A Ride with Bolton's Famous Sons

If you’re fairly confident on your bike and ready to broaden your cycling horizons, our Steady rides are ideal. At a comfortable pace, and possibly with some modest hills along the way, rides take place on mainly quiet roads with plenty of sights along the way. Rides are between 6 and 20 miles long, at a moderate pace of between 7 and 10 miles an hour.

This undulating 13 mile ride links places associated with three of Bolton's most famous sons. We start at Leverhulme Park, named after Lord Leverhulme, the 19th century founder of the Lever Brother's soap and cosmetics company. After heading north towards the village of Egerton, we turn south and eventually arrive at the Tudor manorhouse "Hall i'th Wood", the 18th century home of Samual Crompton, who invented the Spinning Mule which revolutionised the Lancashire textile industry. Finally, we head back towards Leverhulme Park passing the former home and workshop of Fred Dibnah, local steeplejack and TV presenter.