The Old Chapel Café – Tees Railway Path loop from Barnard Castle

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The Old Chapel Café – Tees Railway Path loop from Barnard Castle

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36.6km

580m

Gravel riding

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

Last updated: September 17, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 2.86 km for 53 m

After 22.1 km for 112 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.57 km

Grotto Wood

Forest

6.19 km

The Old Chapel Café

Highlight • Cafe

Open 10-4 everyday except Tuesday. Great coffee and cake, bacon/sausage butties. Enough bike parking for a group ride, plus a maintenance station with pump and tools. Walkers, runners, kayakers and dogs all welcome!

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7.71 km

Tees Railway Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This former railway line, which roughly follows the route of the Tees river, is now a walking path where cyclists are also welcome. Along the way you regularly come across elements that refer to the past as a train track. From old railway tunnels and railway bridges to a former station passage halfway to Romaldkirk.

Although the gravel path is nice for cycling, it is not a path for fast cycling. You will have to regularly slow down for walkers on the narrow path and there are gates on the path that you have to open and close regularly. Truly a path for the connoisseur and party pacer.

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10.1 km

Romaldkirk Village

Highlight • Other

14.3 km

Blackton Moor Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Starts off as a wide gravel track that climbs to the top of the moor. At the summit the bridleway veers to the left of the gravel track and turns into a rutted moorland track that’s quite technical to ride in places.

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18.7 km

Long Gravel Path Through Forest

Highlight • Forest

Nice smooth fast gravel

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20.4 km

Tinker Hills Plantation

Forest

22.2 km

Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

36.4 km

Deepdale Footbridge and View of Barnard Castle

Highlight • Bridge

This funny little bridge (with steps that you have to lift your bike up) is a quiet route alternative to the busy, main road that climbs up to the town centre. You also get a great view of the castle.

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36.4 km

Deepdale Aqueduct

Highlight • Viewpoint

Constructed during the Victorian era, this footbridge spanning the River Tees was initially designed to convey water from the elevated moorland to the coastal industrial towns.

it now serves as a cycling and pedestrian bridge, with fantastic views over the water, including that of the castle.

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