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North West England

Greater Manchester

Billinge Hill Climb – Pimbo Lane loop from Orrell

Road cycling routes

North West England

Greater Manchester

Billinge Hill Climb – Pimbo Lane loop from Orrell

Moderate

4.5

(2)

95

riders

Billinge Hill Climb – Pimbo Lane loop from Orrell

02:05

50.3km

320m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

422 m

Orrell Water Park

Highlight • Natural

The nature reserve and coarse fishery, Orrell Water Park is open all-year round for residents, visitors and day ticket fishing.

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2

5.69 km

Billinge Hill Climb

Highlight • Climb

Billinge Hill, also known as Billinge Bump, is in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in North West England. With a maximum elevation of 179 m, it is the highest point of Merseyside.

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3

8.03 km

Crank Road Climb and View of Billinge Hill

Highlight • Climb

From S-N, a fast start from the main road leading to a good climb past the hospital, rewarded with views at top, plus the Red Cat pub

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10.0 km

Dial House Wood

Forest

5

14.7 km

Intake Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Quite road, if coming from the Rainford bypass has a slight climb at the woods until Bickerstaffe.

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32.9 km

Cropper's Wood

Forest

7

40.0 km

Views from Crank Road

Highlight • Climb

Crank Road starts at Windle Junction of the EastLancs Road.
It has beautiful scenery surrounded by farm land and fields and finally takes you up the hill a couple of …

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8

40.3 km

The Crank Hill

Highlight • Climb

It's a bloody big hill

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9

41.8 km

Shaley Brow Climb

Highlight • Cycleway

Shaley Brow is in my opinion a Jekyll and Hyde kind of hill, on paper it doesn't look all that bad, yes it kicks up to about 14% but take …

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10

42.4 km

Pimbo Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Quiet and narrow lane, fast descent from the north and an easy alternative to Shaley Brow from the south.

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B

50.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.0 km

3.03 km

660 m

400 m

230 m

Surfaces

49.5 km

568 m

200 m

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

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