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North Yorkshire

Ryedale

Farndale East

Blakey Bank Summit – The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge loop from The Lion Inn

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Ryedale

Farndale East

Blakey Bank Summit – The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge loop from The Lion Inn

Moderate

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Blakey Bank Summit – The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge loop from The Lion Inn

01:19

26.7km

390m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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North York Moors National Park

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Parking

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48 m

Blakey Bank Summit

Highlight • Climb

Highest point in the North York Moors with beautiful views in all directions. From here you can take several options to cycle down.

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928 m

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

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Spectacularly situated at one of the highest points in the North York Moors National Park, the Lion is a 16th-century inn that serves good food and offers bed and breakfast …

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3.88 km

Fat Betty (White Cross)

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This stumpy, white-painted cross is known locally as Fat Betty. She's one of many moorland crosses and standing stones dotted about the North York Moors, including the nearby Young Ralph …

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3.92 km

Fat Betty Waymarker

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Fat Betty is a waymarker and boundary marker on Danby High Moor. It is thought to date from the 12th century and may once have had a wooden cross atop. …

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16.7 km

Old Chapel Café

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this is a good place to stop a nice toilets reasonable pricing and it's in between some of the biggest Hills that I've ever ridden on in a long time

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23.3 km

Young Ralph Cross

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Young Ralph Cross stands at the meeting point of two moorland roads, high on windswept Danby High Moor. It has become an emblem of the North York Moors National Park …

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26.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.6 km

131 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

26.6 km

131 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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Sunday 31 May

18°C

8°C

88 %

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Blakey Bank Summit – The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge loop from The Lion Inn

Blakey Bank Summit

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Fat Betty (White Cross)

Fat Betty Waymarker

Old Chapel Café

Young Ralph Cross

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