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Tixall Wide – Pye Green BT Tower loop from Great Haywood

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Tixall Wide – Pye Green BT Tower loop from Great Haywood

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Tixall Wide – Pye Green BT Tower loop from Great Haywood

04:25

68.9km

570m

Cycling

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

Last updated: March 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 3.18 km for 11 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.69 km

Tixall Wide

Highlight • River

Good towpath now

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2.73 km

Tixall Lock

Lake

8.70 km

Fungus on Fallen Tree Trunk

Highlight • Natural

The tree its on blocks the path so not the greatest route but a spectacular fungus!

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11.0 km

Springslade Lodge

Highlight • Cafe

Great cafe stop if you are doing some of the off piste trails or gravel roads around Cannock Chase. Plenty of space in the bike racks plus lots of indoor and outdoor seating.

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13.0 km

Pye Green BT Tower

Highlight • Forest

This is the infamous Hednesford BT Tower that can be seen from most parts of Cannock Chase. Few people know of this spot that lets you view the tower emerging from the culled tree lines.

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21.8 km

Gravel Path from Upper Longdon to Rawnsley Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice to ride in both directions if you can fit it into your route.

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32.9 km

Vicar's Coppice

Forest

44.7 km

Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross

Highlight • Monument

Sometimes described as the most beautiful modern church in England, this magnificent sandstone building, with an embattled central tower, dates back to the 1870s and was the inspiration of Emily …

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54.7 km

Cobwebs Coffee Stop

Highlight • Cafe

Cake and coffee, cyclists mecca. A regular choice of a dozen fresh homemade cakes and excellent coffee.
Open 10:00 - 16:00 but closed on Tuesdays.

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54.7 km

The Old Mill Café

Highlight • Cafe

Seating area is outdoors or in covered ‘sheds’ as in photos…bring an extra layer! Cakes are off the charts!!! Bring tupperware to take an extra slice home!

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57.0 km

Blithfield Reservoir

Lake

68.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.6 km

9.88 km

7.73 km

444 m

319 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

42.1 km

18.4 km

5.84 km

2.53 km

130 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Monday 1 June

19°C

12°C

90 %

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Tixall Wide – Pye Green BT Tower loop from Great Haywood

Tixall Wide

Fungus on Fallen Tree Trunk

Springslade Lodge

Pye Green BT Tower

Gravel Path from Upper Longdon to Rawnsley Hill

Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross

Cobwebs Coffee Stop

The Old Mill Café

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