The Old Hayloft Tea Room – Iron Horse Equestrian Café loop from Thorne North

Yorkshire And The Humber

Doncaster

Thorne

The Old Hayloft Tea Room – Iron Horse Equestrian Café loop from Thorne North

Moderate

riders

The Old Hayloft Tea Room – Iron Horse Equestrian Café loop from Thorne North

02:13

52.8km

60m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 48 m for 25 m

After 125 m for 9 m

After 52.7 km for 9 m

After 52.8 km for 25 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.98 km

Closed Bridge Over the M18

Highlight • Bridge

This bridge over the M18 is blocked by concrete barriers and the only way is to climb over. other than that it's still rideable.

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15.9 km

Sykehouse Lift Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Liftbridge over the New Junction Canal.

Sykehouse village is about a mile to the east.

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23.7 km

The Old Hayloft Tea Room

Highlight • Cafe

Nice little cafe at the Iron Horse Saddlery. Loads of cakes to choose from plus paninis and soup if you fancy a bit more to eat. It was pretty busy …

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23.7 km

Iron Horse Equestrian Café

Highlight • Cafe

Nice coffee and Panini

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27.3 km

The Flower Shop

Highlight • Cafe

27.5 km

Askern Lake

Highlight • Lake

Great little cafe on the lake plus a bakers and a co-op, so it's a good place for a stop.

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34.8 km

Thorpe in Balne Village

Highlight • Historical Site

Thorpe in Balne is a quiet village with a manor house and a moated chapel, which was previously the parish church.

The village is in a high flood risk area …

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42.5 km

View of the River Don from Stainforth Don Bridge

Highlight • River

One of the few bridges that goes over the river Don. The tranquility of the river is quite beguiling but be careful as there is no footpath going over the bridge.

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