Tame Valley Loop
Mountain Biking · Peak District
350
XP
about 3 h 8 min riding
600 m
300 m
0 m
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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.
Hilly ride
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
543 m
Drop
545 m
Highest
270 m
Lowest
108 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 11% for 420 m near the end, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 11% for 420 m early on.
A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.
Main descent: km 7.2–10.2, from 215 m to 108 m.
How the 28.6 km splits
Flat
10.9 km
Climbing
7.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.7 km
Descending
9.3 km
Tameside Trail
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 19.5, 22.0, 24.553.15 km
Saddleworth Linear
Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 17.75.51 km
Pennine Bridleway
Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 20.2, 20.7, 20.9…330.81 km
Peak District Boundary Walk
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 22.2, 22.4, 22.7…308.8 km
Oldham Link
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 19.61.18 km
Tameside Way
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 19.61.68 km
Oldham Way
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 19.5, 21.768.36 km
GM Ringway
Crosses at km 20.6, 20.9, 21.1…323.48 km