The Routes

How far are your prepared to push yourself?

Are you ready to conqeur The Pendle Predator (175km and 3122m of climbing) or tame The Mini Predator (a mere 100km and 1940m of climbing)?

Featuring not just one tricky hill, The Pendle Predator includes the magnificent Barley Fell, Waddington Fell, Nick O’ Pendle, Bowland Knotts, the Lune Valley, Trough of Bowland, Chipping and Longridge Fell, with the longer route also incorporating Tatham Fell.

Both routes are fully supported, with free feed stations, extensive route marshalling and signage, bike mechanics and sweep vehicles, as well as chip timing.

The Area

The Pendle Predator, starts from Barnoldswick, before heading over to Barley and up towards the imposing figure of Pendle Hill before speeding down through Downham, a setting for many period TV dramas. This picturesque village with no overhead cables is a throwback to a bygone era. Areas of the Ribble Valley hidden off the main roads are often likened to parts of Tuscany, perhaps without the vineyards, with their beautiful isolated farms and houses, wooded glades, and rolling countryside. 

There are also big climbs and The Pendle Predator takes them all in : first Waddington Fell, then Tatham Fell are tackled.

After a loop around the Lune Valley, the cyclists then take on the real big ones: the Trough of Bowland, where riders might think that they were in the Scottish Highlands; and the Nick O’Pendle, the big daddy of cycling climbs.

Choose Your Route

Pendle Predator -175km Cycle Challenge

The Mini Predator - 100km Cycle Challenge

Start and Finish Point

Rolls Royce Sports Ground
Skipton Road
Barnoldswick
Lancashire
BB18 5RU