

Highlight • Trail

Nice wood for some gravel / muddy path riding

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6

25.4 km

Bishop Wood

Highlight • Forest

We didn't play out in here as were on a Road Ride

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39.3 km

Kirkby Wharfe SSSI

Nature Reserve

8

43.5 km

Towton Battlefield

Highlight • Viewpoint

Stop to read the history

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9

45.6 km

Saxon Signpost

Highlight • Monument

Photo opportunity

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B

50.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

45.2 km

4.40 km

629 m

158 m

136 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

47.6 km

2.33 km

537 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 19 July

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11°C

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