Description

The M6 motorway has taken the worst of the traffic from the once notorious road over Shap Fell, but for anyone wishing to avoid the tarmac of the A6 there is an alternative route, which follows the line of the old road. Riding south from Shap Village about half-a-mile after the turn-off for Wet Sleddale, the monstrosity of the Shap Granite Works appears as a blot on the landscape. Turn left through the works entrance and cross the line of the dismantled railway. A right turn brings you to the road used as a public path, which is the start of the Old Shap Road.