River Dee Riverside Trail – Dee Banks Path loop from Hope (Flintshire)

River Dee Riverside Trail – Dee Banks Path loop from Hope (Flintshire)

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River Dee Riverside Trail – Dee Banks Path loop from Hope (Flintshire)

02:25

59.2km

220m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 39 m for 79 m

After 59.1 km for 79 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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16.7 km

Garden City Blue Bridge

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A useful shortcut across the River Dee between Chester and Queensferry. You will probably need to "dismount" at some point !

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23.6 km

River Dee Riverside Trail

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Traffic-free stretch of riverside path between Hawarden Bridge and Chester. Link with Chester Greenway for the full River Dee Round.

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29.5 km

Burton Marshes Boardwalk

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This is a great experience. A giant 'board walk' that can be used by walkers & cyclists which allows you to over the Dee Marshes, opposite the RSBP Bird Sanctuary …

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31.3 km

Nets Café

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Nets Cafe, which is a well-known cyclist cafe and is very reasonably priced. There’s loads of outside seating, so you don’t have to worry about locking your bikes up.
It …

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32.9 km

Bath Wood

Forest

33.0 km

View of Dee Estuary Marshes

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When there are sheep on the marshes, the path can be very messy.

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42.2 km

Jubilee Bridge (Blue Bridge), Queensferry

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The bridge was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. between 1925 and 1927. It takes its name from an earlier bridge on the same site which was completed during …

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42.8 km

River Dee at Sealand

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The River Dee round is a surfaced, traffic-free loop of 15 miles (24 km). It follows the National Cycle Network Route 5 to the west of the city as far …

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44.5 km