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Kirkham Priory – Kirkham Priory loop from Howsham

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Road cycling routes
United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber
North Yorkshire
Ryedale
Crambe

Kirkham Priory – Kirkham Priory loop from Howsham

Moderate

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Kirkham Priory – Kirkham Priory loop from Howsham

02:08

42.3km

560m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 28, 2026

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Howardian Hills National Landscape

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5.05 km

Kirkham Priory

Highlight • Monument

Kirkham Priory is an Augustinian Abbey, built in the 12th century. If you look carefully at the gothic medieval gatehouse you can see sculptures of St George and the dragon …

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2

5.49 km

Stone Trough Inn

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This is a lovely place to stop on your tour if you need some food and drink at a pleasant inn in a lovely spot. It's a sizeable inn with …

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3

5.54 km

Kirkham Priory

Highlight • Historical Site

Nice spot for a quick break. Be careful descending the steepish hill from Crambe/Whitwell, there's a level crossing immediately round the bend at the bottom.

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20.7 km

Wharram Quarry

Nature Reserve

5

25.0 km

Fairy Dale Quarry and Dry Valley

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Fairy Dale is a great example of a dry valley in the Yorkshire Wolds. It really is beautiful.

There is a quarry here as well as a disused railway running …

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6

30.6 km

Highland Cows of Thixendale

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Lovely highland cows with big hair and horns.

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7

31.9 km

Water Dale

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Water Dale is a beautiful place to ride in either direction. Downhill towards Thixendale or up towards Leavening.

The road winds along right at the base of the deep sided …

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34.2 km

Aldro Plantation

Forest

9

34.8 km

View of the Vale of Pickering from Leavening Brow

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An absolutely gorgeous view across the Vale of Pickering to the Howardian Hills and on to the North York Moors and on a good day even the Pennines.

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35.8 km

Scenic Steep Climb

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Very steep climb that comes out of nowhere!

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42.3 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.4 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.2 km

9.13 km

< 100 m

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