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Shillito Woods Trail – Beauchief Drive Byway loop from Dore and Totley

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Bike touring routes & trails
United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber

Shillito Woods Trail – Beauchief Drive Byway loop from Dore and Totley

Hard

37

riders

Shillito Woods Trail – Beauchief Drive Byway loop from Dore and Totley

03:02

42.9km

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: May 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 42.6 km for 248 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

701 m

Strangler Fig on Abbey Lane

Highlight • Natural Monument

16.0 km

Allen Wood

Forest

3

19.0 km

The Lakeside Café

Highlight • Lake

Lovely little cafe with outdoor seating on the edge of the fishing lakes.
Opening hours: 9.30am to 3.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday. The don't have barista coffee but their filter is pretty good.

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4

24.0 km

Birley Gravel Bridleway

Highlight • Cycleway

This leads to the start of the muddy classic descent into Birley Brook. Don't be put off by the Private Road and big electric gates to Birley Farm, there is …

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5

27.6 km

Shillito Woods Trail

Highlight • Forest

Fantastic single-track for about a mile. At its best in spring and late summer as it gets muddy and overgrown. Watch out for the drop off before the river but don't worry it is rollable.

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6

39.5 km

Beauchief Drive Byway

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

A wide, unsurfaced byway that climbs up from the Beaucheif Abbey Road, through Beauchief golf course and woods. It's a nice traffic-free, cut-through from Abbeydale up to Bradway avoiding the busy roads. It gets really muddy in winter though.

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40.5 km

Gulleys Wood

Forest

8

42.0 km

Hutcliffe Wood Bridleway

Highlight • Cycleway

Hutcliffe Wood trail is a nice stretch of traffic-free trail that runs from Hutcliffe Wood Road to Beauchief on the opposite side of the railway line to Millhouses Park.

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B

42.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.9 km

9.90 km

4.59 km

1.09 km

1.08 km

288 m

Surfaces

23.8 km

15.0 km

3.55 km

559 m

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Highest point (310 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

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Thursday 21 May

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