YORKSHIRE BEST

The UK’s largest county is home to a wide variety of riding; with so much to choose from, we’ve selected five of our favourites (restrictions permitting)

TODMORDEN, WEST YORKSHIRE 24.8km (15.4 miles)

West Yorkshire, best Yorkshire? That’s up for debate but what isn’t up for debate is how good the riding is in the West Riding. This route starts in Todmorden where the trails and landscape lean heavily on an industrial past and present. Singletrack is made of millstone slabs rather than dirt, and tracks lead off to the wind farms that dot the horizon. The topographical creases in this part of the South Pennines are deep, so the climbs are steep but that does mean they are over with quickly and the descents lose altitude at a similar rate, so there’s rarely a dull moment. GPS download bit.ly/TodmordenRide

CLEVELAND HILLS, NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS 56.1km (34.9 miles)