Moira Furnace and Canal – Moira Furnace loop from Appleby Magna

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Moira Furnace and Canal – Moira Furnace loop from Appleby Magna

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Moira Furnace and Canal – Moira Furnace loop from Appleby Magna

01:39

26.2km

170m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.43 km for 214 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.61 km

Heart of the National Forest - Ashby Line

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A raised disused railway line that passes through the National Forest and Donsthorpe Woodland Park. Very level gravel.

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6.95 km

Moira Furnace and Canal

Highlight • Historical Site

Moira Furnace next to the small old mining town of Moira is on the edge of the canal with easily accessible footpaths leading past Moira lime kilns to nearby Donisthorp …

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7.02 km

Moira Furnace

Highlight • Monument

Revived stretch of Ashby Canal with excellent restoration of this building from the industrial revolution . It must have looked very different in its heyday!!

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8.51 km

Hicks Lodge Trail

Highlight • Lake

The cafe has Oreo brownies and they make really good flat white coffee. Awesome gravel trails too!

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9.12 km

Hicks Lodge Blue Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Very flowy trail, nice bumps and berms!

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16.9 km

Start of the Stick Man Trail at Hicks Lodge

Highlight • Rest Area

Hicks Lodge trail ride blue flat and the walks around the lake flat with cafe and park bike hire

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20.6 km

Donisthorpe Woodland Park

Highlight • Forest

Fantastic wide gravels tracks that are easy going on a mountain bike. Cycle through the 20Ha of newly planted woodland that includes Corsican pine, larch, oak, ash and cherry.

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