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View of Mardale Moor – Holmfirth town centre loop from Huddersfield

Yorkshire And The Humber

View of Mardale Moor – Holmfirth town centre loop from Huddersfield

Hard

5.0

(1)

187

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View of Mardale Moor – Holmfirth town centre loop from Huddersfield

02:56

58.6km

920m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

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

After 28.8 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.54 km

View of Saddleworth Moor and M62 Motorway Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

bring your climbing legs

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15.3 km

View of Mardale Moor

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Panoramic views over the valley and March Haigh reservoir. There’s usually an ice cream van in the car park, and hang-gliders if the winds right.

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25.8 km

Knott Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Maxxing out at 28% but with an average of 'just' 7.7%, this hill ramps up right from the exit of Delph village but eases a little in the middle. The …

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28.8 km

The Limekiln Café

Highlight • Cafe

The Limekiln are passionate about using locally sourced, organic and fair trade produce and offer a wide selection of soups, sandwiches, main meals

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29.6 km

Cafe Grand Abaco

Highlight • Cafe

Good little cafe with really nice food definitely recommended

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32.0 km

Holmfirth Road Climb (Dovestone Reservoir)

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

Known locally as the “Isle of Skye” after a long-since closed pub. A long, steady, almost alpine-like climb. Nice views across Dovestones reservoir. There tend to be a lot of parked cars along the road on nice days.

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47.9 km

BLOC Café

Highlight • Cafe

Great spot for a stop off offering coffee, and a bite to eat. There are also inner tubes and a pump available.

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48.1 km

Holmfirth town centre

Highlight • Historical Site

Good selection of cafes and take away food shops in a scenic town. Down side is that the town is surrounded by steep hills so any bike ride will require …

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53.6 km

Park Wood

Forest

58.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.5 km

5.50 km

3.89 km

1.19 km

482 m

Surfaces

56.9 km

1.45 km

109 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Saturday 27 June

21°C

12°C

39 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Comments

August 21, 2023,Hellish Buckstones and Greenfield loop.

8mph winds with 13-15mph gust my backside they were, 15-20mph headwinds out with 30-40mph gusts. Down hill from Buckstones to Denshaw stood up pedalling managed a whopping 17mph and some parts as low as 11mph downhill, wtf.

September 6, 2021,Buckstones, Delph and Greenfield loop

Hard work today, head wind out and tar and dashed climb out of Greenfield bugger 😂

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View of Mardale Moor – Holmfirth town centre loop from Huddersfield

View of Saddleworth Moor and M62 Motorway Bridge

View of Mardale Moor

Knott Hill

The Limekiln Café

Cafe Grand Abaco

Holmfirth Road Climb (Dovestone Reservoir)

BLOC Café

Holmfirth town centre

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