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Staffordshire Moorlands

Longnor

Barry Off Brookside – Three Shires Head loop from Longnor

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Staffordshire Moorlands

Longnor

Barry Off Brookside – Three Shires Head loop from Longnor

Hard

4.1

(12)

riders

Barry Off Brookside – Three Shires Head loop from Longnor

03:26

39.5km

900m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 34.6 km for 57 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.01 km

View of the Rolling Hills, Peak District National Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

15.3 km

Old Coach Road (Macclesfield to Buxton)

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is the old coach road which used to run between Macclesfield and Buxton. It's still clad in its 18th century road surface, so it's pretty easy going on a …

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17.6 km

The Gape Valley

Highlight • Natural Monument

toilets aren't open which was annoying!

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19.8 km

Barry Off Brookside

Highlight • MTB Park

long fast tech descent

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23.3 km

Streamside Path from Three Shires Head to Buxton Road

Highlight • Climb

Quite a tough climb in places, more down to the technical nature than the elevation, I’m sure it’s a fun descent

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23.7 km

Three Shires Head

Highlight • Waterfall

Worth the walk down, a nice quiet spot

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23.8 km

Three Shires Head Stone Bridge and Waterfalls

Highlight • Viewpoint

Three Shires Head is the Grade II listed stream bridge (or waterfall, accounts differ) which marks the intersection of three counties; Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire.

The run around cut-thorn hill …

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30.5 km

House on the Hill in Sterndale

Highlight • Viewpoint

39.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.2 km

9.50 km

8.12 km

2.44 km

2.16 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

10.1 km

7.37 km

6.03 km

4.97 km

699 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Saturday 22 August

20°C

7°C

0 %

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Barry Off Brookside – Three Shires Head loop from Longnor

View of the Rolling Hills, Peak District National Park

Old Coach Road (Macclesfield to Buxton)

The Gape Valley

Barry Off Brookside

Streamside Path from Three Shires Head to Buxton Road

Three Shires Head

Three Shires Head Stone Bridge and Waterfalls

House on the Hill in Sterndale

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