Tour de Rosedale

Return Loop from Rosedale Abbey

This bike ride starts opposite Rosella Cottage in the public carpark of the Milburne Arms Hotel.

Leave Rosedale Abbey by the road, heading north west to Hill Cottages.

Turn right to go off road.

Cyclists in Rosedale Abbey.  © Christine Church.

This track leads up to a farm where you need to go more-or-less straight on to continue up the hill.

Follow the fairly distinct track up to the road, about a mile on.

At the road, turn left and continue on for about a mile and a quarter.

Turn off to the left on to the Bridleway.

You can go on another few hundred yards to a third left-pointing bridleway sign which will bring you out at the same end point as this one.

Beware of hidden rocks in the heather and there is an unrideable stream crossing.

Whichever way you decide to go, take the bridleway and follow it downhill until you reach the disused railway at the bottom.

At this point there's another bridleway that continues on downhill just a little to the right.

This is a fairly fast and fun bit of track.

But beware of walkers here, the track is narrow and there are signs placed to tempt them from the railway down to the tearoom at the end of the track!

At the bottom turn left onto the road, follow it for about 1/4 of a mile and then turn right onto a narrow lane.

Follow this past Moorlands Farm and go through a gate and on towards the jeep track that zig zags its way up the hill.

This is quite a challenge, some parts of it are so steep its hard to keep the nose of the bike down.

It's loose too, and regular losses of traction make for a stop-start ascent.

Eventually you'll reach the top where the track joins the disused railway.

Turn left.

The slope in this direction is downward, though only at the gentle gradients afforded to railways.

It's enough to have you bombing along at 20mph for most of the way.

After four miles of easy railway riding you'll reach the top of Chimney Bank.

The sign at the top suggests that "Cyclists Dismount".

Rosella Cottage is in the village at the bottom of the hill.

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Rosella Cottage is a luxurious holiday home in Rosedale Abbey; and we make an excellent base for a cycling holiday in North Yorkshire.

You'll enjoy a cosy lounge, kitchen, a king-size bed in a big bedroom, and a lovely en-suite.  And all renovated in 2013.

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