Route Description

(Note the change to leg 3 from the 2007 event)

For full details of leg changeover points, parking, leg cut off times and route waymarking look under leg changeovers on this site.The route is easy to follow on the ground and we would advise would be teams to recce their legs ( a good club training exercise )The outline map of the route produced by the Countryside Agency can be obtained free of charge at local Tourist Offices and we would reccomend the Harveys Map of the Pennine Bridleway South which includes the Mary Towneley Loop as a good option for teams to obtain. This map is easier to follow than the OS map and is easier to photocopy the individual legs.This map can be obtained easily online by going to the links page on this site.Any queries about the route please contact us.We have now produced written route descriptions of each leg,this is to hopefully assist teams to navigate their way around the route when out on a recce and should not be used as the main source of route finding on race day !

Written route description and maps. To download or open the (word) document outlining the legs click on the link below. Also to view or download the OS map of the leg click on the link.

Leg 1 written route description (click) Map Leg1 (click)

Leg 2 written route description (click) Map leg 2 (click)

Leg 3 written route description (click) Map leg 3 (click)

Leg 4 written route description (click) Map leg 4 (click)

Leg 5 wriitten route description (click) Map leg 5 (click)


The different types of waymarking signs to be found on the Mary Towneley Loop.