Kendal Leisure Centre – Oxenholme – Middleshaw – Holmescales – Old Hutton – Tarneybank Tarn - 3 Mile House – Killington Reservoir – Ewebank – Millholme - Oxenholme
16 miles (25 km) 1120' climb (340m)
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Description
From the front of the Leisure Centre go left on the short shared path, before joining the main road and staying in the left hand lane to the lights.
Fork left at the lights (Oxenholme/ Station/ Old Hutton sign) and follow the road up to the station and steeply up to the Station Inn and beyond.
In a mile + Old Hutton/ Middleshaw is reached, and the ride here goes right (unsigned) onto Popplemire Lane, which gradually rises to Holmescales Farm.
Here go left (unsigned) and continue on to the crossroads on the B6254, at the top of Old Hutton. Cross straight over (sign Killington/ Sedbergh) for a short climb to pass over the M6 and follow the pleasant elevated lane for approximately 1 ½ miles before taking the left turn off it, signed Killington/ Sedbergh.
This road is then simply followed - past Tarneybank Tarn on the left, past 3 Mile House and onwards, the route then becoming more undulating thereafter.
Approaching Killington Reservoir the route goes sharply left (Bendrigg Lodge sign), to run alongside the reservoir and yacht club, then to drop (beware sharp right at the bottom) and after a short climb bear right by a small wood (unsigned, Bendrigg Lodge straight ahead) onto a narrow lane.
The M6 is soon crossed, followed by a quick descent on a rough surface to Ewebank – here going straight on (unsigned) to the nearby T, not going left into Ewebank.
At the unsigned T go left for the drop into and through Millholme (beware tight bends on the approach), then going left at the T by Borrans (unsigned).
Follow the road down and along, to soon join the B6254, where turn right. It climbs a little to the Station Inn, then drops down past the railway station to the lights on the main A65 road, the Leisure Centre now being a minute away on the right.
