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The routes use many of the region’s quiet lanes, bridleways, byways and ancient paths. You will need traffic sense as the routes do use public roads, but most are suitable for families with older children who have mastered the rules of the road sufficiently to be safe in traffic.

Grades

For the purpose of this guidebook I’ve graded the routes Easy, Moderate or Challenging according to the following criteria. However, while the harder routes tend to include more challenges, the terrain statistics show that the easy routes aren’t devoid of them!

‘Easy’ routes are relatively short (less than 25km), not overly steep and should not climb one hill after another (cumulative ascent no more than 300m). They only travel along A-roads for very short sections in urban centres (although they may well have to cross them, and other minor roads can be surprisingly busy). They will not usually have much off-road terrain; any off-road tends to be easier than that found on harder routes, but short sections may seem unrideable if you have limited experience of off-road cycling.