Nantwich Town Centre – Beeston Castle loop from Bunbury

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Nantwich Town Centre – Beeston Castle loop from Bunbury

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Nantwich Town Centre – Beeston Castle loop from Bunbury

02:55

49.8km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a movable bridge

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After 21.3 km for 5 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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92 m

Tilly's Coffee Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Great cycle-friendly cafe. Best to ring ahead and book a table for your group as even mid-week can be pretty packed at times.

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12.1 km

Nantwich Town Centre

Highlight • Monument

Nantwich is a hidden gem with lots of old Tudor and Georgian buildings and cafes to stop at, plus lots of roads around the town have been freshly tarmacked.

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21.3 km

Wrenbury Lift Bridge on the Llangollen Canal

Highlight • Bridge

The canal wharf at Wrenbury Bridge is rather picturesque and a lovely place to stop for a picnic. This historic lifting bridge lets narrowboats pass and is great fun to …

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29.1 km

Cholmondeley Farm Shop and Café

Highlight • Cafe

32.6 km

Holy Trinity Church, Bickerton

Highlight • Other

Built as a Chapel of ease to St Oswald's Church in 1839.

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33.6 km

At 716 feet (227 m) Rawhead is the highest point on the Sandstone Trail and affords some wonderful views over Cheshire. A little further down the trail, you reach a cave known as Bloody Bones, which you can peek inside.

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44.3 km

View of Peckforton Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great road surface with a good view of Peckforton Castle looming above you as zoom past.

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45.9 km

Beeston Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beeston Castle is a magnificent 11th-century former stronghold that once belonged to Henry III. Built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, the castle was partly destroyed under Cromwell in …

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