Villages and Viaducts

Type:Cycle Route

Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4QN

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About

The only ride in this guide with some traffic-free sections, including the shared use dismantled railway route over two viaducts, once part of the coke carrying Stainmore Railway (more details from www.nvt.org.uk). You’ve also the option of a short walk to the dramatic disused Smardale Gill Viaduct through a national nature reserve.

The route, climbing steadily over to Smardale at first, links five village, crosses a ford (footbridge alternative) and runs on a grassy track to where Scandal Beck and the River Eden meet. Partly on National Route 71 and the Walney to Wear & Whitby Cycle Route (20).

Start/finish: Kirkby Stephen TIC in the town centre (free car parking is signed)

Grade: Medium · Hard (on and off road)

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Description of route - Kirkby Stephen
Length of route (miles) - 12

Awards

Cumbria Awards Member of Cumbria Tourism 2016

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