Cycle Shops

If you know of any other outlets along the C2C route please e-mail me the details and I will add them to this page.

Braemar Bikes: 1 Preston St, Whitehaven: 01946 693009 or 07793 559755. Hire and repairs. www.braemarbikeswhitehaven.co.uk.

Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative: www.edinburghbicycle.com

North Pennine Cycles: 01434381324 A brilliant and now established shop next door to the Miners Arms in Nenthead.

Cyclewise: Whinlatter Forest Park, www.cyclewise.co.uk or tel: 017687 78711

Bike Bank: 18-20 Market Place, Workington. 01900 603 337

Halfords: Derwent Howe Retail Park. Workington. 01900 601 635

Keswick Mountain Bike: Hire (Hire/Servicing), Unit 1, Daleston Court, Southey Hill, Keswick: 01768 775202

Lakeland Pedlar Cafe & Bike Shop: spares and repairs plus good vegetarian food. Henderson’s Yard: 017687 75752.

Arragons: Brunswick Road, Penrith. 01768 890 344 www.arragonscycles.com

Harpers Cycles: 1-2 Middlegate, Penrith. 01768 864 475

The Bike Shop: Terry & Lorraine Turnbull at Mile Post 100 at the start of the Waskerley Way, 5km from Stanhope. 01388 526434.

Consett Cycle Co: 62 Medomsley Rd, Consett. 01207 581205

Cestria Cycles: 11 Ashfield, Chester-le-street. Terrace – 0191 388 7535

The Cycle Hub: a few hundred metres from the Millennium Bridge – provides bike hire, workshop for DIY repairs. Sells cycle trips and holidays as it’s home to Saddle Skedaddle, the brilliant Newcastle cycle holiday firm.

The Cycle Hub, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE6 1BU – 0191276 7250enquiries@thecyclehub.orgwww.thecylehub.org

Cycle World: 222 High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 1TZ. 0191 5658188 or 5141974 www.cycleworldshop.co.uk

Peter Darke Cycles: 1/2 John Street, Sunderland, SR1 1DX 0191 5108155 www.darkecycles.com

Halfords Bike Hut: Unit 3, Trimdon, Street, Sunderland, SR4 6DW 0191 5140843 www.halfords.com