The best motorcycle roads in the UK
The best motorcycle roads in the UK, from Bealach na Ba to the Gospel Pass: 12 routes picked by a Touring HQ rider, with miles, fuel gaps and free GPX.
Read now Photo by matthew Feeney on UnsplashPick a route and your miles a day. We split it into days, with fuel stops, sunset and each rider's paperwork.
Tap or click a line for the route's name and a link to it.
Pick a route and a start date. The planner splits it into days at your pace and shows what each rider needs to sort before you go.
134 miles, point to pointOfficial route
Photo: Dunderave Castle by Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0
84 miles, point to pointOfficial route
Photo: Fairy Loup by Howard Mattinson, CC BY-SA 2.0
103 miles, point to pointOfficial route
Photo: Ballygally Castle by Z thomas, CC BY-SA 4.0
276 miles, point to pointOfficial route
Photo: St. Mang's Abbey by Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0
54 miles, point to pointOfficial route
Photo: Schloss Fischhorn by Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
107 miles, loopOfficial route
Photo: Parkavonear Castle by Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0Planning a tour means juggling maps, forums, fuel apps and GOV.UK pages. Here it is in one place, free.
97 routes with a free GPX file for each. No account, no email, no paywall.
Choose your miles a day and get a GPX file for each day, ending at a named place.
The longest gap between fuel stops and the sunset time for every day, before you set off.
What each rider needs for every country on the route, from official sources, ticked off rider by rider.
One shared plan the whole group can see and change, with the stops and the kit list in it.
Each route says whether it is an official line or one we plotted, and whether we have ridden it.
Pick a route, choose the miles you like to ride in a day, and take a GPX file for each day. Ride it alone or share the files with the group.
Browse the routesRoutes that begin where the boat or train from the UK lands, so you can ride straight off. The loops bring you back to the same port.
Free, with no sign-up. Only group trips need a free account.
The best motorcycle roads in the UK, from Bealach na Ba to the Gospel Pass: 12 routes picked by a Touring HQ rider, with miles, fuel gaps and free GPX.
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Read now Photo by Simon Spring on UnsplashWhere a road has an official tourist route, such as the North Coast 500, the Snow Roads or the Transfăgărășan, we use the official line as mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors and say so on the route page. Everything else we plot ourselves on OpenStreetMap roads, and where an official line exists we show how closely ours follows it. We do not copy other sites' GPX files.
We have not ridden every route ourselves yet, and each page says which kind it is. Places to see along the way come from Wikidata, with photos from Wikimedia Commons credited to the people who took them.
Roads close, surfaces change and passes shut for snow. Check your route before you set off, and tell us if you find a mistake.