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• Settle for a biking epic
• New mountain bike rides
• Bike and horse rider friendly places to stay
• Calder Aire Link
• Mary Towneley Loop

Settle for a biking epic
The Bridleway's 10-mile Settle Loop route helps make this Dales-edge market town a perfect destination for mountain bikers who like their scenery on an epic scale. Read what cycling journalist Cass Gilbert has to say about it.

Settle's Tourist Information Centre (01729 825192) will give you a copy of The Settle Loop guide, and details of a range of accommodation including the Royal Oak Hotel, which offers an impressive bike livery including tools, jet wash and secure storage for your steed. Off the Rails (next to the station) offers bike hire and guided rides. Harvey publish a range of detailed maps showing other routes in the Yorkshire Dales and have a look at our new Crummack Dale Dabs route below. There's a farmers' market every second Sunday each month.

New mountain bike rides
We've worked out two new circular mountain bike rides using parts of the Bridleway for you to try. Starting from Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (a few miles north west of Settle), our printable Crummack Dale Dabs route is 12 miles long and takes roughly between 2.5 to 5 hours. There are a few technical bits, but for the most part it's not too demanding. You've a choice of refreshments in this attractive village and Clapham station is only one mile away.

Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire is the starting point for a fairly challenging 14-mile circular mountain bike ride, taking roughly between 2.5 and 4 hours. Print off the Hilly Hebden route and have a look at the information about travelling by train to this attractive Pennine town with its good selection of tearooms, cafes, pubs and shops, and the Blazing Saddles bike shop

Mountain biker and horse rider friendly places to stay
When you're looking for somewhere to stay that's welcoming to cyclists, look for accommodation displaying VisitBritain's Cyclists Welcome logo. These establishments have been assessed for extra facilities like secure bike storage and much more to meet your needs.

Look on the main Pennine Bridleway National Trail website for details of accommodation that's friendly to riders and their horses offering grazing and/or stabling with secure storage for tack and equipment.

Calder Aire Link
If you're in the Bingley area you can ride, bike or walk to the Pennine Bridleway along the 17-mile Calder Aire link route. It's the first of three key links planned to improve access to the  Bridleway and runs from St Ives Estate near Bingley to join the Mary Towneley Loop near Widdop reservoir in Calderdale on a variety of tracks giving fantastic views. A car park incorporating an area for horse boxes has been provided at St Ives Estate, and for those travelling by train, Bingley station is only a short walk or cycle away.  The route also features a 'Pegasus' (or horse, bike and walker friendly) crossing of the busy A629 Keighley road. Yorkshire Water have also provided an alternative route allowing Calder Aire link users to avoid the steep tarmac Nab Water Lane and Kennel Lane which is awaiting surface improvement, by following the track beside the conduit from Nab Water Lane to rejoin the link at Stairs Lane.  This alternative is recommended for horse riders who may find Kennel Lane rough going  - although some of it is wonderful as can be seen from this photo! 
 
 Here's a map-based guide to print-off  (including the link from Keighley).

Our new Hard'en Fast 13.5 mile circular mountain biking route on the byways and bridleways west of Bingley uses parts of the Calder Aire Link. 

Mary Towneley Loop
Mixing Yorkshire and Lancashire scenery, the Mary Towneley Loop was the first part of this Trail to be completed. The entire 47-mile circuit dips into and out of steep sided South Pennine valleys and can be ridden on horseback and by bike, and walked as well. The Mary Towneley Loop Guide, including a 1:50,000 map and details of close-by accommodation and other services, is free to order from the Pennine Bridleway team (phone 0300 060 1842) or e-mail pbw.info@naturalengland.org.uk 

Hebden Bridge and Todmorden are two access points that can be reached by train.