Wednesday 24th July 2019 10:30am

Starting from - The horse and jockey pub, Horbury Bridge. WF4 5PR

  • 42.5 miles
  • Hybrid (road tyres), Road
  • 5 hr 30 mins

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West Yorkshire
WF4 5PR

So you have now had a leisurely warm-up, time to get down to business. Only 42 miles in this section but phew, we need to get out of West Yorkshire and into the Peak District. We have 5100 ft of climbing and a fair amount of descending ahead too. The views get big and dramatic and the hill come thick and fast.

We head SW towards Midgley and by the time we turn off Denby Dale road we have already had two hefty climbs by the time we hit High Hoyland. After the descent into Clough Green we are climbing again along Gadding Moor to Halifax Road. The next section is joy for climbers several peaks in quick succession and tasty gradients. We top out on Mortimer Rd along Wigan Tor. After some rolling miles we rise again to Brogging End before descending to Manchester Road and our lunch stop at Ladybower Inn.

Crossing Yorkshire Bridge, we then join Route 6 and then peel off towards Brough on Noe. We head on south through Bradwell and westward at Tideswell. Our final climb is out of Hargatewall before the welcome decent into Buxton and accommodation at Palace Hotel.

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The Jo Cox Way is a five-day, 280-mile bike ride in memory of Jo Cox MP, returning for its fourth year to celebrate Jo’s life, her beliefs and all the good work that goes on in communities up and down the UK.

Fifty cyclists will be setting off on Wednesday 24th July in West Yorkshire and riding to London, finishing at the Bankside, London on Sunday 28th July.

Please come and jump on a bike and pedal alongside us for part of the route and show your support by cheering the cyclists on their way.

The route has been broken into manageable day sections, join in the fun and celebrate group cycling.



Day 1 Part 1 - Princess Mary Circuit to Horbury Bridge https://bit.ly/2K2M9bN

Day 1 Part 2- Horbury Bridge to Buxton https://bit.ly/2WQQ9C7

Day 2 - Buxton to Market Bosworth https://bit.ly/2WlaAmd

Day 3 - Market Bosworth to Milton Keynes https://bit.ly/2KrUPYw

Day 4 - Milton Keynes to Uxbridge https://bit.ly/2K2rMv8

Day 5 - Uxbridge to Bankside, London https://bit.ly/2WhMBVb



Further information, updates and pictures from previous year rides can be found on The Jo Cox Way Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thejocoxway and also via twitter @TheJoCoxWay


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