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Helmsley — Market Town – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Helmsley

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Helmsley

Helmsley — Market Town – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Helmsley

Hard

5.0

(2)

riders

Helmsley — Market Town – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Helmsley

02:56

31.3km

660m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 14.3 km for 355 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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384 m

Porters Coffee Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Great food and coffee.

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434 m

Helmsley — Market Town

Highlight • Monument

The charming town of Helmsley is nestled in the heart of the picturesque North Yorkshire Moors.

Helmsley offers plenty to do and see. You could visit the imposing Helmsley Castle, …

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17.1 km

Shaken Bridge Weir

Highlight • River

Reopened in 2007 after it was badly damaged when freak weather caused the River Rye to burst its banks on June 19, 2005. Shaken Bridge Weir is downstream, south of …

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22.5 km

Hill Gill

Forest

24.0 km

Dick Wood

Forest

25.4 km

View of Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Other

25.9 km

Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Rievaulx Abbey was founded in the 12th century. It was an important and powerful abbey until Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries and its ruin.
Now owned and …

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26.0 km

Views of the Abbey and Cottage Garden

Highlight • Viewpoint

A couple of 16% climbs.. be prepared.. but otherwise v. enjoyable cycling.

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26.2 km

Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Such beautiful and complete ruins of what was once one of the grandest Cistercian abbeys – until Henry VIII set the Dissolution in motion. In the 1200s there were more …

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26.6 km

View of Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Viewpoint

National Trust site that's well worth a stop off. No facilities or cafe or anything like that, but if you've got a picnic or just want to get some nice photos, then it's a must.

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31.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.1 km

7.15 km

4.27 km

2.33 km

2.10 km

324 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.0 km

9.94 km

1.11 km

220 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Wednesday 15 July

24°C

11°C

0 %

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Helmsley — Market Town – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Helmsley

Porters Coffee Shop

Helmsley — Market Town

Shaken Bridge Weir

View of Rievaulx Abbey

Rievaulx Abbey

Views of the Abbey and Cottage Garden

Rievaulx Abbey

View of Rievaulx Abbey

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