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UK: North West

The North West
Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral


The North West Strategy

One of the aims of Ride UK is to provide a central location where people can find out about promoted riding routes. These might be long distance linear or circular routes and local community circuits. If you know of, or are planning, any such routes and they are not listed below, please let us know. We will add them to the list so that work is not duplicated! Email the BHS Access Office with details.

Another aim is to develop new routes to reflect the modern needs of riders. These include the Countryside Agency's nationally important Pennine Bridleway.


National and Regional Routes

RouteLocationLength
Bishop Bennet WayCheshire34 miles
55km
The Pennine BridlewayDerbyshire, Tameside, Oldham,
Rochdale, Lancs, Calderdale,
North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria
193 miles

Development
If you know of, or are planning, any promoted routes, please let us know. We will record them here so that work is not duplicated! Email the BHS Access Office with details.
RouteLocationLength
The Pennine BridlewayDerbyshire, Tameside, Oldham,
Rochdale, Lancs, Calderdale,
North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria
under
development:
Part open
Trans Pennine TrailEast Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, West Lancashireunder
development:
Part open

County Routes
Local routes are listed on the county pages: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral.

Maps
Anyone riding in the area or wishing to plan a long distance or circular bridleroute may wish to use the 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey maps. Relevant map numbers are given on the county pages.
© 2001 The British Horse Society Updated: 30 May 05.
Reference: NW