Cycle Leaflet 11

Mini roundabout at Boyne Hill (Waymarker 3) Health Health Wakefield District NewmillerdamNewmillerdam Cycle Rides 11 Cycle route through NotesNotes Newmillerdam Country Park

Allow 60 mins Track at junction with Remember Hill Top Road cycling can: A mainly off road route taking in the peaceful scenery (Waymarker 8) Make you feel in and around Newmillerdam Country Park. good 11.2 km / 7.0 miles Give you more energy Help you sleep better Path towards cycle track Help you reduce & Bushcliff bridge (Waymarker 6) stress

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Starting from the pay and W 1 ne 6 150m after passing under a La a ck k

display car park (opposite Fox Sla e Hill Top bridge, take the footpath on

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and Hounds public house) at l 2 d the left, which doubles back Newmillerdam Country Park. H from the disused railway Sc ill Turn right out of the car park ho Cleugh or To ol p track. Cyclists should H Clew Bridge Ro onto Barnsley Road, A61. ill ad ne e La dismount here, as this is P odg After 50m, by the Fox and 1 L classified as a footpath. At Hounds turn left into School ill H Newmillerdam the top of the hill, turn right. ne e oy Lan 8 Hill. B se hou Boat The track becomes wider and ms 2 Cycle uphill and at the top, Al House it can be used for cycling. bear left onto Boyne Hill. After crossing over a bridge 3 N e w over a stream, (Waymarker m 3 Continue along Boyne Hill il le 6), a short incline leads to a r d until reaching the mini a m ‘T’ junction. roundabout. (Waymarker 3)

Turn left onto Wood Lane. W 7 Turn left. Continue cycling o o King’s d uphill through the woods. La A Wood As the road bears left, take n 6 4 e 1 After 350m, the path forks.

the track straight ahead. This B a

r Continue uphill on the right n track goes slightly uphill, and s Park l 4 e Plantation hand track. After going y

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a disused railway track. d continues onto an open field. 5 Continue along this track, 5 Newmillerdam It finally leads out onto Hill which can be quite muddy Country Park Top Road. when wet. (Waymarker 5) Key 8 Turn left, and cycle the full The track passes under the length of Hill Top Road. At the main Barnsley Road, and 1 Waymarker Cycle Route bottom of Hill Top Road, turn then continues into Path Route left onto Barnsley Road, Newmillerdam Country Park. Direction going past the lake and return Continue over the viaduct, P Parking to the car park. then under the second bridge. Road Bushcliff (Waymarker 8) Bushcliff Beck Water Wood

Patch Wood 7 Seckar Wood

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