Region guide
The best driving roads in Northern England
25 hand-picked driving roads in Northern England, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 1 world icon.
Roads251 world icon
Combined310miles of driving
High point602metres · 1975 ft
Northern England is pass country: the Lake District's brutal climbs, the Yorkshire Dales' limestone sweeps and the high moorland roads of the Pennines. Hardknott, Buttertubs and Honister are here, alongside the rest we have driven and checked.
Ambleside to Coniston
Rosedale Chimney Bank
Fleet Moss
Teesdale to Alston
Trough of Bowland
Newlands Pass
Yad Moss
Upper Coquetdale
Whinlatter Pass
Swaledale
Honister Pass
Wharfedale
Cragg Vale
Wensleydale to Richmond
Kirkby Stephen Road
Ribblehead
Shap Fell
Stainmore
Wensleydale
Sutton Bank
Dunmail Raise
Kirkstone Pass
Hartside Pass
Buttertubs Pass
