Local Information Cycling Code of Conduct: Cycle shops: When cycling on roads: Skipton: • Always follow the Highway Code • • Dave Ferguson Cycles (01756 Be seen - most accidents to cyclists happen at junctions 795367) • Fit lights and use them in poor • Riders Cycles Centre (01756 visibility 796844) • Consider wearing a helmet and conspicuous clothing Cycling clubs in the area: When cycling on shared use paths Skipton Cycling Club: please: Web: www.skiptoncyclingclub.org.uk • Give way to pedestrians, leaving them Gargrave to East Marton South Craven Wheelers: plenty of room Tel. No: 07769296320 • Keep to your side of any dividing line Recreational Cycle Web: www.southcraven.co.uk • Be prepared to slow down or stop if necessary Routes • Use your bell - not all pedestrians can Public transport: see you. • Don’t expect to cycle at high speeds. • Buses from Gargrave to Skipton • Train services from Gargrave to Skipton Craven District Council • Skipton Bus Station 1 Belle Vue Square • Buses from East Marton to Broughton Road Skipton Skipton Phone: 01756 700600 Website: http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/ Tourist Information: Route at a glance • Skipton Tourist Information Centre (01756 792809) Distance: 13.8km (+1km for canal Email:
[email protected] route) Height: 76m Local Attractions: Start and finish: Gargrave • Leeds and Liverpool Canal • Various small shops in Gargrave Parking: Gargrave Difficulty: Easy Route Description: An easy going ride, suitable for beginners and families, taking you along quite country lanes, good quality bridleway tracks. Option of also riding along the ‘Leeds and Liverpool canal’. This ride will allow you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the ‘Yorkshire Dales’ with hardly any hills.