Birkin Tea Room – Carlton Towers loop from Kirk Sandall

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Birkin Tea Room – Carlton Towers loop from Kirk Sandall

Moderate

4.5

(2)

riders

Birkin Tea Room – Carlton Towers loop from Kirk Sandall

03:11

70.1km

130m

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: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 64.1 km for 20 m

After 65.0 km for 19 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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20.0 km

The Courtyard Tea Room

Highlight • Cafe

Closed permanently. No longer running.

Tip by

28.6 km

Bench and Play Park Rest Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Great place to stop with kids as there’s a nice little play park opposite.

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29.8 km

Birkin Church

Highlight • Other

Has a well kept Portaloo open to the public, and a tap!

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30.7 km

Birkin Tea Room

Highlight • Cafe

Popular with cyclists - fast service, very reasonable prices, and always a smile and a warm welcome.

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44.1 km

Butt Hole Plantation

Forest

45.1 km

Carlton Towers

Highlight • Castle

A Grade I listed Victorian Gothic building, Carlton Towers is a beautiful historic house standing in 250 acres of farmland. The house belongs to the 18th Duke of Norfolk, although …

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46.9 km

Low Lane Swing Bridge

Highlight • River

Low Lane Swing Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (New Junction Canal) between Sykehouse Lift Bridge (Sykehouse village is about a mile to …

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70.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

62.4 km

6.20 km

892 m

646 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.5 km

29.9 km

527 m

181 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 4 October

22°C

13°C

17 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

July 1, 2025,Cycling

I rode out to Selby today, in what I expected to be another tarmac melting day. However, it stayed cloudy for the length of the ride without being too hot. With very light winds, it was a good day to ride.😁😁