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Sett Valley Trailhead – Highgate Road loop from Hayfield

Bike touring routes & trails

Sett Valley Trailhead – Highgate Road loop from Hayfield

Hard

18

riders

Sett Valley Trailhead – Highgate Road loop from Hayfield

03:19

36.0km

870m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 5.00 km for 149 m

After 5.82 km for 196 m

After 19.5 km for 54 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

1.60 km

Sett Valley Trailhead

Highlight • Cycleway

2

15.8 km

Roman Bridge (Windy Bottom Bridge)

Highlight • Historical Site

Despite its name the bridge was not actually built by the Romans,but is thought to have been constructed in the 1700's, and originated as a Pack Horse Brudge. Until the …

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16.4 km

Roman Lakes

Lake

4

17.1 km

Mellor Mill Excavations

Highlight • Historical Site

5

21.6 km

Technical Rocky Trail Section

Highlight • Trail

This short section could be tough on a gravel bike.

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6

23.4 km

Briargrove Road East Gravel Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Lovely little tree-shaded, easy-going gravel lane. Can get a bit churned up by tractors, but nothing heavy. It's gravel to the farmhouse, then gravelly tarmac. Easier than the Lantern Pike …

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7

25.2 km

View of Sett Valley from Sitch Lane

Highlight • Viewpoint

A great view of Sett Valley.

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8

27.9 km

Over Hill Road Gravel Track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Mostly grade 4 / 5 stuff.
(cyclingtips.com/2019/08/grading-gravel-how-do-you-define-off-road-surfaces/)

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9

34.4 km

Highgate Road

Highlight • Settlement

B

36.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

11.0 km

7.31 km

2.43 km

2.14 km

914 m

Surfaces

15.9 km

10.9 km

6.03 km

1.40 km

1.21 km

609 m

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

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