Sea to Sea route
Mountain Biking · County Durham
250
XP
about 1 h 51 min riding
The UK's most popular challenge cycle route, travelling 136 miles between the Irish Sea and the North Sea, from Cumbria to Tyneside via the northern Lake District and the Pennines
684 m
478 m
272 m
Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
234 m
Drop
334 m
Highest
508 m
Lowest
331 m
Which way round
Uphill: Climbs 12% for 570 m early on, no steep descents.
Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 12% for 570 m near the end.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 13.5–16.5, from 505 m to 349 m.
How the 16.5 km splits
Flat
7.9 km
Climbing
4.2 km
Descending
3.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km