Guild Wheel Cycle Lane – Ribble Steam Railway loop from Lostock Hall
Guild Wheel Cycle Lane – Ribble Steam Railway loop from Lostock Hall
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Guild Wheel Cycle Lane – Ribble Steam Railway loop from Lostock Hall
01:44
26.9km
110m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: March 1, 2026
Tips
Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route
After 8.22 km for 301 m
After 19.0 km for 67 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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5.17 km
Centurion Tank – Made in Leyland
Highlight • Historical Site
Tip by
6.16 km
Guild Wheel Cycle Lane
Highlight • Cycleway
Tip by
8.40 km
Beach Hut Cafe at Preston Marina
Highlight • Viewpoint
Website: prestonmarina.co.uk/index.php/the-beach-hut-coffee-shop
Check cafe opening times on above link.
If you see only 3 photos, open:
komoot.com/highlight/4011081
1st photo from outside the Beach Hut Cafe - a view of the boat moorings and the Marina.
2nd photo - on a fine day sit outside.
3rd photo courtesy of Mark Horrocks - taken just outside the Beach Hut.
4th photo - the Marina Control Tower - operates the opening of the swing bridge and the lock gates.
5th photo - the Beach Hut - from the road/rail swing bridge across the entrance to the Marina - photo courtesy of the Preston Marina Beach Hut.
The cafe welcomes cyclists - cycle rack - you should give way to pedestrians. Great to sit outside on a sunny day and maybe take a break from cycling the Guild Wheel. Over the weekend you may even get to see and hear a steam train crossing bridge.
Note: there is parking at the back of the cafe (the main entrance) if you are visiting the cafe. Also free parking at the nearby Marina carpark just south of Mariners Way.
The Marina Carpark Global Position, Latitude and Longitude in decimal, is:
53.761540,-2.738572
Paste the above line into the Google Maps app "Search here" box and then search or the Google Maps website "Search Google Maps" box then click the magnifying glass symbol.
Tip by
9.36 km
Ribble Steam Railway
Highlight • Monument
Tip by
17.0 km
Haslam Park Nature Reserve
Highlight • Trail
Photo-Guide or Satnav through the Nature Reserve to Cottam Lane - Walk or 10min Cycle
The 3rd photo, P3, shows this highlight's location, red 2, beside Lancaster Canal bridge 15.
If you see only Tip1 open:
komoot.com/highlight/4114660
Despite the above "Cycling not permitted at this location", photo P4, taken from this location, shows a cycle path, a Haslam Park/Nature Reserve sign and a blue-bike sign.
Visitors to the park can include the Nature Reserve route in a walk or cycle. Parking at Cottam Lane and Bristow Avenue park entrances. Link:
komoot.com/highlight/4092174
You can use the route through the reserve as a detour from a Komoot tour that passes close to the park - e. g. via the canal towpath. Join the detour at the highlight location. The detour route ends near the Cottam Lane park entrance. Then rejoin your tour. See Tip2.
The P3 map shows part of a tour (blue route) that includes the photo-guide route through the reserve. If needed, satnav is provided along the detour by that tour, link:
komoot.com/tour/610244459
See Tips 2 to 4 below.
Route Description - Photo-Guide
View in split-screen (Tip6) or 2 screens to see photos alongside the description of the route through the reserve. Best to view photos in the Komoot app.
From the start, blue-bike sign P4, Highlight2 on P3, follow the gravel path - 20 paces. Fork right (P5) onto the off-grid path, hedge on right. In 30 paces go through gap in hedge (P6). Take care - safer to dismount and you may encounter a walker/cyclist approaching the gap. Follow path NW then W. Cycle times based on continuous cycling.
1 min - W to SW - group of trees straight ahead (P7). Continue straight on, W then S between points 5 and 6, on brown, off-grid path (P8 - top of map is west). If using satnav it may instruct to turn left onto blue, on-grid path - ignore it.
Path turns S - group of trees close (P9).
2.5 min - go south (P10). If using satnav, an instruction to turn right, back on-grid. Turn right (W) near the trees to bank of brook, then S and E around edge of field - brook on right.
3.5 min - path more distinct - maybe muddy (P11).
4.5 min - T-junction (P12). Turn right across bridge. No barrier- take care (P13). Turn right. Path divides (P14) - take right fork.
A feint path goes to hedge on left to Cottam Lane (P15).
6 min - P16 looks back through hedge.
Go right in Cottam Lane if you plan to join the canal at bridge 16.
See Tips 2 to 4 for options.
Tip by
17.6 km
Lancaster Canal Towpath
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
Tip by
22.2 km
The Continental, Preston
Highlight • Pub
Situated in an idyllic riverside location, just out of the town centre, there can be no more perfect place, winter or summer than to relax in The Continental garden by the river or catch a gig in the event space – The Boatyard.
Tip by
26.9 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
16.2 km
3.47 km
2.74 km
2.44 km
1.62 km
291 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
19.1 km
3.55 km
3.16 km
676 m
334 m
< 100 m
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