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The Pennine Cycleway - Peak District
- Distance
- 129KM
- Skill Level
- Easy
- Start Point
- Derby
- End Point
- Holmfirth
- Highest Altitude
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Derby
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Ashbourne
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Buxton
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Whaley Bridge
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New Mills
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Glossop
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Holmfirth
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The Pennine Cycleway is an ambitious challenge which travels the ‘spine of England’, passing through the Peak District – Britain’s first National Park, the Yorkshire Dales and the beautiful Northumberland. The Pennine Cycleway Peak District is 80 miles from Derby to Holmfirth and makes up the first part of The Pennine Cycleway route. To cycle the entire length of the Pennine Cycleway may be a little daunting and perhaps for some too much at once, so an option to tackle it one section at a time is popular with most.
From Derby, your bike ride heads along road with traffic-free sections to join the Etwall-Mickelover Railway Path on National Route 54 to Burton-on-Trent and Ashbourne – where you will join the Tissington Trail. This a linear route of bridleway and paths for walkers and cyclists alike and for a very short distance joins the High Peak District Trail before Sparklow and Buxton.
Buxton sees the first climb of your bike ride which leads to a section of the Midshires Way - a long distance footpath and bridleway before Whaley Bridge. Continuing on your cycle adventure past the Bugsworth Canal Basin, New Mills and a steep descent into Charlesworth you will end up joining the Longdendale Trail for yet more traffic-free cycling and views of reservoirs and moorland before Woodhead Tunnel, Pikenaze Moor, Winscar Reservoir and the long descent in to Holmfirth - the end of your cycle ride and the beginning of the Pennine Cycleway South.
This is a one day ride for the fit amongst us, but easily a two day cycle if you would like to enjoy the scenery and the ride.
We can fully support your ride from start to finish and supply bike transport to the start point and collection from the end point. Baggage transfers can also be arranged and delivered to your chosen accommodation along the route ahead of your arrival.
Eco Cycle Adventures has capabilities to cater for all sized groups.
Our fleet comprises of cars, mini buses and mini coaches, fully equipped with specialised bike trailers and top of the range Thule bike carriers. We regularly service the Pennine Cycleway routes with 8 – 16 & 22 people with bikes, but we have capacity to take up to 70+ at one time.
Our team, some with first aid training and with a general knowledge of bike mechanics, if requested, are enthusiastic, friendly and eager to help.
Bike Transport & Bag Transfers;
We will transport you, your bike and bag to the start point of the Pennine Cycleway Peak in Derby.
As you cycle, we will transfer your luggage to your chosen accommodation ahead of your arrival.
After you have completed your cycle ride in Holmfirth, we will greet you with a smile and a well-deserved pat on the back and transport you, your bike and bag back home.
If you have left your own transport at the start or end of the Pennine Cycleway Peak, we can also provide a one-way transfer back to your vehicle.
Our Service;
Our aim at Eco Cycle Adventures is to take the hassle out of your cycle tour and enhance your experience and enjoyment of the Pennine Cycleway Peak, a truly beautiful cycle route.
We provide comfortable transport, top of the range bike carriers and bike trailers.
Our drivers are experienced and professional, more than qualified to support you on your adventure and we can even provide some with first aid training and a general knowledge of bike mechanics.
Eco Cycle Adventures are also able to provide back-up support for self-guided trips or a professional and experienced tour guide to support you on your cycle route, please speak to us to discuss this additional service.
Also, check our list of trusted accommodation and eating places to plan your route down to the last detail.
Our transfer packages for riders, bikes and bags will vary depending upon whether you’re collected from your home, multiple collection points, transport hubs or the amount of people travelling in your group.
Firstly, if you need to be transported to the start of the cycle route you’re about to embark, you need to establish where you would like to be collected with your bike & baggage. Also, will this be one point for all or does each of your group require separate collections from different points?
Next, depending on the length of your cycle route and the number of days you’re cycling will dictate how many stop-overs you require. Find this out and we will collect your baggage and take it ahead of your arrival to your chosen accommodation, then collect it the following day and do the same for the duration of your cycle route. At the end of the ride, we will collect you and your group with bags and take you back to your pre-arranged drop-off point, again this may be one point for the whole group or individual drop-off’s.
All of our transfer packages for riders, bikes and baggage are individually priced with all of the above taken into consideration. We are very competitive and take care with each enquiry having already transported thousands of enthusiastic riders and their invaluable bikes and even more bags.
Please do not hesitate to get in-touch for your quote today, email us, call us or simply click on the enquiry form, we look forward to hearing from you.
