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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!

Harrogate to Ripley family cycle ride

Harrogate to Ripley Cycleway – a family cycle ride

23/03/2017

Regular Cycle Sprog readers will know that I’ve recently been exploring disused railway lines in West Yorkshire with my two children (aged 5 and almost 2) and our bikes. After the success of our previous cycle rides, we decided to extend our search into neighbouring North Yorkshire. This time we took along some friends who…

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Cuckoo Trail cycle path

Are disused railways a great place for family cycling?

21/03/2017

Why are some disused railways great for kids to cycle on, and others don’t make the grade?

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The start of the Kirroughtree Blue Taster Loop, 7Stanes, Galloway Forest, Scotland

Traffic free cycle routes suitable for families

21/03/2017

Looking for inspiration on where to ride? Check out these great locations for traffic free family cycling

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family cycle routes in Cheshire and Wirral - Chester race course has a traffic free path all the way round

Family friendly cycle routes

21/03/2017

Looking for somewhere new to go on your next ride out? Here are some ideas to help you decide.

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Young boy cycling in front of Mellerstain House

Scottish family cycling holiday: West Lodge Mellerstain House Review

18/03/2017

We had a brilliant time staying at West Lodge, Mellerstain House during our family cycling holiday in the Scottish Borders

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Wetherby Railway Path - family cycling in West Yorkshire

On the right track – family cycling in West Yorkshire

14/11/2016

Disused railway lines are a great place for family cycling – they provide a safe traffic free environment for your kids. They don’t usually have any excessive gradients, so can be managed on small bikes with no gears.  In West Yorkshire there are a plethora of disused railway lines so we decided to go for an explore to see…

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