CATEGORY: 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
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Cornwall and Devon family cycle routes
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Family bike rides in and around Bath and Bristol
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The best family bike rides in the Lake District
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Family bike rides in North Wales
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Best family cycle routes in Lancashire
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Cycling Coast to Coast in Cornwall with kids
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Riding the new MTB trail for kids at 7Stanes Kirroughtree
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Heady fun during a family cycle ride at Kielder Forest
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Family cycling at RSPB Rainham Marshes
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The best family cycle routes in Cheshire and Wirral
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Family bike rides in Merseyside and Wirral
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Family friendly cycle routes in Greater Manchester
Family cycling in Yorkshire
Not only is Yorkshire such a great place for family cycling, we’re really lucky that one of our regular Cycle Sprog contributors Emma lives there. We’ve now got so many articles on where to cycle in Yorkshire that it gets it’s own section all to itself!
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Family friendly MTB route – Askrigg, Yorkshire Dales
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On the right track – family cycling in West Yorkshire
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The Swale Trail, Yorkshire Dales – a family mountain bike trail of two halves
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Searching for Witches and Pixies – family cycling at Anglers Country Park near Wakefield
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York Solar System Cycleway
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Sprog Blog: Riding the York Solar System Cycleway
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Harrogate to Ripley Cycleway – a family cycle ride
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Forest of Dean family cycle trail
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!
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Our family mountain biking holiday in south Wales
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Family cargo bike adventure from Bath to Chepstow
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A family of Brits mountain biking in Helena – a rare sighting!
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Family cycling holiday to the Netherlands
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Family holiday in Brittany by bike, train and ferry
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Family cycling holiday along the River Danube
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A family cycling holiday to Denmark
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Scottish Island Hopping – a family cycling holiday
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Bali and Lombok family cycling holiday – getting to Indonesia
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Family cycling holiday on Bali – Day 1: Penelokan to Sidemen
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Cycling in Portland, Oregon with kids – a mum’s view
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How to hire a kids bike in Amsterdam
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Ferry exciting! Setting out on our family cycling holiday in Holland
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Using stations and trains in Holland on our family cycling holiday
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Our family cycling holiday in the French Alps
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Guide to Cycling the Trans Pennine Trail with Children
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What’s it like going on a Tour de France family holiday?
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Family cycle tour of the Outer Hebrides