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Ilam Park Tea Room – Croxden Abbey Ruins loop from Blythe Bridge

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Staffordshire Moorlands

Forsbrook

Ilam Park Tea Room – Croxden Abbey Ruins loop from Blythe Bridge

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Ilam Park Tea Room – Croxden Abbey Ruins loop from Blythe Bridge

05:02

74.7km

1,050m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 35.6 km for 160 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

15.3 km

Hightshutt

Forest

27.4 km

Brown End Farm Cycle Hire

Highlight • Rest Area

It has a free car park and is conveniently placed for the Manifold Trail.

Tip by

30.7 km

Farwell Lane

Highlight • Cycleway

A better ride from Carlton to Ilam than the other direction.

Tip by

35.7 km

The National Trust tearoom at Ilam Park has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. Stop and grab a scone, coffee, ice cream or a light meal and then continue with your walk. The staff are friendly, and the cafe is reassuringly NT.
Open 10:00 - 17:00 every day.

Tip by

38.0 km

Descent in Peak District National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

39.5 km

The Old Dog Pub

Highlight • Restaurant

Lovely pub with excellent food, just off the tissington trail. very bike friendly, lots of outdoor seating.

Tip by

40.4 km

Stone Sphere Sculpture, Peak District National Park

Highlight • Monument

43.5 km

Tissington Trail — Start at Mapleton Lane

Highlight • Trail

Tissington trail about 28 miles amazing views with cafe and toilets on the way windy in places awesome biking

Tip by

51.8 km

Brickyard Plantation

Forest

62.1 km

Croxden Abbey Ruins

Highlight • Religious Site

Croxden Abbey was built in the 12th centaury as the home of 70 Cistercian monks. It was converted to a farm after the suppression of the monasteries in 1538. Remains of the church, infirmary and abbots house remain.
Now managed by English Heritage it's open 10:00 - 17:00 everyday. Entry is free.

Tip by

74.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

60.3 km

9.01 km

1.60 km

1.59 km

1.38 km

892 m

Surfaces

36.8 km

35.4 km

2.01 km

570 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

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Friday 10 July

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Ilam Park Tea Room – Croxden Abbey Ruins loop from Blythe Bridge

Brown End Farm Cycle Hire

Farwell Lane