Meeting points and Cafes
Meeting Points
The Club has a number of meeting points around Lancaster for the start of rides. On this page there is a brief description of each, a photograph of the place and a Google map. To open a Google map for a meeting point, click on the black button to the right with its name on. To see a Google map showing the whole area with all the meeting points click here.
Boot and Shoe:
We actually gather on the wide section of pavement outside Booths supermarket opposite the Boot and Shoe public house on Hala Road. This meeting point is used on Sundays, Thursdays and Tuesdays (in the middle of the month) when the ride is going east or south from Lancaster.
Beaumont College:
On Sundays we sometimes meet in the bellmouth at the entrance to Beaumont College on the A6 heading northwards out of Lancaster. We tend to use this meeting point when we are following a route northwards towards the Lake District. We don't use this meeting point on Thursdays or Tuesdays because the weekday traffic is too busy.
Millennium Bridge:
Millennium Bridge is a meeting point in the middle of the City of Lancaster used when rides are going north, east and sometimes southwards. We meet on the Morecambe (northern) side of the bridge where there are some benches and a space to gather. This meeting point is used on the first and last Tuesdays in the month and sometimes on Thursdays and Sundays.
Halton Station:
Halton Station is disused but is located on the cycle path heading east from the City, with a free car park. We tend to gather as if on the tracks beside the platform. Halton village is on the northern side across a narrow iron bridge but Halton Station is on the southern side of the River Lune.
Kellet Crossroads
For some rides that are heading north or east of the City of Lancaster, the Club will meet at the crossroads where Bottomdale Road and Foundary Lane cross Kellet Lane north-west of Halton. Riders gather in a gateway just along Bottomdale Road to the north from the crossroads itself.
Crook o' Lune:
For rides going to the north or east of the City, some leaders like to start from the Crook O' Lune which is on the Lancaster cyclepath and there is a pay car park, which is where we meet. (If needed, you could park at Halton Station(free) and cycle the 2 km to Crook o’ Lune).
Cafes near Lancaster providing drinks and cakes/butties, updated Jul 13th 2020.
This entry is subject to revision shortly. If you are aware of any establishments that have now closed or re-opened, please let Mike Codd know, preferably by e-mail at mike.codd@btinternet.com
The following cafes have been identified by our members. I’ll try to bring it up to date as we come out of lockdowns. They should now be open inside as well as out (where normally possible, but with limited seating) for hot drinks, cakes, scones and some do hot breakfast buns. They will usually ask for card payment, but refreshment vans may need cash payment. Refreshment vans rarely possess coffee machines, so it’ll be instant coffee. All are supposedly open, possibly with their normal menu. Opening time are given where known, but may have changed.
Please be aware that some may have closed down since this list was produced in summer of 2020.
Updated summary list follows.:
Knott End cafe; Knott End, 7 days 'til 16:00 Picnic tables outside.
The Lunch Box, Nateby Rd. corner, Garstang, a.m. 'til 14:30 Mon-Sat, Coffee, sandwiches & cakes, 2 tables outside.
Farleton View Fishery; Farleton, Thu to Sun, Coffee & Cakes, Reported open inside and out.
Grange Bakery, Grange, Kents Bank Rd (above main road);
Mon-Sat, Coffee & Cakes. Sit by pond in park?
Daisy Clough, Scorton; 7 Days, Coffee, Cakes, Butties, Reported open inside and out.
Church Mouse; Barbon, Tue-Sat 10-3, Drinks & Cakes, Reported open inside and out.
"More" Artisan Bakery, Staveley, Mill Yard nr brewery; 7 days ‘til 4pm (5 w/e), Drinks & Cakes. Benches on riverside.
Spar, Milnthorpe; 7 days, Drinks machine, shop & loos, Bench outside on square below church.
Refreshment van; By HMS Inskip (big masts), Opening days not known, Drinks etc.
Refreshment van; Outside M6 Forton Services (N-bound side), Mon-Friday 8-2 (w/e sometimes), Drinks, scones, breakfast buns.
Casterton Golf Club, Casterton, 7 days, Bacon butties, scones, cakes. hot drinks.
Over Kellet Village Shop, 7days?, hot drinks; Village green.
Greenlands, 7 days? Open.
'The Shop at Glasson Dock', hot drinks.
Roots, Sa-Sun 10.30- 2.30 as a trial. Possibly open now?
Lunesdale Bakery Kirkby Lonsdale.
Chipping Farm Shop.
Chipping Cobbled Corner.
Cowan Bridge Tea Rooms.
Tosside Tea Rooms.
Elaines, Feizor.
Littletown Dairy.
Brabins Tearoom, Chipping.
Booths Garstang.
Puddleducks, Dunsop Bridge, Friday to Sunday.
Hornby, Post office, Tea, coffee, cakes, breakfast buns.
Bridge House farm, Wray, Tea, coffee, cakes. Reported open.
Glasson Dock, Lantern O’er Lune, Tea, coffee, cakes, breakfast buns.
Ireby Green, back to normal except social distance. Inside and out.
Clapham, Shop has limited outdoor seating but sells cakes and hot drinks (Cafes are shut).
River Bela (formerly Parrott’s) now open in Milnthorpe.
Thank you to all who’ve reported on their recent visits to any of the above. Sorry if this list is a bit scrappy. Details are not always available and sometimes keep changing. Please let me know of any changes if you have visited any of the above.
Apologies if you find any closed!
Mike Codd, Rides Co-ordinator CUK Lancaster & South Lakes. E-mail <mike.codd@btinternet.com>