Cycling around Ashbourne

Ashbourne is a lovely old market town surrounded by rolling green countryside perfect for exploring by bike. With its cobbled market place, Georgian street scene and hidden alleyways the town is a delight to explore before setting off on two wheels.

There are also lots of good delis and cafes where you can stock up for a picnic for your ride. If you’re staying in the area then don’t miss an amble around the antique shops and galleries located in Ashbourne’s wealth of historic buildings.

The Tissington Trail, a former railway line, emerges through a short tunnel into the town centre on Station Road.

This lovely line, once used for carrying milk from the surrounding dairy farms, is now open only for walkers, cyclists and horse riders and offers miles of traffic free biking. It links up further north with another old railway line (now the High Peak Trail) and you can use both these trails to create a superb triangular cycle route.

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Click here to download your Cycling Around Ashbourne guide, or scroll down to see the individual routes.

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Following the routes

The five routes below been chosen to offer you some of the best places to visit with views, quiet lanes, minimal traffic and an abundance of cycle friendly places to stop for refreshments.

You can cycle them on a road, hybrid or mountain bike as they use quiet tarmac roads and former railway lines. Please take special care along any stretches of main road and at road crossings.

Click on a route below for the accompanying instructions and map. Each route is highlighted on the map with arrows showing the suggested way round and added directions at numbered points help with navigation.

It is also a good idea to have the OS Explorer Maps 24 & 259 with you so that routes can be extended or shortened as required. All distances are approximate.

A project by Pedal Peak for Business

Pedal Peak for Business aimed to help SMEs to be more competitive and to grain a greater understanding of the cycle tourism market. The initiative was part of the £1.49 Million Growing the Visitor Economy in Derbyshire programme which was part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2016 - 2019.