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Broomhaugh And Riding

Blanchland Village – Rookhope Old Mine Headframe loop from Riding Mill

Broomhaugh And Riding

Blanchland Village – Rookhope Old Mine Headframe loop from Riding Mill

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Blanchland Village – Rookhope Old Mine Headframe loop from Riding Mill

07:19

134km

2,240m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 86.2 km for 101 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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16.4 km

Blanchland Village

Highlight • Religious Site

Lovely spot, there's a tap round the back of the abbey if you need to fill up with drinking water when the pub and cafe are both closed.

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26.2 km

Rookhope Arch

Highlight • Monument

Remains of the archs that carried the flue from the smelting mill

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29.4 km

Rookhope Old Mine Headframe

Highlight • Historical Site

After climb out of Allenheads this descent goes on for about 4 miles!

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32.5 km

Cairn at Northumberland–County Durham Border

Highlight • Viewpoint

Road from Allenheads to Rookhope

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32.8 km

Hairpin Climb from Allenheads to Rookhope

Highlight • Trail

The road heading up onto Redburn Common from Allenheads (430m) in the west climbs through a steep hairpin bend and several shallower corners to reach an altitude of 533m. The …

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33.9 km

Fawside Plantation

Forest

34.4 km

Alltwen Road Climb

Highlight • Forest

Long drag up through the forest out of Allenheads but then the summit with a long descent.

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40.8 km

Coalcleugh Descent

Highlight • Trail

This is the highest point (after short hairpin climb) from which a long fast descent across to Allenheads (this stretch is listed for fastest times on Strava).

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43.2 km

Northumberland–County Durham Border Sign

Highlight • Cycleway

Here, you will cross over from Northumberland into county Durham. The border sign is found at the side of a long stretch of road that stretches into the Pennines a …

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86.2 km

Melkridge Millenium Nature Park

Nature Reserve

91.6 km

Scrogg Wood

Forest

134 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

117 km

11.3 km

4.49 km

645 m

413 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

92.8 km

40.2 km

482 m

177 m

Elevation

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Highest point (600 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Saturday 30 May

18°C

11°C

44 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Blanchland Village – Rookhope Old Mine Headframe loop from Riding Mill

Blanchland Village

Rookhope Arch

Rookhope Old Mine Headframe

Cairn at Northumberland–County Durham Border

Hairpin Climb from Allenheads to Rookhope

Alltwen Road Climb

Coalcleugh Descent

Northumberland–County Durham Border Sign

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