Mills n Moors - Silkstone Beck
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Mills n Moors Series
Join us as we connect the varied 'off-road' tracks and green lanes that radiate from Marsh Farm in Shepley out into the Upper Don Valley and onto Silkstone Beck. This one day event on a circular route suitable is a big day out on your gravel bike / mtb / e-mtb as Spring approaches.
As with every Mills n Moors event there are three routes on offer:
- 'blue' grade route at 54km / 775 meters of climbing
- 'red' grade route at 90km / 1,200 meters of climbing and
- 'black' grade route at 100km with a total elevation of 1,500 meters!
Maps of each route are on the website: https://yorkshiredivide.co.uk/mills-n-moors-series
Highlights include:
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Gravel track onto Gate Foot ridge with wide views across the Holme Valley
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Track across the head of Winscar Reservoir
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Pick up the Trans Pennine Trail at Dunsford Bridge where the River Don begins its long journey
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Fast flowing superb quality traffic free trail to Penistone
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Waggonway Trail north of Silkstone
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Pass the Husker Pit Disaster Memorial to the 26 children who drowned in 1838 when the pit flooded
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Onto Elsecar Canal towpath and the Heritage Centre
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The long route takes riders onto Plank Gate in Wharncliffe Woods
The Event Hub
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The event hub is at Marsh Farm, a working arable farm in Shepley
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The start line is from the barn and out onto Long Close Lane
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Register in the wooden barn at the farm on Sunday between 8am - 10am (No 'on the day entries')
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Any gravel bike / mountain bike / E-bike is welcome and would get you around the route
- The start line is 10 minutes from Shepley train station
The routes
- Each route starts by riding onto the gravel track above Gate Foot with wide views across the Holme Valley
- It is a self-guided ride with no way markings saying ‘Mills n Moors route'
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You will receive all three gpx route files in the week leading up to the event
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Its your choice which route to ride as any type of bike is fine on each route - gravel bike, e-bike, mtb.
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The ‘blue’, ‘red’ and ‘black’ refers to how strenuous the trail is by distance and elevation and not by how rough the tracks are.
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Minimum age of 12 years old when accompanied by a parent / guardian
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There is free all day parking at the farm / Map on the website: www.yorkshiredivide.co.uk
On the day
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Enjoy a relaxed tea / coffee / biscuits / home made cakes inside the barn BEFORE your ride
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Hot soup and bread rolls back at the barn AFTER your ride
- Toilet facilities (portable loos) and bike wash at the farm
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Head off when you're ready as there is no ‘mass start’
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Plenty of space and a few chairs in the barn to relax in after your ride
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Pick up your embroidered cloth badge (new colours for 2025)
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A list of kit that you should carry is on the website: www.yorkshiredivide.co.uk
Contact
Any question about the ride then please contact Adrian at: yorkshiredivide@gmail.com
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Other events in the Mills n Moors series
| Sun 26 Jan 25 | Mills n Moors - Luddenden Valley |
| Sun 23 Feb 25 | Mills n Moors - Forest of Rossendale |
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