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Where to ride

Family cycling – where to ride

If you’re looking for ideas on where to go on a family bike ride, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got lots of thoughts on where to cycle with kids of all ages, from short rides through to multi-day family bike packing trips.

Happy cycling!

komoot routes

Follow us on komoot and find some of our favorite family cycling routes.

You can download the routes and follow them straight from your phone, plan your own routes and see highlights other cyclists recommend!

If you have any favorite routes, please do share them with us in komoot to inspire other families.

Some great places to ride

Family cycling holidays

One of our very favourite things is going on a family cycling holiday – unfortunately life / school / work gets in the way most of the time!  If you’re thinking about cycling on your holidays, you don’t need to make it too complicated – a single day’s riding is how we started.

Over the years we’ve built up to doing trips of up to a month away – but we always drive or take the train somewhere and camp and then ride from the campsite.

Some of our Cycle Sprog contributors prefer to leave the car at home and carry all their kit with them – and thankfully they’ve written up their adventures to help anyone else who wants to do similar.

Enjoy your holiday!

7 year old riding his Islabike up Beast Banks Kendal, Tour of Britain 2016

Riding the Tour of Britain before school

05/09/2016

It’s not every day you get to ride part of the Tour of Britain route before school, but today was one of those days! Stage Two of The Tour of Britain is heading from Carlisle to Kendal along some of the steepest and most stunning roads Cumbria has to offer before finishing at the top…

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Watching the Tour de France

What’s it like going on a Tour de France family holiday?

23/06/2016

Mum of two Liz tells us all about here Tour de France family holiday in France

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family cycle routes in Cheshire and Wirral - Chester to Connahs Quay is a great, traffic free route

The best family cycle routes in Cheshire and Wirral

13/06/2016

A selection of family friendly routes within the Cheshire and Wirral region

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Family bike rides in Southport Merseyside

Family bike rides in Merseyside and Wirral

11/06/2016

Great ideas of where to go cycling with the family on Merseyside and Wirral in our guide to traffic free cycling

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Family bike ride at Manchester Airport, cycle past the planes

Family friendly cycle routes in Greater Manchester

06/06/2016

The Manchester area has some great traffic free routes for family cycling – here is a selection of the best

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Family cycle tour of the Outer Hebrides

20/11/2015

The Outer Hebrides are a great destination for a family cycling holiday – just remember to read the guidebook first!

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