Motor bike routes in North West England

Great run for larger adventure bikes. 70% paved lanes with some very easy green lanes mixed in. Bishop Bennett Way was a nice long easy green lane. Plenty of nice villages to grab coffee and food.

Fantastic fun, thank you very much for putting this together. I completed the route in two sections, South of Buxton and North of Buxton circular routes. Having not ridden for far too long I found the route through 3 shires head hard work due to bad body position and not enough momentum, conversely the route to the North is much more tame and I'd recommend doing it first to get into rock bashing on the easier sections before taking on the more challenging southern loop. I'd definitely choose the southern route if I'm feeling energetic in the evening as it's some of the best fun green laning I've ever done. Northern route great for a less technical countryside romp, still plenty of fun to be had. It's rarely dull perfectly graded gravel, lots of pot holes and rocks to keep you on your toes.

Did this route on 23/3/22 in glorious weather. Really enjoyed the ride. We started on north east corner of route and filled up at Whaley Bridge but had only done 20 miles by then. In afternoon we had to detour to Bekewell to fill up. Long day with Over 6 hours in saddle. Plenty of roadwork albeit a lot of this was single tracks, but many of the off road bits were “interesting“. Will do again.