Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Braithwaite

Mountain biking trails

Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Braithwaite

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Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop – Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails loop from Braithwaite

03:15

30.3km

960m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very 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: August 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 14.1 km for 331 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

1.57 km

Viewpoint

2.88 km

Standing Stones with View of Skiddaw

Highlight • Viewpoint

More a picnic site than a bronze age monument, the standing stones with their commanding view over Skiddaw are impressive nonetheless. They are inscribed with the words, 'Nature's peace will …

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5.24 km

Whinlatter South Loop — Bike Trail

Highlight • Forest

Start/end of the trails

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5.60 km

Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop

Highlight • Rest Area

Great shop, Craig was a legend and stayed late when we showed up at closing time to help my friend with replacements for the contaminated rotor and pads he’d somehow …

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5.77 km

Start of the North Loop Bike Trails

Highlight • Trail

Start point and map

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7.08 km

Bob's Traverse, Thwaitehill Knotts

Highlight • Viewpoint

Thwaitehill Knotts hill. Strap yourself in for some flowy single track.

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8.74 km

North Loop Trail – Whinlatter Forest

Highlight • Cycleway

10.2 km

Lord's Seat

Peak

14.6 km

Darling How Plantation

Forest

19.9 km

Gruffalo Viewpoint

Highlight • Forest

Nice new viewpoint with picnic tables to rest and admire the view before your descent into the forest.

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23.7 km

Whinlatter Mountain Bike Trails

Highlight • MTB Park

Whinlatter Forest offers breathtaking views of the Lake District. The forest's purpose-built mountain bike trails, designed to take full advantage of the rugged terrain, were voted the second-best trail centre …

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30.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.2 km

7.09 km

4.18 km

382 m

340 m

154 m

Surfaces

13.0 km

8.70 km

4.98 km

3.32 km

354 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

5°C

0 %

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Comments

March 2, 2023,Whinlatter Forest Loop (Gravel)

One of many variants of routes around Whinlatter Forest. This one focuses mainly on the "Grey" gravel route and adds in an extension from Swirls car park coming in round the back of the forest before descending back down to near the visitor centre and back down Whinlatter Pass.