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Langsett Reservoir – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Langsett

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Yorkshire And The Humber

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Langsett

Langsett Reservoir – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Langsett

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Langsett Reservoir – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Langsett

02:09

20.0km

560m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

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Peak District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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351 m

The Bank View Café

Highlight • Cafe

Great place to stop for a chip butty & a slab of cake after your walk or ride at Langsett barn

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643 m

Langsett Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Langsett Reservoir is owned and managed by Yorkshire Water to provide water for Sheffield and Barnsley.

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3.20 km

North America Farm Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

Named as a result of the trend for naming farms after faraway places, this farm was abandoned after the reservoir was built and was later used for target practice by tanks in WW2.

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8.32 km

Cut Gate Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Enjoy the view, it's hard earned. Excellent on the way back down.

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9.73 km

Assuming you have ridden from Howdens reservoir, you have already climbed (or pushed) up this rather steep and rocky section with a couple of hairpin bends thrown into the mix.

Coming down it is crazy. Avoid the temping paths that go straight on at the top and turn left. When it gets really crazy there is another option to go straight on but again turn left and drop off a big rock into the last couple of bends. Sweet!

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10.6 km

Cut Gate Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Cut Gate is a trail that links Slippery Stones and Mickleden Edge via wonderfully-wild moorland. Rough, rocky, rutty and testing even on full suspension, Cut Gate is pure MTB territory. If bike touring or gravel riding, you’ll be pushing and/or carrying for large sections in either direction – and it’s not easy pushing.

Don’t let that deter you necessarily, though. Cut Gate and the trail along Mickleden Edge is a great way to link Ladybower with the Trans Pennine Trail without large sections on road. I cycled/pushed/carried the entire section on a rigid bike loaded with bags and thought it was loads of fun (if tough going). Plus, the views are spectacular.

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17.2 km

Langsett Rocky Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

WARNING ! If you are bike backing this is not a good route. I had to push for 3.5 miles was horrific.

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20.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.9 km

1.42 km

1.09 km

587 m

Surfaces

17.1 km

2.15 km

760 m

Elevation

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Langsett Reservoir – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Langsett

The Bank View Café

Langsett Reservoir

North America Farm Ruins

Cut Gate Summit

Cranberry Clough Descent

Cut Gate Trail

Langsett Rocky Climb

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