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Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Gunnerside

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Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Gunnerside

Hard

4.7

(35)

255

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Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Gunnerside

03:36

38.0km

910m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.9 km for 153 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.61 km

Rowleth Wood

Forest

6.58 km

Swale Trail

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This is a lovely new riverside route, designed to be family friendly running from Reeth to Gunnerside.

There are no tricky sections (although if it's dry the gravel can get …

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11.3 km

Dales Bike Centre & Café

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Food, cake, coffee, tea, cake, accommodation, bike hire, route suggestions, cake, an excellently stocked bike shop, and cake. Honestly, what more do you need?

The cafe is open 7 days …

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11.9 km

Intake Wood

Forest

12.3 km

Jingle Pot Road Climb

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Huge 1 mile climb to the top of Fremington Edge, averaging a gradient of 12% but hitting almost 45% in places. Be prepared for a sore neck the next day …

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13.8 km

Fremington Edge

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Classic route starting from Dales centre .. Nice cheeky climb out of the village the upto from edge, the trail gets steeper towards the top

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17.1 km

Fremington Edge

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A superb descent from the tops on this bridleway. Some loose Rocky sections with evidence of flood damage. Also has some fast grassy sections with natural berms to keep your flow...

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29.4 km

Level House

Ruins

38.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.9 km

9.76 km

6.53 km

699 m

213 m

Surfaces

16.0 km

9.36 km

6.71 km

3.21 km

2.49 km

295 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

16°C

12°C

97 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

August 3, 2024,Dales loop starting at Reeth

So... It feels, once you get out onto the top of the moors that you are away from civilisation. you're on a bike so you really aren't. The green button to open the gate to Gunnerside is on your right - lol keep going with the river on your left to end up at the Dales bike centre - don't …

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Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Gunnerside

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Dales Bike Centre & Café

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Fremington Edge

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