Routes from the magazine
July 2025
The Big Ride, Four reservoirs run
Main route
Also try
Five great events
Cadwell Park BSB
Barbon hillclimb
Southern 100
Classic festival
Magny-Cours WSB
Spain on the cheap
Outward journey
Return journey
N-502
N-330
AL-5016/7
June 2025
The Big Ride, Suffolk loop
Main route
Also try
April 2025
New-season special
1000 miles of heaven
At Wold’s End
Exmoor Express
Heart of Wales
Uig or Bust
Pennine Playground
Cairngorms Calling
Norfolk Coasting
Peak Performance
Border Marauder
Southern Comfort
Five great chippies
Kylescu to Ullapool
Pickering to Sleights
Harleston to Southwold
West Bay to Weymouth
Llangurig to Aberystwyth
March 2025
The Big Ride, the New Forest
Main route
Part 1
Part 2
Also try
February 2025
Tour 2025
Sicily
Twisty route
Trail
GPX file
Great places to ride
N260
North Coast 500
Europe
Dignes-Grasse
Denmark
Rides of the Year
Scottish Borders
Salisbury Plains
Ring of Kerry
B4391 Wales
January 2025
My Favourite Ride, Dorset loop
The Big Ride, South Downs Way
Main route
Also try
December 2024
The Big Ride, Welsh lakes
Main route
Also try
NOVEMBER 2024
The Big Ride
Northumberland borders
Main route
Also try
October 2024
The Big RidE, Cardigan Bay
Main route
Also try
September 2024
The Big Ride, Ring Of Kerry
Main route
Also try
Gran Canaria Fly Ride
John o’Groats to Land’s End
Day One
Day Two
Day Three, part 1
Day Three, Part 2
Day Four
2024 Touring Supplement
SCOTLAND
Main route
Make a day of it
Other routes
Loch Ness
Borders
Highlands
SUFFOLK
Main route
Make a day of it
Other routes
Devon
East Sussex
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Main route
Make a day of it
Other routes
Northumberland
Derbyshire
North Yorkshire
WALES
Main route
Make a day of it
GPX file - TBC
Other routes
Ceredigion
Powys 1
Powys 2
August 2024
My Favourite Ride, Northern Ireland
The Big Ride, Worcester to Aberystwyth
Main route
Also try
July 2024
The Big Ride, Salisbury Plain
Main route - ROAD
Main route - GRAVEL TRAILS
GPX file - TBC
Also try
June 2024
The Big Ride, Blackdown Hills
Main route, Part 1
main route, Part 2
Also try
May 2024
My Favourite Ride
Part 1
Part 2
The Big Ride, Northern France
Main route
Also try
GPX file - TBC
April 2024
Britain’s Best Rides
1 Argyl & Bute
Part one
Part two
2 Peak perfection
3 Exmoor express
4 Cornish cream
5 Shropshire borders
6 Rutland TT
7 Pennine Way
8 East Anglia
Part one
Part two
9 Welsh valleys
10 Second-longest B-road
March 2023
The Big Ride, Scottish three passes
Also try, Buccleuch loop
February 2024
Tour 2024
Scotland 455
Cornwall Coast
North Norfolk Coast
Route Napoleon
Wales
Normandy beaches
Spanish loop
January 2024
My Favourite Ride, Sussex and Kent Romp
The Big Ride, Forest of Bowland
Main route
Also try
December 2023
My Favourite Ride, Wiltshire and Stonehenge
The Big Ride, SW660 Part Two
Falmouth to Brixham
Brixham to Poole
Also Try
NOVEMBER 2023
My Favourite Ride, Cheddar Gorge
The Big Ride, SW660, Part One
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Also Try, Exmoor loop
October 2023
My Favourite Ride, Atlantic Highway
The Big Ride, Angelsey
Main route
Also try, Llandudno loop
September 2023
My Favourite Ride, Sussex Shananigans
The Big Ride, Portugal
France in a weekend
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Bucket-List Rides supplement
North Coast 500
Leg One
Leg Two
Leg Three
Snowdonia 360
Part One
Part Two
South West 660
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
August 2023
My Favourite Ride
Rutland TT
The Big Ride
Ireland loop
Day one
Day Two
July 2023
My Favourite Ride, Cotswolds Loop
The Big Ride, East Anglian adventure
Main route
Also try
The Longest Test
Leg 1, Peterborough to Wales
Leg 1, Peterborough to Jedburgh
Leg 2, Peterborough to Brighton, outbound
Leg 2 return
Leg 3, Peterborough to Peak District and Mablethorpe
Leg 3, Peterborough to Buttertubs Pass
June 2023
My Favourite Ride, Exmoor Exploration
Sports Touring Special
Sports Tourers to Wales
Three great routes
Best of Isle of Man
Best of the Pennines
Best of Exmoor
May 2023
My Favourite Ride, Welsh borders
20 Must-Ride Roads
20 Border Patrol
19 End of the Road
18 Peaks Practice
17 JOG on
16 Lakes and rocks
15 Antrim Gold
14 They don’t like it Uppingham
13 Black Mountain road
12 Mind the sheep
11 Buddhism and bends
10 Take the high road
9 Snowdonian snake
8 Kirkstone Pass
7 Dartmoor Dreaming
6 Mid-Wales miracle
5 Garden of Eden
4 Cairngorm weekend
3 Local hero
2 Skye’s the limit
1 Scores on the moors
APRIL 2023
My Favourite Ride, Jurassic Coast
The Big Ride, Northumberland
Main route, Kielder Forest loop
Also Try, Best of the Borders
March 2023
My Favourite Ride, Thetford Loop
The Big Ride
Main, Northants loop
Also try, Warwickshire loop
February 2023
My Favourite Ride, Severn Valley 60
Tour 2023
Great-value routes
Under £500, Scottish Borders
Day 1
Day 2, part 1
Day 2, part 2
Day 3
Under £750, Ardennes, Luxembourg and Bastogne
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Under £1000, Best of southern France
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Also try
Exmoor and Atlantic Highway
Norway loop
Antrim coast
Scotland’s best bits
Ring of Kerry & Beara
Pyrenees perfection
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Best of The Big Ride
Lakes Loop
Lincs High Jinks
Dartmoor delights
A road of two halves
Portuguese adventure tour
January 2023
My Favourite Ride - Hebdon Bridge
The Big Ride
Main route, Exmoor
Also try, Dartmoor
December 2002
My Favourite Ride
Bala Loop
The Big Ride
Main - B6318 & Hadrian’s Wall
Also try - B709
November 2022
My Favourite Ride
Cheltenham Loop
The Big Ride, Northumberland
Main route
Also try
October 2022
My Favourite Ride
Essex ramble
The Big Ride Pembrokeshire
Main route
Also Try
September 2022
My Favourite Ride
South Downs Loop
The Big Ride
Wye Valley Main route
The Big Ride
Also try, Hereford loop
Britain’s Best Ride-Outs
SEASIDE
Great Yarmouth to Hunstanton
Length 75 miles Best bit Corners near Salthouse
Dungeness to Brighton
Miles 85 Good for Classic British seaside run Best bit Beachy Head
Jurassic Coast
Miles 85 Good for Fossil hunting Best bit B3157
West Coast of Scotland
Miles 280 Good for Scenery Best bit All of it
Antrim Coast
Miles 150 Good for Home of road racing Best bit Murlough Bay
2. B-ROADS
Lampeter to Denbigh
Miles 153 Good for Corners Best bit The road to Lake Vyrnwy
Settle to Buttertubs
Miles 30 Good for whoops and swoops Best bit Ribblehead viaduct
Langholm to Heriot
Miles 60 Good for Buddhas and heather Best bit Altrieve valley
Boscastle to Land’s End
Miles 100 Good for Pasties and tin mines Best bit St Ives!
Revesby to Conningsby
Miles 110 Good for Pure rhythmic riding Best bit Bardney Bends
3. ROADS AND CITIES
Darlington to Edinburgh
Miles 132 Good for Borders Best bit Crests North of Corbridge
Glossop to Sheffield
Miles 38 Good for Great views Best bit The moment it twists between the valley
Llandovery to Swansea
Miles 36 Good for Black Mountain Road Best bit The hairpins
Alston to Penrith
Miles 20 Good for corners. Lots of corners Best bit Arriving at Hartside Pass
John o’ Groats to Inverness
Miles 120 Good for Oil rigs and North sea Best bit Berridale to Helmsdale
4. ADVENTURE (Directions and GPS files not available)
Dover Holes loop
Miles 42 Good for Views Best bit The corners at Dove Holes
Thetford Forest
Miles 50 Good for A proper workout for your adventure bike Best bit The whoops and jumps on the section out of Brandon
August 2022
My Favourite Ride - Derbyshire
European trips
Ring of Kerry
Provence
Eastern Spain
July 2022
My Favourite Ride - Cat and Fiddle loop
The Big Ride - Lincs High Jinks
Main route
Also try
June 2022
My Favourite Ride - Denbigshire Loop
The Big Ride - Lakes Loop
Main route
Also try
May 2022
My favourite Ride - Sussex Loop
Britain’s Best 100 miles
Main route - North Pennines
Other routes
Scotland, Cairngorms
Wales, Brecon-Rhayader
England - N Yorks Moors
Scotland - Fort William to Applecross
April 2022
My Favourite Ride
North Pennines loop
The Big Ride - Dartmoor
Main route
Also try - Exmoor
March 2022
My Favourite Ride
Berwickshire Loop
The Big Ride - Kent
Main route
Also try
February 2022
My Favourite Route
Lincolnshire Loop
Tour 2022
A-397 Ronda Road
A36 Port Erin, IOM
Eifel, Germany
Albarracin, Spain
Morocco
Les Alpes Mancelles, France
Exmoor, UK
Southern Italy, Section 1
Southern Italy, Section 2
Southern Italy, Section 3
Britain’s Best Distance Bike, Day 1
Britain’s Best Distance Bike, Day 2
January 2022
My Favourite Ride
Kielder Loop
The Big Ride, Cornwall
Main, Cornish Coast
Also try, Atlantic Highway
December 2021
My Favourite Ride - Yorkshire Wolds
The Big Ride - Warwickshire
Main route
Also try
November 2021
My Favourite Ride - Dales
The Big Ride
Main route - Inishowen Peninsula
Also try - Derry loop
October 2021
My Favourite Ride, Shropshire and Powys
The Big Ride, Cairngorms
Main Route
Also try
Smash Autumn
Moors the merriers
Borders Marauder
Anglia momentum
September 2021
My Favourite Ride, Four Counties Loop
The Big Ride, Snowdonia
Main route
Also try
Best of Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
August 2021
My Favourite Ride, Caringorms loop
The Big Ride, Medip Hills
Main route
Also try
July 2021
The Big Ride, Brecon Beacons
Main route
Also try
Britain’s Best B-roads
Road testers’ ruin
Lincs loopy
Bordering on ridiculous
Remote control
UK’s longest roads
Cornish Fasty
War of the Roses
Welsh rare bits
Jurassic Fark
East Midlands International
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
June 2021
My Favourite Ride, Milngavie to Fort William
The Big Ride, North Yorks Moors
Main route
Also try
Adventure Ride Great Routes
Peak District
GPX - To follow
Wales
GPX - to follow
Norfolk
Shropshire
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Spring 2021
My favourite ride, Corby to Donington
The Big Ride, Dolomites
Main route
Also try
April 2021
My Favourite Ride
South West Coastal 300
Tour 2021
Alternative Europe
Norway
Croatia
Tenerife
Luxembourg
Romania
British Routes
West Scotland and Skye
GPX files
Scottish Borders, day 1
Scottish Borders, day 2
North Pennines
Cornwall and south West
Cotswolds
North Wales
Peak District, north
Peak District, south
March 2021
the best of My Favourite Ride
1 Kendal to Alston
2 Braintree to Bury St Edmunds
3 Ashbourne to the White Peaks
4 Newark to Grantham
5 Crossgates to Crossgates
The Big Ride - Shropshire Hills
Main route
Also try
February 2021
My Favourite Ride
Marlborough Loop
The Big Ride
North Pennines Way
Also try
January 2021
My Favourite Ride
The Peak District
The Big Ride
Dumfries and Galloway
Main route
Also try
December 2020
My favourite Ride
Cambridgeshire Fens loop
Best Rides
Yorkshire Dales
November 2020
My Favourite Ride
Peak District loop
The Big Ride
Suffolk
Main route
Also try
October 2020
My Favourite Ride
Newark to Grantham
The Big Ride
Cotswolds
Main ride
Also try
September 2020
My Favourite Ride
Tyndrum to Dornie
The Big Ride
Cambridgeshire
Also try
August 2020
My Favourite Ride, North York Moors
The Big Ride, Tenerife
Main route
Also try
July 2020
My Favourite Ride
The Big Ride
Main route
Also try
June 2020
My Favourite Ride
15 Best routes
1 Isle of Skye
2 Lancashire Hot Spot
3 The Scottish Coast
4 National Parks Tour
5 Wandering Wales
6 Sussex Seasides
7 Midlands RiDE Loop
8 Devon to Heaven
9 Borders Blaster
10 Peak District Passes
11 The Atlantic South
12 The Lincs Wolds Way
13 Norfolk Nadgery
14 Canter in the Cotswolds
15 About Anglia
May 2020
My Favourite Ride
The Big Ride
Peak District northern loop
Peak District southern loop
Also try
April 2020
My favourite ride
The Big Ride - Scottish Borders
Day 1
Day 2
Also try
March 2020
My Favourite Ride
Braintree to Bury St Edmunds
The Big Ride
Mid-Wales
Also Try
Tour 2020
Glen Coe, Ness and the Cairngorms
Day One
Day Two
Cornwall and the Atlantic Highway
Day One
Day Two
The North Coast 500
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Full Loop
Snowdonia
Day One
Pyrenees and N260
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Route Napolean
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Tour 2020 routes
Crocketford to Crocketford
Heddon-on-the-Wall to Heriot
Abergavenny to Claerwen Reservoir
Littleport to Reedham Ferry
Bascharage to Schengen 1
Bascharage to Schengen 2
Badajoz to Ciudad Rodrigo
Bitche to Alf
Oslo to Nordkapp
February 2020
My Favourite Ride
Cumbria, Kendal to Alston
The Big Ride
North Norfolk coast
Also try…
January 2020
Escape Velocity
Day One: Peterborough to Plymouth, 279 miles
https://goo.gl/maps/rGuoxafyKb6QS6FE7
Day Two: Santander to Pamplona, 153 miles
https://goo.gl/maps/fKqFBk74DNfXNhVNA
Day Three: Pamplona to Seu d’Urgell, 261 miles
https://goo.gl/maps/LRUC8A3NVuVMhzBt5
Day Four: Seu d’Urgell to Portbou, 137 miles
https://goo.gl/maps/Ve3XTHkfRMJeJfTA7
Day Five: Portbou to RiDE HQ, 931 miles
https://goo.gl/maps/jN5zc6drG3Pk8FAY6
Big ride: Dorset routes
Main ride
https://goo.gl/maps/p4iRrZt1Kk4xzFHy7
Pizza run
https://goo.gl/maps/S5AEo1nADK9mdh2VA
Favourite Ride: Suffolk/Norfolk borders
https://goo.gl/maps/5EWvtyGVvNR3ucsb9
DECEMBER 2019
My favourite ride
Start: Queniborough Finish Hambleton Download GPX file.
Isle of Man
Main route. Download GPX file
Alternative route. Download GPX file.
April 2019
Road Trip (page 16) – Bye-Bye Busa
Start Crickhowell Finish Carmarthen Time 7 hours Distance 191 miles
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March 2019
Group Ride (page 22) – Honda CB1000R v Yamaha MT-10 in the Midlands
Start/Finish Peterborough Time 4 hours Distance 137 miles
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One-day Ride (page 28) – The Beautiful South
Start/Finish Pembury Time 6.5 hours Distance 209 miles
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February 2019
Group Ride (page 22) – Yamaha MT-09 v KTM 790 Duke in East Anglia
Start Hunstanton Finish Pin Mill Time 4 hours Distance 125 miles
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One-day Ride (page 30) – Mid-Wales
Start/Finish Shrewsbury Time 6.5 hours Distance 222 miles
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2018 Great British Ride Out winning route (page 12) – Bowland Blast
Start Arnside Finish Wolviston Time 4.5 hours Distance 13 miles
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January 2019
Group Ride (page 24) – Café Racers in the Peak District
Start/Finish Buxton Time 3 hours Distance 80 miles
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One-day Ride (page 32) – Dunfermline
Start/Finish Dunfermline Time 5 hours Distance 180 miles
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Great British Ride Out (page 34)
1 Horsing Around
Start/Finish Taunton Time 5.5 hours Distance 205 miles
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2 A Fine Mess
Start/Finish Redcar Time 7.5 hours Distance 244 miles
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3 Poo Sticks And Planes
Start/Finish Biggin Hill Time 2 hours Distance 57 miles
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4 Lakes And Japes
Start/Finish Penrith Time 4.5 hours Distance 148 miles
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Ultimate High (page 44) – Sierra Nevada, Spain
Start/Finish Granada Time 6 hours Distance 190 miles
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December 2018
Group Ride (page 22) – Adventure bikes in Northumberland
Start/Finish Alnwick Castle Time 5 hours Distance 145 miles
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(Please note: this route includes the Kielder Forest Drive, a 12-mile gravel trail with a £3 toll)
One-day Ride (page 34) – Thetford
Start/Finish Thetford Time 4 hours Distance 135 miles
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Great British Ride Out (page 36)
1 Baker’s Brecon Blast
Start/Finish Llandovery Time 4.5 hours Distance 155 miles
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2 Not The North Coast 500
Start/Finish Inverness Time 2.5 hours Distance 120 miles
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3 The Great Escape
Start Shoreditch Finish Happisburgh Time 4.5 hours Distance 140 miles
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4 Southern Star
Start/Finish M25 Time 6.5 hours Distance 240 miles
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November 2018
Group Ride (page 20) – All-rounders to Wales
Part 1: Start Shrewsbury Finish Elan Valley Hotel Time 2 hours Distance 73 miles
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Part 2: Start Elan Valley Hotel Finish Alcester Time 3.5 hours Distance 130 miles
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One-day Ride (page 28) – Looe
Start/Finish Looe Time 5 hours Distance 160 miles
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Great British Ride Out (page 30)
1 Wonderful Wales Tour
Start Cannock Finish Rugely Time Three days (!) Distance 560 miles
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2 Cotswold Caper
Start/Finish Cirencester Time 2 hours Distance 80 miles
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3 West Country
Start/Finish Taunton Time 5.5 hours Distance 180 miles
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4 Road To The Isles & The Cairngorms
Start/Finish Kyle of Lochalsh Time 8 hours Distance 330 miles
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GOING BIG: THE SCENIC ROUTE TO MILLAU (PAGE 42)
Day 1: Calais to Avallon, 320 miles
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Day 2: Avallon to Ales, 350 miels
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Day 3: Alles to Millau daytrip, 210 miles
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Day 4: Ales to Joigny, 360 miles
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Day 5: Joigny to Calais, 270 miles
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