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Thurgoland Tunnel – Sheffield Forest Gravel Path loop from Penistone

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United Kingdom

England

Yorkshire And The Humber

Barnsley

Penistone

Thurgoland Tunnel – Sheffield Forest Gravel Path loop from Penistone

Hard

5.0

(3)

riders

Thurgoland Tunnel – Sheffield Forest Gravel Path loop from Penistone

02:30

28.7km

340m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 2.73 km for 19 m

After 3.27 km for 19 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.01 km

Grass and Gravel Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Track up the middle of a corn field, head under the red brick bridge. Lovely gravel surface with some grass up the middle

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5.01 km

Thurgoland Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

You can make some really good echos.

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7.65 km

Plank Gate, Trans Pennine Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A little bit of wilderness close to the city!

This section of the Trans Pennine Trail is a wide, groomed, gravel path through the woodland linking Wortley to Oughtibridge. It's …

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18.4 km

Rocky Steep Climb

Highlight • Climb

A good lung and leg test alongside some rock weaving!

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20.8 km

Pond

Highlight • Natural

A small, nice pond just off the main trail but easy to miss.

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21.1 km

Sheffield Forest Gravel Path

Highlight • Forest

The work of getting up Plank Gate are worth it as you can hit 35-40 MPH coming back down just made sure you slow down at the bridge lol

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27.0 km

Bench at Trans Pennine Trail Junction, Oxspring

Highlight • Rest Area

A small bench at a TPT junction in Oxspring, near Penistone. It always feels like it's a good stop when I'm cycling to or from Barnsley. One autumn there were …

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28.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.3 km

7.96 km

4.43 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.3 km

9.17 km

120 m

106 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 11 June

18°C

11°C

79 %

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Max wind speed: 33.0 km/h

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Thurgoland Tunnel – Sheffield Forest Gravel Path loop from Penistone

Grass and Gravel Path

Thurgoland Tunnel

Plank Gate, Trans Pennine Trail

Rocky Steep Climb

Pond

Sheffield Forest Gravel Path

Bench at Trans Pennine Trail Junction, Oxspring

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