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Yorkshire And The Humber

Scammonden Dam and Reservoir – Carr Hall Lane loop from Ripponden

Mountain biking trails

Yorkshire And The Humber

Scammonden Dam and Reservoir – Carr Hall Lane loop from Ripponden

Moderate

3.5

(2)

7

riders

Scammonden Dam and Reservoir – Carr Hall Lane loop from Ripponden

02:36

32.9km

670m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 25.1 km for 248 m

After 26.9 km for 347 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

6.21 km

Scammonden Dam and Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

It's not every day you get half way round a bike ride and need to ride under a motorway and then along a dam. When it was built, Scammonden Dam …

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2

13.4 km

Carr Hall Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The start of this lane might look innocuous enough, but there's an entertaining slice of trail - some singletrack and some broken up paved road - just round the corner …

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3

16.0 km

Turley Cote Lane

Highlight • Trail

Turley Cote Lane is an ancient thoroughfare which is now relegated to the status of singletrack. It's entertaining in whichever direction you attempt it though, although it can get gullied …

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18.6 km

Rawroyd Wood

Forest

5

21.3 km

Salterhebble Bottom Lock Tunnel

Highlight • Bridge

Love going through this tunnel it is really spooky.

It is the bottom of three locks that are close together here at Salterhebble. A guillotine lock is a lock where …

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6

21.3 km

Calder Valley Greenway Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

7

21.3 km

Salter Hebble Guillotine Lock

Highlight • Bridge

This is where there is a diversion along the road to get back onto the canal. Salter Hebble

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25.2 km

Kirkham Turn

Lake

9

25.6 km

Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin

Highlight • Cycleway

Stopped at the cafe by the market, very tasty bacon and tomato butty yum

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10

25.8 km

Rochdale Canal End, Sowerby Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The end of the Rochdale Canal. Whoop

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B

32.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.0 km

6.49 km

4.84 km

3.68 km

3.65 km

2.00 km

235 m

Surfaces

16.0 km

8.01 km

6.39 km

1.44 km

989 m

< 100 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Saturday 4 July

18°C

14°C

45 %

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