19th December

Leader – Phil B

 9.30am from Trencherfield Mill, Heritage Way, Woods Street, Wigan WN3 4AT

This ride is a little over 18 miles with a mix of on/off road cycling. There is around 500 feet of ascent and most is in the early part of the ride. We follow the canal towpath up to Cale Lane and continue off road through to Hall Lane. We then follow the lane into Bolton Road and descend to enter Borsdane Wood. We pass through the wood into Hindley and soon join a trail taking us through farmland to emerge from Jacks Lane into Hart Common. We rejoin the road down to Hindley Green and on into Bickershaw. We pass through the council estate to join the trails back to Leyland Park and onwards into Low Hall Nature Reserve. We cross Liverpool Road and enter Amberswood Nature Reserve before continuing into Spring View. We then bypass the cemetery and enter the woods alongside Pearson’s Flash. We leave the woods and cross the canal at Moss Bridge to join the canal towpath back to Poolstock and return to our start point. A mountain bike, hybrid or ebike will be suitable for this ride.

Everyone is welcome to join us for a drink, snack and chat at the Red Pepper after the ride.

Non members are very welcome to come along for a ride or two before joining, all we ask is that you fill out one of our membership forms before doing so and bring it along with you as well as your own bike & helmet to use on the ride. No need to let us know if you’re coming along, just turn up on the day!

Membership forms are available for you to download from the website (About Us Page)

Previous Thursday Rides

12th Dec – Phil B: 22 miles, 850 feet. Miry Lane, Springfield, Beech Hill, Standish Wood Lane, Gidlow Cemetery, Standish, mineral line cycleway, Pepper Lane, Wrightington, Tunley Lane, High Moor, Robin Hood Lane, Parbold Hill, Wood Lane, Appley Bridge, Shevington, Arbour Lane,Elnup Wood, Crooke Village, Wallgate cycleway.

5th Dec – Phil B: 24 miles, 950 feet. Westwood Way cycleway, Goose Green, Winstanley, Windy Arbour, Billinge, Crank, Rainford Bypass, Digmoor, Hall Green, Upholland, Orrell, Saddle Junction, Wallgate cycleway into Wigan.

28th Nov – Ride cancelled (Ice)

21st Nov – Ride cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

14th Nov – Denis M: 24 mile and 1000ft. Aspull, Blackrod, Horwich, Middlebrook, Lostock Junction Westhoughton, Hindley and back to Red Pepper

7th Nov – Phil B: 24 miles, 800 feet. Wallgate, Brick Stadium, Kitt Green, Gathurst Road, Shevington, Miles Lane, Appley Bridge, Lees Lane, Newburgh, Hoscar, Bispham Green, Parbold, Canal towpath, Trencherfield Mill. 

31st Oct – Phil B: 23 mile and 700ft. Saddle Junction, Alexandra Park, Pemberton, Banana Bridge, Water Park, Billinge, Carr Mill Dam, Sankey Valley Trail, Wargrave, Newton-le-Willows, across Haydock Park racecourse, Edge Green, Viridor, Landgate Lane, Devil’s Backbone, Hawkley Woods, CanaL Towpath & back to Trencherfield. 

24th Oct – Allan F. Amberswood, Hindley, Park Road, Hindley Green, Borsdane Wood, Aspull, Haigh, Red Rock and back to Trencherfield.

17th Oct – Tony G: 20 miles, 1000ft. Mesnes Park, Cherry Gardens, Wigan Rd to Standish, Mineral line path, Old Pepper Lane, Mossy Lea, Tunley Lane, High Moor, Stoney Lane, Parbold, Lees Lane in Dalton, Appley Bridge, back to Wigan via Shevington, Crooke pads and the canal.

10th Oct Allan R: 24 mile and 800ft. Poolstock, Bryn, Ashton, Newton, Collins Green, Burtonwood Village, Vulcan Village, Wargrave, Golborne, Edge Green, Bamfurlong and back to Trencherfield.

3rd Oct Phil B: 21 mile. Westwood Way, canal to Dover Lock, Crankwood, Plank Lane, Pennington Flash, Sandy Lane, Byrom Hall Woods, Golborne, Viridor, Lily Lane, Amberswood, Lower Ince and canal towpath to Trencherfield.   

26th Sep – Ride Cancelled

19th Sep – Richard & Elaine – Extended ride

12th Sep – Phil B: 21 miles, 500 feet. Whelley Loop line cycle path, Hindley, Daisy Hill, Hindley Green, Westleigh Lane, Plank Lane, Pennington Flash Nature Reserve, back to Wigan.

5th Sept – Phil B: 25 miles, 730 feet. Parsons Meadow and Alexandra Park, Orrell, Hall Lane track, Orrell Water Park, Billinge, Carr Mill, Sankey Valley Trail to Wargrave, Newton, Golborne, Viridor, Canal towpath at Bamfurlong return into Wigan.

29th August Tony G: 21 miles 1000ft. Whelley Loop Line, Haigh Hall and the Balcarres Arms pub, Toddington, Little Scotland, Adlington., Babylon Lane, Rivington, past the castle and down to Horwich, Blackrod, Tanners Brow, Scot Lane to Aspull, Hall Lane, Hindley Hall Golf course, Canal and back to Trencherfield.

15th August – Allan R : 22 mile and 1000ft. Boars Head, Coppull Moor, Heskin, Wrightington, Shevington, Standish Lower Ground and back to Trencherfield via the Stadium & Wallgate.g:

8th Aug – Phil B: 20 mile 700 feet. Canal up to Withington Lane at New Springs, Hindley Hall golf course, Borsdane Wood, Bolton Road, Hall Lane, Aspull rugby ground, grounds of Haigh Hall, School Lane,Red Rock, Arley Lane, Little Scotland, NCN Route 55, Red Rock Lane, Boars Head, Standish Wood Lane, Standish Lower Ground, Wigan Athletic training ground, Wigan Lower Road, Crooke Village, Martland Mill, The Brick stadium, return to Trencherfield.

1st Aug – Tony G: 21 miles 800 ft. Martland Mill Industrial Estate to the canal, Brick Stadium, Martland Mill Way, Crooke, Gathurst, Old Pepper Lane, Mossy Lea Road, Tunley Lane, Town Lane, Preston Road, Chorley Road, Coppull Moor Lane, Jolly Tar Lane, Boars Head, Wigan Lane and Mesnes Road.

5th July – Phil B: Extended ride postponed – Short ride undetaken. Canal to Pearson’s Woods, Amberswood, Bickershaw, Abram, Dover Lock, canal to Bamfurlong, side of railway to Viridor, Landgate Lane, back to canal at Bamfurlong and back to Trencherfield.

18th July – Phil B: 20 mile and 800 ft.  Saddle Junction, Martland Mill, Kitt Green, Orrell, Billinge, Carr Mill Dam, Garswood, Windy Arbour, Alexandra Park, Parsons Meadow and back to Trencherfield.

11th July – Phil B: 22 mile 600 feet. Westwood Way cycleway, Goose Green, Clapgate Lane, Winstanley to Windy Arbour, Descend into North Ashton, Brocstedes Road, Drummers Lane, Landgate, A49 to join the track along Landgate Lane, Stubshaw Cross, Viridor Wood Nature Reserve, Edge Green Road, Golborne, bypass the Haydock Park racecourse, Ashton Heath, Skitters Wood, Three Sisters Nature Reserve, Viridor Wood again, canal towpath at Bamfurlong, Poolstock, back to the Red Pepper café.

4th July Allan F: 21 mile 1150ft. Cherry Gardens, Haigh Woodland Park, Aspull, Blackrod, Horwich, Liverpool Castle, Babylon Lane, Adlington, across the Duggie, Wigan Golf Club to Red Rock, Boars Head, Gidlow Cemetery, Gidlow Lane, Prescott Street and back to Trencherfield.

27th June – Allan R: 53 mile and 1200ft. Poolstock Lane, A49, Bryn, Ashton, Haydock, Newton, Collins Green, Burtonwood, Widnes across the bridge to Runcorn, Sutton Weaver, Aston village, A49, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Bruche, Winwick, Golborne, Edge Green and back along the canal path to Trencherfield. 

20th June – Allan F: 23 mile and 1000ft. DW Stadium, Martland Mill, Kitt Green, Orrell, Upholland, Pimbo, Crawford Village, Rainford Linear Park, Windle, Crank Road, Billinge, Windy Arbour, Saddle Junction and back to base.

13th June – Phil B: 22 mile and 500 ft. Amberswood, Bickershaw, Fir Tree Flash, Pennington Flash, Byrom Wood, Golborne, Viridor & coal towpath back to Wigan

6th June – Phil B: 20 miles, 1000 feet. Parsons Meadow, Saddle Junction, Robin Park Road, Marsh Green, to Kitt Green, Abbey Lakes, Upholland, Alma Hill into Hall Green, Beacon Park, Elmer’s Green, Mill Lane, Ashurst Beacon, Lees Lane, Appley Bridge, Mill Lane, Heron’s Wharf, Miles Lane, Shevington, Crooke Village, Martland Mill, Wallgate, Trencherfield.

30th May Phil B: 18 mile and 500ft.   Amberswood Boardwalks, Hindley Green, Daisy Hill, Dobb Brow, Hart Common, Jacks Lane, Dodd Lane, Dickinson Lane, Borsdane Wood, Ladies Lane, Highfield Road, Whelley Loop, New Springs & canal towpath back to Trencherfield.

23rd May Ride cancelled due to inclement weather

16th May Denis M: 22 Miles. Trencherfield, Standish, Pepper, Mossy lea Road, Parbold, Appley bridge, Shevington, Standish Lower ground, Canal back to Start.

9th May – Phil B: 22 miles 700 feet. Westwood Way and Goose Green cycleways to Clapgate Lane, Winstanley, Highfield Grange Avenue, Leopold Street,  Orrell Water Park, Billinge, Garswood, Ashton,  Skitters Wood, Ashton Heath, Bolton Road, Three Sisters Nature Reserve, Devil’s Backbone, Hawkley Woods, canal towpath to Poolstock, Pool Street returning to Trencherfield Mill.

This month’s longer ride will take us out to Southport and back following cycleways, roads and canal towpath.  It’s a little over 51 miles with around 1300 feet of ascent.  A little under half of the climbing occurs in the first 8 miles. 

We will leave Wigan on the Westwood Way cycleway and make our way up to Orrell then on through Upholland and Hall Green to Ashurst Beacon.  There are no more significant climbs after the Beacon.  We descend and follow country roads out to Westhead before passing through Scarth Hill to Town Green.  After 25 miles we stop for lunch at Bill Rimmer’s Cafe and Tea Room on the outskirts of Southport.

After lunch we ride into Southport where we join the promenade cycleway for a short distance before commencing our return.  We’re soon back on country roads passing through Smithy Lane Ends, New Lane and Tarlscough on our way to Burscough Bridge.  We continue through Hoscar to Newburgh before joining the canal towpath at Parbold.  We then have a flat ride along the towpath back into Wigan where we return down the Wallgate cycleway to our start point.  This route is suitable for any bike.