There are many things which make roads great for biking, and we’ve all got our individual preferences, so it’s hard to pin down what exactly makes some roads better than others!
Perhaps it’s where they lead? There are some fantastic biker hotspots around the country, where on a nice day you can be sure to find loads of like-minded people enjoying a ride out.
Or is it the scenery along the way? That fantastic view which can only be seen from a certain point, you couldn’t stop the car for it on that awkward little lay-by, but on a bike there’s so much more freedom.
Or just the fact that you can open up on the straight and then enjoy some cheeky tight bends…
We’ve compiled a list below of a few routes you might like to try out, but whatever it is that you think makes a great bike route, we’d love to hear about it (and we’re sure your fellow bikers would too). So if you have a favourite road or journey which you don’t think should be kept a secret, why not share a few details here.
B3157 Bridport (Dorset)- Weymouth (Norfolk)
A39 Bridgwater (Somerset)- Lynmouth (Devon)
B3081 Shaftesbury (Dorset)- Ringwood (Hampshire)
A413 Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)- Towcester (Northamptonshire)
B4011 Thame (Oxfordshire)- Bicester (Oxfordshire)
A507 Baldock (Hertfordshire)- Buntingford (Hertfordshire)
A339 Alton (Hampshire)- Basingstoke (Hampshire)
A32 Fareham (Hampshire)- Chawton (Hampshire)
A272 Petersfield (Hampshire)- Haywards Heath (Sussex)
A329 Sunningdale (Berkshire)- Ascot (Berkshire)
B645 Chelveston (Northamptonshire)- St Neots (Cambridgeshire)
A44 Worcester (Worcestershire)- Penybont (Brigend)
A483 Llandrindod Wells (Powys)- Newtown (Swansea)
A466 Chepstow (Monmouthshire)- Monmouth (Monmouthshire)
A4069 Brynamman (Carmarthenshire)- Llangadog (Carmarthenshire)
B6047 Market Harborough (Leicestershire)- Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire)
A537 Buxton (Derbyshire)- Macclesfield (Cheshire)
A592 Windermere (Cumbria)- Penrith (Cumbria)
A54 Congleton (Cheshire)- Buxton (Derbyshire)
A57 Glossop (Derbyshire)- Sheffield (Yorkshire)
A684 Kendal (Cumbria)- Bedale (Yorkshire)
A5004 Buxton (Derbyshire)- Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire)
A49 Warrington (Cheshire)- Shrewsbury (Shropshire)
A6024 Holmfirth (Yorkshire)- Glossop (Derbyshire)
B5023 Wirksworth (Derbyshire)- Duffield (Derbyshire)
B1257 Stokesley (Yorkshire)- Helmsley (Yorkshire)
A68 Crook (County Durham)- Dalkeith (Edinburgh)
B6277 Middleton-in-Teesdale (County Durham)- Alston (Cumbria)
A712 Crocketford (Dumfries)- Newton Stewart (Dumfries)
A404 Maidenhead (Berkshire)- High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
Hardknott Pass (Cumbria)
Buttertub Pass (Yorkshire)
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