Route Library

The following is a list of evening and day rides previously ridden by Dronfield Clarion Cycling Club. Click on the RWGPS link to see further details of each ride, including a downloadable gpx file.

Evening Rides from Chesterfield

DistanceDestination & Route DescriptionRoute
19 milesOwler Bar (Moorlands Carvery). Out via Newbold, Barlow, Wilkin Hill, Shillito Woods & Owler Bar. Return via Holmesfield, Dronfield & Unstone.RWGPS
20 milesWingerworth (The Barley Mow). Out via Chesterfield Station, Queens Park, Brampton, Slatepit Dale & Wingerworth. Return via Chesterfield Canal, Old Whittington, Hundall, Apperknowle & Coal Aston.RWGPS

Evening Rides from Dronfield

DistanceDestination & Route DescriptionRoute
12 milesMillthorpe (Royal Oak). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Barlow, Commonside Road & down Fox Lane. Return via Millthorpe Lane & Holmesfield.RWGPS
13 milesMillthorpe (Royal Oak). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Mickley, Totley, Owler Bar, Shillito Wood & Fox Lane. Return via Millthorpe Lane & Holmesfield.RWGPS
13 milesOwler Bar (Moorlands Carvery). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Mickley, Totley, Dore, Whitelow Lane & Stony Ridge Road. Return via Holmesfield.RWGPS
14 milesHolmesfield (Rutland Arms). Out via Mickley Lane, Totley, Dore, Whitelow Lane, Stony Ridge Road & Owler Bar. Return via Dronfield Woodhouse.RWGPS
14 milesOwler Bar (Moorlands Carvery). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Barlow, Commonside Road & Shillito Wood. Return via Holmesfield & Dronfield Woodhouse.RWGPS
15 milesFroggatt Edge (Grouse Inn). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Mickley, Totley, Dore, Whitelow Lane, Stony Ridge Road & Wooden Pole. Return via Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
17 milesOwler Bar (Moorlands Carvery). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Barlow, Wilkin Hill & Shillito Wood. Return via Holmesfield & Dronfield Woodhouse.RWGPS
17 milesRinginglow (Norfolk Arms). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Fox House & Upper Burbage. Return via Dore, Abbeydale & Lower Bradway.RWGPS
18 milesFroggatt Edge (Grouse Inn). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Cowley, Barlow, Far Lane, Curbar Gap & Froggat Edge. Return via Fox House, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
19 milesHathersage Booths (The Millstone). Out via Mickley Lane, Dore, Whitelow Lane, Ringinglow, Upper Burbage, & Hathersage Booths. Return via Surprise View, Fox House, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
19 milesNewbold (Olde House). Out via Mickley Lane, Totley, Owler Bar, Shillito Wood, Cutthorpe & Newbold. Return via Dunston Lane, Sheepbridge & Unstone.RWGPS
20 milesFroggatt Edge (Grouse Inn). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Millthorpe, Fox Lane, Curbar Gap, Curbar & Froggatt Edge. Return via Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
20 milesHathersage Booths (Millstone Inn). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Mickley, Totley, Dore, Ringinglow & Upper Burbage. Return via Surprise View, Fox House, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
21 milesHolymoorside (Bulls Head). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Barlow, Commonside Road, Eastmoor & “The Cathole”. Return via Ashgate, Newbold, Sheepbridge & Unstone.RWGPS
21 milesStony Middleton (Tollbar Fish & Chips). Out via Barlow Lees, Millthorpe, Fox Lane, Curbar Gap & Calver. Return via Eyam, Grindleford, Fox House & Owler Bar.RWGPS
21 milesWoodthorpe (Albert Inn). Out via Unstone, Old Whittington, Brimington, Calow, Arkwright & Shuttlewood. Return via Netherthorpe, Nether Handley & Coal Aston.RWGPS
22 milesRinginglow (Norfolk Arms). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Mickley, Totley, Dore, Whirlow & Lodge Moor. Return via Dore, Totley, Lidgate & Holmesfield.RWGPS
25 milesStony Middleton (Tollbar Fish & Chips). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Fox House, Hathersage, Grindleford & Eyam. Return via Calver, Curbar Gap, Shillito Wood, Millthorpe & Holmesfield.RWGPS
30 milesBretton (The Barrel Inn). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Fox House, Hathersage, Abney & Bretton. Return via Eyam, Grindleford, Nether Padley, Fox House, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
32 milesCastleton. Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Fox House & Hope Valley. Return via same route.RWGPS

Evening Rides from Meadowhead

DistanceDestination & Route DescriptionRoute
16 milesLodge Moor (The Three Merry Lads). Out via Woodseats, Ecclesall Woods, Whirlow, Forge Dam & Lodge Moor. Return via Wyming Brook, Ringinglow, Dore, Totley & Mickley Lane.RWGPS

Day Rides from Chesterfield

DistanceDestination & Route DescriptionRoute
30 milesBakewell (Agricultural Centre Cafe). Out via Old Brampton, Robin Hood, Baslow, Pilsley & “Golf Course Road”. Return via 13 bends, Baslow, Calver, Froggatt Edge, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
30 milesEyam (Eyam Tea Rooms). Out via Newbold, Cutthorpe, Shillito Wood, Curbar Gap, Calver, Hassop, Great Longstone, Longstone Edge and Foolow. Return via Grindleford, Fox House, Owler Bar and Holmesfield.RWGPS
36 milesHathersage (Pool Cafe). Out via Old Brampton, Baslow, Pilsley, Hassop Station, Great Longstone, Monsal Head, Cressbrook, Litton, Bradwell & Hope Valley. Return via Surprise View, Fox House, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
36 milesTeversal (Visitor Centre Cafe). Out via Hasland, Grasmoor, Tupton, Littlemoor, Ogston, Brackenfield, Wessington, Shirland, Morton & Tibshelf. Return via Rowthorne, Palterton, Sutton Scarsdale & Calow.RWGPS
37 milesPleasley (Pleasley Pit Cafe). Out via Hasland, Grasmoor, Tupton, Littlemoor, Ogston, Brackenfield, Wessington, Shirland, Morton, Tibshelf & Teversal. Return via Stony Houghton, Palterton, Sutton Scarsdale & Calow.RWGPS
42 milesCarburton (Old School Tea Room). Out via Whittington Moor, Barrow Hill, Staveley, Woodthorpe, trail to Creswell, Holbeck & Norton. Return via Meden Vale, Church Warsop, Langwith, Wharley, Palterton, Arkwright & Calow Green.RWGPS
44 milesMonyash (Old Smithy Tea Room). Out via Holymoorside, Darley Hillside, Rowsley, Youlgreave & Long Rake. Return via Kirkdale, Ashford-in-the-Water, Hassop Station, Pilsley, Baslow, Shillito Wood, Cutthorpe & Newbold.RWGPS
68 milesRetford (The Bay Tree). Out via Staveley, Barlborough, Netherthorpe Airfield (Coffee Stop), Worksop, Blyth, Mattersey, Clayworth, North Wheatley and Clarborough. Return via Ranby, Worksop, Shireoaks, Thorpe Salvin, Harthill, Barlborough & Staveley.RWGPS

Day Rides from Dronfield

DistanceDestination & Route DescriptionRoute
18 milesBarlow (Fisherman’s Friend Cafe). MTB Ride. Out via Monkwood, Holmebrook Valley Park, Old Brampton & Linacre Reservoirs. Return via Cartledge & Holmesfield.RWGPS
30 milesEyam (Eyam Tea Rooms). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Barlow, Commonside Road, Robin Hood, Baslow, Pilsley, Hassop Station, Great Longstone, Longstone Edge and Foolow. Return via Grindleford, Fox House, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
31 milesCreswell (Creswell Crags Cafe). Out via Coal Aston, Eckington, Spinkhill, Harthill & Whitwell. Return via Creswell, trail to Woodthorpe, Nether Handley & Coal Aston.RWGPS
31 milesKelstedge (Marsh Green Farm Shop). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Cowley Lane, Unthank, Eastmoor, Uppertown & Kelstedge. Return via Stonedge, Slatepit Dale, Brampton, Newbold, Barlow & Barlow Lees Lane.RWGPS
32 milesClay Cross (Stretton Hall Farm). Out via Unstone, Newbold, Somersall, Slatepit Dale, Bolehill, Press & Holmgate. Return via Alton, Beeley Moor, Eastmoor, Shillito Wood, Horsleygate & Holmesfield.RWGPS
36 milesHathersage (Pool Cafe). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Baslow, Hassop, Great Longstone, Monsal Head, Cressbrook, Litton, Great Hucklow & Abney. Return via Surprise View, Fox House & Owler Bar.RWGPS
37 milesLitton (Post Office Tearoom) & Hathersage (Outside shop). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Baslow, Hassop, Great Longstone, Monsal Head, Cressbrook, Litton (coffee stop), Windmill, Bradwell & the Hope Valley. Return via Surprise View, Fox House & Owler Bar.RWGPS
37 milesTansley (Tansley Barn Garden Centre ). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Millthorpe, Unthank Lane, Eastmoor & Darwin Forest. Return via Darwin Forest, Stonedge, Walton, Ashgate, Newbold, Sheepbridge & Unstone.RWGPS
37 milesMatlock (Cafe in the Park). Out via Cowley & Dobbin Lanes, Barlow, Commonside Road, Eastmoor, Darwin Forest & Farley. Return via trail to Darley Dale & Rowsley, Bakewell, Monsal Trail, Hassop Station, 13 bends, Baslow & Owler Bar.RWGPS
38 milesHope (Courtyard Cafe). Out via Dronfield Woodhouse, Mickley, Totley, Dore, Ringinglow, Upper Burbage, Yorkshire Bridge & Thornhill. Return via Pindale, Hucklow, Foolow, Eyam, Grindleford & Owler Bar.RWGPS
40 milesDarley Dale (Whitworth Centre). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Baslow, Pilsley, Bakewell, Youlgreave, Elton, Winster & Wensley. Return via Rowsley, Beeley Hill, Eastmoor & Cowley.RWGPS
44 milesLow Bradfield (Post Office cafe). Out via Mickley, Totley, Dore, Ringinglow, Lodgemoor, Stannington, Dungworth & Damflask Reservoir. Return via Blindside Lane, Ladybower, Bamford, Bradwell (Picnic Lunch), Eyam, Grindleford, Fox House & Owler Bar.RWGPS
45 milesRowsley (Massarella’s ). Out via Coal Aston, the Handleys, Staveley, Inkersall, Arkwright, Hasland, Wingerworth, Kelstedge, Ashover, Milltown, Tansley & Matlock. Return via Chatsworth, Baslow & Owler Bar.RWGPS
46 milesLea Gardens. Out via Cowley Lane, Common Side, Eastmoor, Darwin Forest, Top of Slack & Lea Gardens. Return via Holloway, Wessington, Brackenfield, Woolley Moor, Ashover, Kelstedge, Eastmoor, Common Side & Holmesfield.RWGPS
49 milesLaughton-en-le-Morthen (Leger Lakes). Out via Eckington, Renishaw, Trans-Pennine Trail, Rother Valley Country Park, Ulley, Thurcroft & Leger Lakes. Return via Firbeck, Gildingwells, Woodsetts, Netherthorpe, Harthill, Spinkhill, Poolsbrook & The Handleys.RWGPS
51 milesOldcotes (Manor Farm). Out via Coal Aston, Eckington, Spinkhill, Netherthorpe Airfield (Coffee Stop), Shireoaks, South Carlton, Hodsock Priory & Blyth. Return via similar route.RWGPS
57 milesBonsall (Fountain Tea Rooms). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Baslow, Chatsworth, Rowsley, Stanton Lees, Birchover, Winster & Brightgate. Return via Cromford, Starkholmes, Riber, Lea, South Wingfield, Brackenfield, Ogston, Stretton Mill, Alton, Eastmoor, Fox Lane & Horsleygate.RWGPS
58 milesCat & Fiddle (Peak View Tea Room). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Baslow, Hassop Station, Monsal Trail, Buxton, Goyt Valley & Derbyshire Bridge. Return via Axe Edge, Earl Sterndale, Monyash, Ashford-in-the-Water, Hassop, Calver, Froggatt Edge & Owler Bar.RWGPS
58 milesGoyt Valley (Picnic). Out via Holmesfield, Owler Bar, Baslow, Pilsley, Hassop Station, Monsal Trail, Buxton, Long Hill, Errwood Reservoir & Goyt Valley. Return via Axe Edge, Earl Sterndale, Monyash, Ashford-in-the-Water, Hassop Station, Baslow, Owler Bar & Holmesfield.RWGPS
66 milesWetton Mill. Out via Barlow Lees Lane, Barlow, Commonside Road, Eastmoor, Farley, Darley Bridge, Winster, Minninglow, Tissington, Thorpe, Ilam & Wetton. Return via Manifold Trail, Hulme End, Hartington, Long Dale, Parsley Hay, Monyash, Ashford-in-the-Water, Hassop, Calver, Froggatt Edge & Owler Bar.RWGPS

Day Rides from Meadowhead

DistanceDestination & Route DescriptionRoute
74 milesAskern (Lakeside Cafe). Out via Sheffield’s cycle lanes to Meadowhall, Wentworth, Brampton (Old Moor Wetlands Centre), Hooton Pagnell, Skellow and Askern. Return via Hawkhouse Green, Almholme, Bentley, Cusworth, Sprotbrough, Conisbrough, Thrybergh (Hall Cafe), Rotherham & Meadowhall.RWGPS
107 milesLincoln (Brayford Wharf). Out via Woodhouse, Ulley, Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Oldcotes, Blyth, Mattersey, Clayworth, Saunby, Gainsborough, Scampton & Lincoln. Return via Skellingthorpe, trail over Fledborough viaduct, Tuxford, Walesby, Bothamsall, Clumber Park, Carburton, Elmton, Woodthorpe & The Handleys.RWGPS