Cumbria Cycling – for cyclists in the Lake District and Cumbria
Cumbria is a great county for cycling and cyclists, and on the Cumbria Cycling website I hope to give you as much local information and web links as possible.
Lake District and Cumbria Cycling
Cumbria has waymarked long-distance cycle routes crossing the county, including:
The C2C coast to coast cycle route, starting in Whitehaven or Workington, going via Keswick and Penrith to cross the Pennines to finish on the North Sea coast
Hadrian’s Cycleway, coming from Tynemouth near Newcastle Upon Tyne to Carlisle, then around the coast to Maryport and down to Whitehaven.
The Reivers Route, again from Tynemouth to Whitehaven, but this time via a more northern route including Kielder Water, into Carlisle, then down to the northern fringe of the Lake District and Cockermouth.
The Walney to Wear cycle route, from near Barrow across the southern edge of the Lake District and into the Pennines, finishing at Sunderland on the North Sea.
Then there are the challenges of the Lake District passes:
Hardknott Pass
Wrynose Pass
Honister Pass
and many more!
And the slightly less challenging cycle routes along the Lakeland valleys:
Langdale
Borrowdale
Eskdale
and again many more
Or the bike routes close to the Cumbrian coasts and the Eden valley, offering flatter rides if you prefer them.
Local Cumbria and Lake District links for cyclists
Perhaps you are coming on holiday to Cumbria and the Lake District? Or you are new to cycling and looking for some ideas? Or maybe you already cycle here, and are making plans.
I am Mike Carden, author of ‘A Lake District Grand Tour’ amongst other cycling books. I cycle regularly in Cumbria and the Lake District, so I hope this site proves useful. If you have any suggestions, clean ones, let me know!
If you would like to read my book, A Lake District Grand Tour, it can still be found in book shops but the first print run is almost sold through now. It is, however, available on Kindle and on my Bike Ride Maps website.
