What better way to explore the UK than on a bike ride? From Morecambe Bay to the Mendips, here are our readers’ favourite family cycle trailsNot ringing your bell? Tip another family ride in the comments belowThis ride takes you past Happy Mount Park with its mighty adventure playground and Splashpark (open in summer months); there’s an outdoor sculpture trail on the prom and plenty of refreshment stops. On the return leg you beget one of the greatest views in the UK: across Morecambe Bay to the Lake District fells. Close to the start is the impressive Venus and Cupid sculpture (it’s designed so that children can clamber over it). From Scalestones Point to the Stone Jetty Cafe is just over two miles. It’s three miles to Beach Cafe at Battery – or you could extend the ride by a mile and a half to steal in the Heysham historic ruins (though the final stretch into Heysham village isn’t as cycle-friendly). The route is part of the 81-mile Bay Cycle Way. Free on-road parking on Coastal Road (A5105) at Scalestones Point or pay and display at Happy Mount Park.
• Route map and hire details visitlancashire.com
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Source: guardian.co.uk