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Mountain Biking
Both the Moors and the Dales are known as having some of the UK's finest adventurous mountain biking. There are over 1600 km (960 miles) of bridleways, byways and green lanes to explore, often taking you up into remote moorland areas. Tough climbs and technical descents, all in remote, unspoilt countryside.

Many trails have a great sense of history as well as being great fun to ride. A mixture of Roman roads, monastic highways, mining tracks and drovers roads it is partly the variety which makes biking around Yorkshire so much fun and so interesting. Most are on gradients that keep you in the saddle rather than off and pushing!

For information and mountain bike routes in the Yorkshire Dales click here 

Forestry Commission sites
Forest Enterprise provides some great cycling opportunities in Dalby and Guisborough Forests, as well as at a number of other forests in the region.  A range of graded routes is available catering for children and families as well as experienced mountain bike enthusiasts.  For beginners these routes offer trails that are car free and are fully signed, and for more experienced riders there are more challenging routes with many miles of technical single-track, as well as north shore features.

For more information contact Dalby Visitor Centre

The Pennine Bridleway
The Pennine Bridleway will be a new 350 mile (560km) long National Trail in the north of England. One of a family of 15 National Trails in England and Wales and the first to be designed specifically for horse-riders, off-road cyclists and walkers to enjoy, the entire Pennine Bridleway will eventually run from the High Peak Trail in Derbyshire to Byrness, Northumberland.

It follows an interesting mix of old pack horse routes and drove roads, often sensitively refurbished and upgraded, linked with newly created stretches of bridleway. The trail takes in some of the best scenery of the North of England and passes through the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland National Parks.

The Bridleway is a massive project and the route is opening in stages. The first 120 miles from Derbyshire to the Mary Townley Loop in the South Pennines is already open, whilst the first major section in the Yorkshire Dales - the Settle Loop - opened in August 2005.

For information about the whole of the Pennine Bridleway visit the Pennine Bridleway website.

Cycle hire and courses
There are a number of places where you can hire a bike for a half day through to a weeks' holiday.  Most of them can not only hire you a high quality mountain bike, but can also supply kiddie trailers, tag alongs and tandems.  Most are sited where there is great riding straight from the door, and some will even deliver the bikes to you. 
In addition to hiring bikes many of the providers below also organise instruction and courses, whether you are a complete beginner or are looking to hone your skills.


Purple Mountain Bike Hire
Dalby Court Yard,3-5 Low Dalby, Pickering, North Yorkshire.  YO18 7LT
Tel: 01751 460011

Trailways Cycle Hire & Accommodation Centre
The Old Railway Station, Station Rd, Hawsker, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4LB
Tel: 01947 820207

Off the Rails 
The Cycling Centre, Station Yard, The Sidings Industrial Estate, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9RP
Tel: 01729 824419

Dales Mountain Biking 
within Dales Biking Centre, Parks Barn, Fremington, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6AW
Tel: 01748 884356

Kudu Bikes
1 Raynes Court, Charcoal Way, Upper Wensleydale Business Park, Hawes  DL7 3UW
01969 666088

Escape Mountain Biking
7 High Wheatley, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, West Yorkshire.  LS29 8RX
Tel: 01943 600 459

 
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