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Dent Valley Lanes – View of Dent Head Viaduct loop from Dent

Road cycling routes

North West England

Dent Valley Lanes – View of Dent Head Viaduct loop from Dent

Moderate

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Dent Valley Lanes – View of Dent Head Viaduct loop from Dent

01:35

26.6km

390m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Last updated: February 28, 2026

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2.10 km

Deepdale Lane Junction

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Make good choices! This is the start of the climb of White Shaw Moss towards the South. A brilliant, savage climb that's pretty dicey in the winter months!

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2

6.72 km

Approach to the Coal Road at Cowgill

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Lovely here. Catch your breath before tacking the nasty steepness of the Coal Road!

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3

7.29 km

Dent Valley Lanes

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Lovely quiet lanes through the Dent Valley

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4

7.56 km

Harper Gill Bridge

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Beautiful, quite road.

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5

10.4 km

Dent Head Viaduct

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Dent Head Viaduct is an impressive 10-arch bridge that is 100 feet (30 m) high and 597 feet (182 m) long. The viaduct was built for the Midland Railway Company …

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11.0 km

View of Dent Head Viaduct

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The Dent Head Viaduct is now used by the Settle-Carlisle Railway but was built between 1869 and 1875 for the Midland Railway Company. It has 10 arches and is 100ft …

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12.1 km

Top o'Dent

Mountain Pass

8

23.0 km

Cobbled Streets of Dent

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A very remote little Yorkshire Dales village with steep hills on all sides and cobbled streets

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9

23.2 km

Stone Close

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26.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.3 km

187 m

156 m

Surfaces

23.5 km

2.94 km

136 m

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Lowest point (130 m)

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Saturday 23 May

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