Tag: Cycle touring routes UK

Raleigh’s 10 Best Cycle Staycations for Summer

Raleigh have a list of their 10 Best Cycle Staycations for Summer. This is where you can find the details of their list: https://www.raleigh.co.uk/gb/en/cycling-advice/uk-cycling-staycations/.

Ranging from 8.8 to 21.7 miles, they are day rides with easy cycling. They are really nice routes.

I’ve added a link to a map or guide book that would help you explore them.

The Raleigh Staycation List

1. Scarborough to Whitby – 21.7 miles – the Cinder Track, one of many rides in ‘Traffic-free Cycle Trails by Nick Cotton‘
2. Marriott’s Way – 18.4 miles – Norwich – Norfolk Goldeneye map
3. Viking Coastal Trail – 9.2 miles from Margate Station to Reculver, Kent – Kent Goldeneye map
4. London Docklands & Lea Valley – 20.7 miles – the London Cycling Guide or Cycle London guide book, plus the London & Essex cycle map
5. Birmingham to Wolverhampton – 13.4 miles – the Birmingham Greenways map
6. Derby Canal Path and Cloud Trail – 13.3 miles – in ‘Traffic-free Cycle Trails by Nick Cotton‘
7. Preston Guild Wheel – 21.2 miles – ‘Traffic-free Cycle Trails by Nick Cotton‘
8. Route 221, the Basingstoke Canal – 8.7 miles – in ‘Traffic-free Cycle Trails by Nick Cotton‘
9. Consett and Sunderland Railway Path – 14 miles – in ‘Traffic-free Cycle Trails by Nick Cotton‘
10. The University Way, Bedford to Sandy – 8.8 miles – in ‘Traffic-free Cycle Trails by Nick Cotton‘

My Cycling Staycation List for Any Time

That made me wonder about my own list. I decided this would involve longer routes that would make complete staycation holidays in their own right, and I would spread them wide around the UK. So here goes:

1. The Devon Coast to Coast cycle route – Devon Coast to Coast guide book
2. Circuit of the Yorkshire Dales – Harvey Yorkshire Dales Cycleway map
3. The original Coast to Coast cycle route – the C2C guide map and book
4. A complete tour of Wales – Cycle Touring in Wales guide book
5. The Cornish Way, from Land’s End to Bude – Cornwall and West Devon cycle map
6. London to Land’s End – the London to Land’s End guide book
7. National Byway from Cirencester to Chester – National Byway Midlands map
8. The Western Isles of Scotland – Cycling in the Hebrides Cicerone guide book
9. Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Berwick-upon-Tweed – Northumberland Cycle Touring map
10. The Scottish Coast to Coast – The Ultimate Scottish Coast to Coast guide book