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Great Dun Fell Radar Station – Great Dun Fell Climb loop from Shap

Road cycling routes

North West England

Great Dun Fell Radar Station – Great Dun Fell Climb loop from Shap

Hard

4.7

(3)

13

riders

Great Dun Fell Radar Station – Great Dun Fell Climb loop from Shap

03:55

63.9km

1,170m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 32.8 km for 144 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

11.3 km

Dangerous Ford and Footbridge

Highlight • Climb

This ford is passable on foot over the foot bridge but if you're heading East get a very easy gear set before you try and climb the steep hill on the opposite side!

Tip by

2

27.1 km

Great Dun Fell Radar Station

Highlight • Climb

Plenty of climbing in the remaining 5km after that first farm. Take it easy and save yourself.

Tip by

3

28.4 km

Sheep Crossing in North Pennines National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

4

32.9 km

Great Dun Fell Radar Station

Highlight • Viewpoint

Standing at 2,782 feet (848 m) tall, Great Dun Fell affords spectacular views over the melancholy moors. It's the second-highest mountain in the Pennines, with its taller neighbour, Cross Fell, …

Tip by

5

32.9 km

Great Dun Fell Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Great Dun Fell is one mighty road climb heading up onto the Pennines and summiting at 2,900 feet (895 m), with an average gradient of 9% ramping up to a …

Tip by

6

42.5 km

Scenic Road Between Dufton and Milburn

Highlight • Cycleway

Quiet, quite flat roads between the Lake District to the West and the Pennines to the East with beautiful views of both.

Tip by

7

54.3 km

Mill Yard Cafe

Highlight • Other

57.4 km

Thorneycroft Plantation

Forest

9

63.6 km

Chippy Chippy

Highlight • Restaurant

B

63.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.6 km

9.58 km

3.48 km

2.06 km

118 m

Surfaces

44.3 km

19.5 km

118 m

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Highest point (840 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

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Sunday 11 October

15°C

3°C

50 %

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