Land’s End to Hadrian’s Wall

The road north

Six hundred and six miles. That is what stands between Land's End and Hadrian's Wall on Pedal Nation's modular take on the English half of LeJog, with 35,170 feet of climbing stitched in along the way. It is the first stage of their full Land's End to John O'Groats route, run as a standalone nine-day ride for those who want the English bit without committing to the Highlands as well.

The country shifts under your wheels in a way that surprises people who have only driven it. You start at the wind-scoured tip of Cornwall, push up over Dartmoor, drift through the cider-country lanes and thatched villages of the West Country, then harden up across the bleak tops of the Pennines before easing down through the western edge of the Lake District. The route runs up the left-hand side of England and crosses into Scotland at Lockerbie, but the headline finish is Hadrian's Wall at Carlisle — the symbolic line where the Romans gave up.

What the route takes in

Cornwall first: exposed, granite-edged, the kind of opening that lets you know what you have signed up for. Dartmoor follows, then the slow softening into Somerset, where Wells turns up with its cathedral and a market square that has not changed much in centuries. Shrewsbury comes later — half-timbered, looped by the Severn, a town worth a wander if your legs will let you. Then the country toughens again. The Pennines are the honest middle of this ride: long, bare, weather-on-your-face country with little shelter and big skies. The closing day runs through the fringes of the Lake District before tipping you over the border to Lockerbie.

There are pubs. There are a great many pubs, and Pedal Nation are unembarrassed about saying so — this is England, that is part of the deal. Expect beamed ceilings, decent ale, and the sort of evening that follows a hard day in the saddle.

How the trip works

You ride supported, with a van carrying luggage, emergency gels and bars, fruit, and water refills. Breakfast is at the hotel; lunch is a pack-up — sandwiches, pasties, bakery grabs — eaten roadside or, if the weather has turned, in a café. Evening meals are on you and usually taken as a group, though no one minds if you slope off for a quiet one.

Accommodation is twin-share bed and breakfast in family-run hotels and good B&Bs, with the group kept under one roof where possible. From 2026, Pedal Nation are aiming to be the first UK cycle tour operator running this route entirely in proper hotels — the thinking being that secure bike storage and a comfortable bed matter more after 70 miles than any amount of rustic charm. A single room supplement of £475 is available at booking.

Bookings and logistics

The 2026 departure runs 5–13 September at £1,695 per person, led by Sean Bolland and Dominic Watts; the trip is confirmed with limited spaces left. The 2027 dates are 4–12 September at the same price. Bikes can be transported to Penzance and back from Lockerbie at no extra charge if you drop yours at the Sheffield office up to two days before departure — though, because this is a stage of the longer LeJog, the bike won't be available to collect immediately at the finish. This one suits riders who want a proper end-to-end of England without taking on the full fortnight to John O'Groats.