Great Biking Roads

[Simon A]

My job has taken me all over the UK. I move roughly every 2 years and consequently I’ve had the benefit of finding some great biking roads.

Here are a few of mine:

· A1075: Thetford Forest Area towards Watton.
· A339: Alton ~ Basingstoke.
· A32: Alton ~ Fareham.
· A272: Petersfield ~ Petworth (& beyond)
· A264: East Grinstead ~ Tunbridge Wells.
· A82: West Scotland.
· A5199: Leicester ~ Northampton.

[saxman]

Top 10 Bendy Roads in Britain

B3081- Cann Common to Tollard Royal, Dorset/Wiltshire
A686 - Penrith to Melmerby, Cumbria
A537 - Macclesfield to Buxton, Cheshire/Derbyshire
A466 - Monmouth and Staunton, Monmouth
A4061 - Pricetown and Treorchy, Rhondda, Wales
A157 - Louth to Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
B2130 - Godalming to Cranleigh, Surrey
B6270 - Keld and Reeth, North Yorkshire
A39 - Bridgwater to Minehead, Somerset
B797 - Mennock to Warnlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway

I saw these on a website a while back (one of the newpapaers, I think) and thought I should try and tick them off, I have only done the A537 and A157 so far, but I intend to get round the rest in time.

Then its on to these.....

Europe's top 10 Motorbiking Roads


1. The Cat and Fiddle run - A537, Buxton-Macclesfield, England
2. The Amalfi Coast Road - Naples to Salerno, Italy
3. The Transfagarasan Highway - Sibiu to Curtea de Arges, Transylvania, Romania
4. Bergen to Geiranger, Norway
5. Trabzon to Savsat, Eastern Turkey
6. Furka Pass, between Gletsch and Andermatt, Switzerland
7. A2, the Antrim coast road, Northern Ireland
8. Bar in Montenegro to Sarajevo in Bosnia
9. Saranda to Vlora, Albania
10. Cabo de Gata to Granada, Spain

Although I have just noticed that the A537 is 1 in Europe, but 3 in the UK (both lists were from the same place) ??

OK so I was bored and plotted all these on Google maps here

[rockjock620]

Originally Posted by Simon A

My job has taken me all over the UK. I move roughly every 2 years and consequently I’ve had the benefit of finding some great biking roads.

Here are a few of mine:

· A1075: Thetford Forest Area towards Watton.
· A339: Alton ~ Basingstoke.
· A32: Alton ~ Fareham.
· A272: Petersfield ~ Petworth (& beyond)
· A264: East Grinstead ~ Tunbridge Wells.
· A82: West Scotland.
· A5199: Leicester ~ Northampton.

That's not all over the Uk - that's darn south! except one in Scotland - and that one is rubbish! You need to get out more.

[rockjock620]

Originally Posted by saxman

Top 10 Bendy Roads in Britain

B3081- Cann Common to Tollard Royal, Dorset/Wiltshire
A686 - Penrith to Melmerby, Cumbria
A537 - Macclesfield to Buxton, Cheshire/Derbyshire
A466 - Monmouth and Staunton, Monmouth
A4061 - Pricetown and Treorchy, Rhondda, Wales
A157 - Louth to Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
B2130 - Godalming to Cranleigh, Surrey
B6270 - Keld and Reeth, North Yorkshire
A39 - Bridgwater to Minehead, Somerset
B797 - Mennock to Warnlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway

I saw these on a website a while back (one of the newpapaers, I think) and thought I should try and tick them off, I have only done the A537 and A157 so far, but I intend to get round the rest in time.

Then its on to these.....

Europe's top 10 Motorbiking Roads


1. The Cat and Fiddle run - A537, Buxton-Macclesfield, England
2. The Amalfi Coast Road - Naples to Salerno, Italy
3. The Transfagarasan Highway - Sibiu to Curtea de Arges, Transylvania, Romania
4. Bergen to Geiranger, Norway
5. Trabzon to Savsat, Eastern Turkey
6. Furka Pass, between Gletsch and Andermatt, Switzerland
7. A2, the Antrim coast road, Northern Ireland
8. Bar in Montenegro to Sarajevo in Bosnia
9. Saranda to Vlora, Albania
10. Cabo de Gata to Granada, Spain

Although I have just noticed that the A537 is 1 in Europe, but 3 in the UK (both lists were from the same place) ??

OK so I was bored and plotted all these on Google maps here

A537 is overcrowded, overpoliced and much overrated. Keld and Reeth is short with poor surfaces - there are dozens more roads up here FAR more interesting. And Penrith to Melmerby is about six miles long - stopping short of the best bit up to Hartside Cafe. However bear in mind the last bit is well policed, sees frequent crashes by the uninitiated and is dreadfully slow too. Plus it's crowded all the time.

[Ducati Girl]

I have to agree - if they have got the cat and fiddle route as no. 1 - there is no hope for us? its pants!

[Simon A]

Originally Posted by rockjock620

That's not all over the Uk - that's darn south! except one in Scotland - and that one is rubbish! You need to get out more.

You're right.......didn't have time to add the routes around: Colchester, York, North Lincs, Cheshire.........

[tazmanxxx]

no been on aw the roads in the country but av awways thought any b road the bomb, cos they scare the feckin life oot ye!

[Kenoir]

Cat and Fiddle road is rubbish! Please don't travel any distance to experience this....you will be disappointed.
Try North Yorkshire, epic roads and much quieter. There's mile after mile of stunning scenery, great cafe's and less of the competitive, posing attitude you get elsewhere.

[rockjock620]

on the other hand if we persist in supporting the lists mentioned, everyone will go there and we'll have the decent stuff to ourselves.......!