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Lancashire
Ribble Valley
Bowland Forest High

Witches 400 Trail Marker – Salter Fell Descent loop from Dunsop Bridge

Hard

12

riders

Witches 400 Trail Marker – Salter Fell Descent loop from Dunsop Bridge

03:16

40.4km

920m

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 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 6.03 km for 483 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

152 m

Puddleducks Tea Room at the Centre of the United Kingdom

Highlight • Cafe

Popular cyclists haunt with good food, outside and indoor seating, secure bike racks, drying room, water bottle refill tap. They don't take cards but you can get cash-back from the …

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1.38 km

Holmehead Wood

Forest

3

11.5 km

The last bit of Gravel heading South before you're back on tarmac

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4

11.9 km

Witches 400 Trail Marker

Highlight • Structure

Intriguing witch memorabilia followed by a lovely fire track descent off the Fell

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5

12.0 km

Gravel Track in Forest of Bowland

Highlight • Cycleway

Take spare socks! - quite rough going up.

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6

13.4 km

Salter Fell Descent

Highlight • MTB Park

Lots of big boulder loose pack and mixed surface. It's rideable but definitely better on big tyres or with a high degree of MTB/CX skill!

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8

17.2 km

High Salter Rough Section

Highlight • Cycleway

Whilst most of High Salter is rideable on a standard gravel bike, there are loose pack sections that you'll probably have to walk - rough estimate 95% of the Hornby Road is rideable though!

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28.1 km

Lee Wood

Forest

34.7 km

Trough of Bowland

Mountain Pass

11

40.1 km

Officially the village closest to the centre of the British Isles as certified by Ordnance Survey.
It's a pretty little village with a cafe and a pub. It's on the …

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40.4 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.0 km

15.1 km

3.45 km

3.04 km

866 m

Surfaces

20.7 km

11.4 km

6.78 km

1.49 km

< 100 m

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Saturday 30 May

16°C

11°C

55 %

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