northern moor to oldham suggestions please

reecesanford

Im looking for ideas for getting to work either mountain biking or road bike.
Initially lived in Shaw which was only a straight forward 2.5 miles to work near the Huddersfield Road/Ripponden Road junction although there were some great longer distance routes as well.

Just moved to Northern Moor near Northenden and finding a decent route is looking hard to find so any ideas would be great.

Thanks.

AndyManc

This is what Mr Google says.








Driving directions to Oldham, UK
13.5 mi – about 41 mins
Suggested routes



Northenden
Manchester, UK
1. Head southwest on Hollyway toward Bucklow Dr
384 ft
2. Turn right at B5166/Royle Green Rd
0.2 mi
3. Turn left at B5166/Church Rd
0.2 mi
4. Turn right at B5167/Palatine Rd
1.6 mi
5. Slight right to stay on B5167/Palatine Rd
Continue to follow Palatine Rd

0.6 mi
6. Continue on B5093/Wilmslow Rd
Continue to follow Wilmslow Rd

1.5 mi
7. Wilmslow Rd turns right and becomes A6010/Dickenson Rd
0.9 mi
8. Turn left at A6010/St John's Rd
Continue to follow A6010

0.2 mi
9. Turn right at A6010/Kirkmanshulme Ln
Continue to follow A6010

3.0 mi
10. Turn right at Queen's Rd
115 ft
11. Turn right at A6010/Queen's Rd
253 ft
12. Turn left at A62/Oldham Rd
Continue to follow A62

5.0 mi
13. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto B6477/Manchester St
0.2 mi

Oldham
UK

reecesanford

Cheers Andy i will look into that route

sturmey

It's a b****y awful journey whichever way you go. Millions of sets of traffic lights, loads of potholes,hgv's,buses and homicidal drivers. You deserve a medal if you stick with it on a bike.

I personally would favour heading for Princess Parkway(get on at Yew Tree lane cycle path) and carrying straight on until you hit the roundabout at the Mancunian Way.Then head through the city centre to Oldham Road.At least you will get a 5 mile straight run before you hit town.

gb155

sturmey wrote:

It's a b****y awful journey whichever way you go. Millions of sets of traffic lights, loads of potholes,hgv's,buses and homicidal drivers. You deserve a medal if you stick with it on a bike.

I personally would favour heading for Princess Parkway(get on at Yew Tree lane cycle path) and carrying straight on until you hit the roundabout at the Mancunian Way.Then head through the city centre to Oldham Road.At least you will get a 5 mile straight run before you hit town.

Gotta agree with you, Its a pain no matter where you choose to go, Good luck

reecesanford

Thats exactly what i was thinking.Its certainly not the easiest or nicest of rides.
The benefit of living in Shaw was i could go the long way home and had several nice routes too although none too flat :shock: