The A Team Go Green

Join us on this route which explores many of the fabulous green spaces in Wigan!
We will leave Robin Park and follow the Leeds and Liverpool canal towpath to Standish Lower Ground where we leave the towpath and meander through Gidlow, Beech Hill, Haigh Country Park and Aspull to reach Borsdane Wood for a mainly downhill ride through the woods. Leaving the woods we take to the roads to Westleigh before going off and on road again through to Lilford Park Woods before emerging on the Leigh Guided Busway. We then cycle through the town centre to Pennington Hall Park cafe where we will have a longer stop for refreshments.
The return journey will see us pass Pennington Flash and Lowton Sailing Club before entering Byrom Woods and then cycling through Golborne to Viridor Woods, 3 Sisters, down the "Devils Backbone" into Hawkley Woods and passing Scotmans Flash, Red Ponds on Parsons Meadow and then back to Robin Park.
We will have short stops en route and a longer stop for refreshments at Pennington Hall Park cafe.
This ride will be challenging for beginners due to the various climbs at the beginning of the route and the distance of approximately 33 miles.
The ride is a mixture of canal towpath, quiet estate roads, short stretches of busy roads plus tracks and trails.
Helmets should be worn on this ride and we never leave anyone behind.
If you do book on the ride and then find that you have to cancel for any reason please take your name off the Lets Ride site as soon as possible so that someone on the waiting list can take your place.

Challenging

Mixture of trail and roads