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North West England

St John'S Castlerigg And Wythburn

Ullswater Lakeshore Road – Pooley Bridge (2020) loop from Threlkeld

Road cycling routes

North West England

St John'S Castlerigg And Wythburn

Ullswater Lakeshore Road – Pooley Bridge (2020) loop from Threlkeld

Moderate

15

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Ullswater Lakeshore Road – Pooley Bridge (2020) loop from Threlkeld

03:06

61.6km

800m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 26.8 km for 100 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

8.83 km

Gills Row and View of Blencathra

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the nicest ways in which you can avoid the A66 and the obvious way in which you would avoid the A66.

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2

16.8 km

Descent from Matterdale to Ullswater

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The decent on the A5091 from Matterdale End to Ullswater is super nice with good roads and views to boot. The scenery is simply sublime to look at, and after …

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3

20.9 km

View of Hallin Fell

Highlight • Lake

View from Gowbarrow Bay

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4

23.2 km

View of Ullswater

Highlight • Lake

View of Ullswater

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5

24.3 km

View of Ullswater

Highlight • Lake

View from Watermillock

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6

25.8 km

Ullswater Lakeshore Road

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely road along the north shore of Ullswater Lake with great climbs up Watermillock or Matterdale on the right, and the savage Kirkstone Pass straight on through Glenridding.

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7

26.9 km

Pooley Bridge (2020)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Pooley Bridge got a new bridge on 23rd October 2020! The new bridge is 128ft (39 m) in length and replaces the 18th-century stone bridge that was destroyed during Storm …

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8

40.3 km

Greystoke Village Cross

Highlight • Historical Site

Greystoke is a village in Cumbria on the edge of the Lake District. There has been a church here since 1255 and the cross in the village square dates back to the early 1600's.

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B

61.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.4 km

22.2 km

4.43 km

347 m

146 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

45.6 km

16.0 km

< 100 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Wednesday 21 October

11°C

4°C

26 %

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