Rosedale Chimney Bank Climb – Yorkshire Cycle Hub loop from Lealholm

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Rosedale Chimney Bank Climb – Yorkshire Cycle Hub loop from Lealholm

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Rosedale Chimney Bank Climb – Yorkshire Cycle Hub loop from Lealholm

02:58

42.2km

790m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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North York Moors National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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394 m

Lealholm Bridge

Highlight • River

Some nice views over to the bridge and river.
The Board Inn is a good pub to call into.

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21.9 km

Rosedale Chimney Bank Climb

Highlight • Viewpoint

A famous road cycling climb that is often used in pro bike races. A tough climb that will really test you, but there's a brilliant view at the top which makes it worth it.

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22.4 km

Whether starting your ride or finishing it here, this is a great place to stop. There is a great café here, which serves great food, and a general store - two in one - so you will be sorted for energy for your ride before starting out or re-energise your weary muscles at the end of it. There is a lovely green outside, too - an all-rounder, really!

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22.5 km

Abbey Tea Rooms

Highlight • Cafe

Good place to stop for refreshments

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22.7 km

Rosedale Abbey Village Green

Highlight • Settlement

Rosedale Abbey is a must to stop at. It is a village right in the centre of North York Moors National Park: descent into it from just about any direction is always spectacular, whether via Spaunton Moor (south) or Rosedale Moor (north), the views just do not stop giving.

The village is picturesque in itself, particularly the village green. There used to be a Cistercian Priory here, originally established here in 1158. Little remains nowadays, except for a staircase turret, a sundial and a single stone pillar. More recently, in the 19th century, the iron ore industry thrived here, but that came to an end in the 1920s.

If you like super-steep ascents, you would probably like to go up the Rosedale Chimney Bank road, south of the village, but be warned: it is actually notorious for how steep that is!

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25.1 km

Knottside Plantation

Forest

29.3 km

Danby High Moor

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

A minor road through the delightfully desolate, heathery and lonely Danby High Moor with distant views to Roseberry Topping to the west.

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35.0 km

Yorkshire Cycle Hub

Highlight • Cycleway

Absolutely worth checking out as this place is quite amazing. There's everything one might need for an ace day (or week) out on the bikes, whether you're into road, gravel, mtb or touring. Really knowledgeable staff with a huge passion for spreading the love of cycling.

There's a cafe, bike shop, hire bikes, bike wash, drying room, camping pods and a modern, really clean bunk house for big groups. Seriously, worth a trip. Also set in a beautiful little valley called Fryup Dale which has such quiet, pretty (tough) roads for cycling.

yorkshirecyclehub.co.uk

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