Five UK cycling destinations you have to visit this summer

Put these on your list and make sure you've checked them off before the end of the year

(Image credit: Daniel Gould)

Ransack your memory bank for recollections of the depths of winter, and no doubt many cyclists will recall hours spent pedalling indoors, or riding through blizzards - legs powered by the promise of summer sun to come.

With temperatures touching 30°c in the UK, the coming weeks and months are the time to realise those promises - and though we can't deny that destinations overseas bring with them unique delights, the pleasures of our own shores are almost boundless too.

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