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Self-Guided Cycling Holidays in the UK

Pick a trail and explore on two wheels, with daily accommodation and luggage transfers

Discover Great Britain at your own pace

Point-to-point adventures

Bring your bike on a sight-seeing tour or cycle across the country from coast to coast, exploring Britain along the best roads and bridleways. Whether you're a lone cyclist looking to travel or a family eager to get out into the countryside together, choose from our wide range of itineraries to find the right daily mileage for you. 

Find your perfect ride

Why Contours?

We book your nightly accommodation and daily breakfast, provide maps and guidebooks so you can lead the way across the countryside, and promise peace of mind with 24/7 emergency support. We even carry your luggage from stop to stop, so you can explore without heavy panniers and backpacks.

Find out more in the FAQ
Read the Beginner's Guide to find out how it all works

New for 2025!

This year we're unveiling a host of new leisure cycling holidays that are sure to enchant families and anyone looking to explore the UK's most fascinating sites by bicycle. Holidays are also now available along the Pennine Bridleway: the first National Trail to be developed specifically for cyclists.

Discover our brand-new holidays here.

From our blog

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Cycling Snowdon

Mount Snowdon, going officially now by its Welsh name, Yr Wyddfa, is the highest and best-known peak in England and Wales — and it features not one but three bridleways curving to and from its summit. How can any mountain biker resist?

Discover how best to bag this brilliant peak by bike in our comprehensive guide.

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A hand-drawn map of Great Britain with a wishlist of walking trails represented by hearts waiting to be ticked off - it looks like this walker has completed the Northumberland Coast Path and the Thames Path, with Offa's Dyke Path, the Great Glen Way and the Pennine Way still to go.

Loyalty Scheme

With so many brilliant trails all around the UK, it's hard not to accumulate a long holiday wishlist. If you're planning to get out and start ticking off each trail, you can really cut costs with Contours Holidays' loyalty scheme. You'll start saving from your third cycling holiday onwards.

Find out more about our bronze, silver and gold loyalty discounts.

Walking Holidays in the UK