Biking in the U.K.
Planning for a trip to England
Biking links
- Biketours.com - The old Bike Tours Direct is a sort of middleman that can hook you up with smaller, local bike tour outfits, which are often much cheaper than the big international agencies and tour companies.
- Realadventures.com - This is not a tour operator or travel agency, but rather a clearing for independent tour operators, local adventure outfitters, and vacation agencies to offer their trips and tours direct to consumers. As such, it offers a potpourri of trips around the world, from single-day experiences to two-week tours, and they run the gamut from ballooning or biking to walking holkdays, cooking schools, and much, much more.Partner
- Infohub.com - Not a tour company, rather a kind of aggregator of trips offered by tour companies—including dozens of biking tours in England, Scotland, and Wales, plus nice mixed trips like the barge-and-bike tours of the Thames in England. Infohub casts one of the largest nets over the industry, listing some 14,000 tours offered by 4,000 operators in more than 100 categories, with more than 200 tours in England, nearly 100 in Scotland, and 65 in Wales.Partner
- Viator.com - Best place to search for one-day biking adventures—from guided city tours to countryside routes. You'll have to search England, Scotland, and Wales independently, but there are dozens upon dozens of adventures. Partner
- Ciclismoclassico.com - My favorite bike tour outfit, extremely well-run—but currently with only one England bike tour on offer.
- Naviki.org - A crowd-sourced navigation service and app for biking in Europe that allows you to plot routes between any two places, near or far.
- Cyclema.ps - A British-based bike route mapping app.
- Visitengland.com - A potpurri of articles on cycling from the England tourism board.
- Roadcyclinguk.com - An online magazine devoted to British cycling, with a (small) section on "Best of British"—reports (including phtoographs and video) of some classic road biking trips through northern England, including the Lake District, North Penines, Yorkshire Dales, and Forest of Bowland.
Planning for a trip to England
Biking links
- Biketours.com - The old Bike Tours Direct is a sort of middleman that can hook you up with smaller, local bike tour outfits, which are often much cheaper than the big international agencies and tour companies.
- Realadventures.com - This is not a tour operator or travel agency, but rather a clearing for independent tour operators, local adventure outfitters, and vacation agencies to offer their trips and tours direct to consumers. As such, it offers a potpourri of trips around the world, from single-day experiences to two-week tours, and they run the gamut from ballooning or biking to walking holkdays, cooking schools, and much, much more.Partner
- Infohub.com - Not a tour company, rather a kind of aggregator of trips offered by tour companies—including dozens of biking tours in England, Scotland, and Wales, plus nice mixed trips like the barge-and-bike tours of the Thames in England. Infohub casts one of the largest nets over the industry, listing some 14,000 tours offered by 4,000 operators in more than 100 categories, with more than 200 tours in England, nearly 100 in Scotland, and 65 in Wales.Partner
- Viator.com - Best place to search for one-day biking adventures—from guided city tours to countryside routes. You'll have to search England, Scotland, and Wales independently, but there are dozens upon dozens of adventures. Partner
- Ciclismoclassico.com - My favorite bike tour outfit, extremely well-run—but currently with only one England bike tour on offer.
- Naviki.org - A crowd-sourced navigation service and app for biking in Europe that allows you to plot routes between any two places, near or far.
- Cyclema.ps - A British-based bike route mapping app.
- Visitengland.com - A potpurri of articles on cycling from the England tourism board.
- Roadcyclinguk.com - An online magazine devoted to British cycling, with a (small) section on "Best of British"—reports (including phtoographs and video) of some classic road biking trips through northern England, including the Lake District, North Penines, Yorkshire Dales, and Forest of Bowland.
