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Solar System Cycle Route – Solar System Cycleway loop from Bishopthorpe

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Yorkshire And The Humber

Solar System Cycle Route – Solar System Cycleway loop from Bishopthorpe

Easy

3.0

(1)

5

riders

Solar System Cycle Route – Solar System Cycleway loop from Bishopthorpe

01:42

32.5km

60m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

823 m

The Sun – York Solar System Greenway (York End)

Highlight • Structure

This is the York end of the 6.4 mile York Solar System Cycleway that heads southwards towards Selby along the former East Coast railway line on a Sustrans bike route. …

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2

2.84 km

Solar System Way (York to Selby Planet Trail)

Highlight • Structure

This scale model of the Solar System is spread out along 6.4 miles of the old East Coast main-line railway. Along it you can find scale models of all the …

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3

3.35 km

Solar System Way Self-Serve Café

Highlight • Structure

Great place to stop for a cuppa or a rest, roughly half way between Riccall and York.

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10.5 km

Millhill Plantation

Forest

5

16.8 km

Longhorn Cattle

Highlight • Natural

The Longhorn Cattle spend Summer in the common and overwinter in Skipwith Village. They are very docile even if you walk between Mum and Her Calf usually more interested in the grass

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6

18.2 km

Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Skipwith Common is an area of over 500 acres of lowland heath - one of the last remaining areas in the North of England. A nationally important nature reserve, it …

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7

21.1 km

Solar System Cycle Route

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice flat off road cycle path from Riccall to York

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8

21.4 km

It's a sign!

Highlight • Structure

Lots of signage on this route. Some directional and some informative.

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9

26.8 km

Solar System Cycleway

Highlight • Trail

B

32.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.6 km

8.29 km

2.95 km

2.19 km

737 m

581 m

149 m

Surfaces

27.9 km

2.87 km

1.00 km

804 m

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Wednesday 28 October

16°C

8°C

53 %

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There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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