United Kingdom, England
Sat between the Dales and the North York Moors, with Sutton Bank and Rosedale a short hop away.
First instinct from York: head north into the Moors.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
48 mi
Best rated nearby
9.5 / 10
Shortest full loop
4 hr 41 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 15 May 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 6 hr 2 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
91 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
54 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
80 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
89 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
48 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
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 12 hr 56 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
185 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
237 mi away · Glen Coe, Scottish Highlands
A sweeping run through Rannoch Moor beneath the brooding Buachaille Etive Mor.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
94 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
136 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
214 mi away · Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
One of the world's great coast roads, hugging cliffs beneath nine dramatic glens.
48 km · 29.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
217 mi away · Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
A hair raising cliff edge single track with views across to the Mull of Kintyre.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
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