“Queen’s Highway After Party” Route Details (Yorkshire)
Added in Zwift’s April 2024 update, this route takes riders on five laps of the Queen’s Highway loop, followed by a finish up the Yorkshire KOM Reverse. It began as an event-only route, but became an open route in January 2025.
Added in Zwift’s April 2024 update, this route takes riders on five laps of the Queen’s Highway loop, followed by a finish up the Yorkshire KOM Reverse. It began as an event-only route, but became an open route in January 2025.
Route Basics
Length: 17.2 km (10.7 miles)
Elevation: 259m (850‘)
+2.6km (1.6 miles) lead-in with 42m (138‘) elevation
Map: Yorkshire
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Rating: 11.5/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
2 W/kg: 46 minutes
3 W/kg: 36 minutes
4 W/kg: 32 minutes
Start & Finish
Starts from the Yorkshire pens and ends atop the KOM.
Achievement Badge: 340 XP
Sprint & KQOM Segments |
| Yorkshire Sprint Reverse (0.4km, 2.4%) |
| Yorkshire KOM Reverse (1.2km, 4%) |
Strava Segments
Route Description
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The actual Queen’s Highway loop is rectangular and 3km long, but it begins with a lead-in of approximately 2.4km from the regular spawn point located in central Harrogate north of the start/finish and start pens. You will pass the Royal Pump Room on your right as you make your way north to the Cairn Hotel:
Climb up Kent Road, and give the long sprint all you’ve got. Once you’re through the lap banner the lead-in is finished and your first Queen’s Highway loop has officially begun.
(Warning: the sprint segment is uphill and rather long–almost 400 meters! So you’ll have to pace yourself.)
The residential area you are riding through is an extremely desirable piece of real estate IRL, and one of the poshest places in all of England to live. Fun fact: all the land is owned by the Duke of Lancaster who is, in fact, the Queen.
After you descend Cornwall Road you will climb past the Cairn Hotel again and up Kent Road for another sprint effort to finish your first full lap.
That’s one lap down – you’ve got four more to go, then you’ll hang a right at the bottom of the descent to head up the Yorkshire KOM Reverse for a spicy finish!
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