Four valleys and a viaduct! A day’s ride to the ’limestone country’ in the West Yorkshire Dales past Fountains Abbey and the Ribblehead viaduct.
Route Description
South on A1 to Leeming Bar Services for coffee and petrol. **(62 miles.)
Continue south on A1 to A61 turn off to Ripon. **(74 miles.)
From Ripon take B6265 past Fountains Abbey to Grassington for lunch. **(100 miles.)
From Grassington take the B6160 Kettlewell road, turning left just past Kinsey Crag on an unclassified road to Arncliffe. (Steep hills.)
Arrive at the Beck House Tea Rooms in Malham **(115 miles.)
From Malham continue south to Kirkby Malham
Turn off on another unclassified road to Settle (petrol stop). (122 miles.)
Continue north up Ribblesdale on B6479 to Ribblehead viaduct (133 miles.)
Turn right on B6255 to Hawes and Wensleydale continuing to Leyburn on A684, then on to Richmond on A6108.
Ride finishes at lay-by on A1 at Scotch Corner. (175 miles.)