United Kingdom, England
Arguably the best located driving city in England, with Peak District moorland roads inside the city boundary.
First instinct from Sheffield: head west on the A57 towards Snake Pass.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
16 mi
Best rated nearby
9.5 / 10
Shortest full loop
1 hr 10 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 22 May 2026
Under 60 km from the centre
Close enough for an evening run or a Sunday morning before the traffic wakes up.
Roughly 1 hr 44 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
16 mi away · Peak District, England
Sweeping moorland A road that rolls and dips across the wild Pennine spine.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
24 mi away · Peak District, England
A biker and driver favourite of fast open curves past England's second highest pub.
11.5 km · 7.1 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
21 mi away · Peak District, England
A quiet forested run past reservoirs favoured by locals over the busier Cat and Fiddle.
8 km · 5 mi · Atlas rating 8.2 / 10
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 5 hr 49 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
74 mi away · Yorkshire Dales, England
Tour de France famous climb past limestone potholes between two classic dale villages.
11 km · 6.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
62 mi away · Forest of Bowland, England
A ribbon of tarmac threading heather fells said to mark the centre of Britain.
10 km · 6.2 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
88 mi away · Denbigh Moors, Wales
One leg of the legendary Evo Triangle, a flowing high speed moorland test road.
24 km · 14.9 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
76 mi away · Denbighshire, Wales
A famous horseshoe bend switchback climbing out of the Vale of Llangollen.
18 km · 11.2 mi · Atlas rating 8.8 / 10
59 mi away · Forest of Bowland, England
An overlooked back road across rolling limestone fells with almost no traffic.
14 km · 8.7 mi · Atlas rating 8.3 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 7 hr 1 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
100 mi away · Lake District, England
England's steepest road gradient, a brutal one in three climb over Roman ruins.
5 km · 3.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
145 mi away · Brecon Beacons, Wales
A ribbon of hairpins climbing a bare Welsh moorland made famous by Top Gear.
19 km · 11.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
106 mi away · Lake District, England
A steep slate quarry pass squeezed between towering fells above Buttermere.
6.5 km · 4 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
109 mi away · Snowdonia, Wales
A dramatic pass beneath Snowdon's crags linking two of Wales's most storied villages.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
99 mi away · Lake District, England
Narrow single track linking Langdale to Duddon Valley over the ancient Three Shire Stone.
6.5 km · 4 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
104 mi away · North Pennines, England
A biker's classic with wide open views across the Eden Valley to the Lakeland fells.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
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