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A 6 4 1 A58 B 6126 1 4 6 Toftshaw Birkenshaw A A650 Gildersome 0 Kilometres 1 2 3 Stage 12: Ossett to Oakenshaw B 6 1 3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 5 Miles Drighlington 5 M 2 1 6 6 0 Bradford 6 B 2 6 Things to see and do FINISH A Oakenshaw Dewsbury A6 A 50 50 Dewsbury is the largest town in the 6 A6 5 1 621 Heavy Woolen district and has an A62 M impressive Minster, many notable A58 Victorian buildings, a lively market M62 and Dewsbury Museum set in Crow Nest Park. 5 2 1 6 B A62 Dewsbury Country ParkTopcliffe Norwood Green 43 The route skirts the park, which was A6 A 65 once a Landfill Site, but is now a 1 Gomersal 2 2 A58 1 Art on the Spen Valley Greenway 6 much loved green space. B Wildflowers on the nearby Spen Ringway cycle route. Local Nature Reserves B6120 A643 Toad Holes Beck and Railway A Terrace are home to a wide variety 6 3 8 1 of butterflies and birds, as well as Take a Break! 5 6 Hipperholme A Savile Town Wharf and Canal Cleckheaton wildflower meadows. Basin is a working boatyard on the M62 A643 To find more attractions visit Dewsbury Cut. Visit the Leggers A Bike Hire B 6 6 5 1 2 Inn or cafe, the ideal refreshment 2 www.visithuddersfield.com 2 stop for cyclists and walkers. Yorkshire has ‘Bike Libraries’ where you can borrow bikes, Milepost Café, Liversedge is right on the Spen Valley greenway and find out more at Beggarington Hill a great place to pop in for some bikelibraries.yorkshire.com coffee and cake. 23 61 The route is easy to follow Heckmondwike B Many pubs, cafés and A B 6 6 independent shops in 3 Liversedge 1 8 43 1 6 Cleckheaton. M62 7 A A649 B Batley Take Care 61 2 8 A Share the path. Give way 63 8 to pedestrians, horseriders 2 A652 6 and wheelchair users. Shaw Cross Enjoy the Slow Tour Key A Brighouse Batley The route through on the National Cycle Dewsbury town centre is busy, watch out for cars, Network! buses and pedestrians. A64 4 B Brighouse Station 6 The Slow Tour is a guide to 21 of 1 1 7 Dewsbury the best cycle routes in Yorkshire. Dewsbury It’s been inspired by the Tour de Country Park Earlsheaton A644 8 Dewsbury 3 A6 France Grand Départ in Yorkshire in 6 38 A Chickenley 2014 and funded by Public Health A62 Teams in the region. All routes form B6128 part of the National Cycle Network - Crow Nest Park more than 14,000 miles of traffic- Earlsheaton Tunnel free paths, quiet lanes and on-road D e start B6409 Mirfield w walking and cycling6107 routes across s A b u Ossett r y the UK. C Calder Valley u A6 t 44 Greenway To Savile This route is part of National R Fixby i Huddersfield Town v B6128 B e 6 r Bradley C Routes 66 and 699, so just follow 1 Bike shop / Cycle hire 1 a 7 l C d a e the signs. r ld e A644 r & Ravensthorpe Hebble Navigation Ravensthorpe Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2015. Cartography © Sustrans FourPoint Mapping. All rights reserved. Photography © Sustrans staff Thornhill Lees 2 6 A Mirfield River Calder Ossett to Oakenshaw STAGE 12 Ossett to Oakenshaw 23 mile round trip (11.5 miles overview map Ossett to each way). This is approximately 3-4 hours. This great ride begins at Ossett Town Hall and travels Oakenshaw to Dewsbury, before heading north through the Spen Valley to the southern edge of Bradford using the traffic- free Spen Valley Greenway. l From Ossett Town Hall, head south onto the West Wells Road where the route quickly becomes a traffic free path, following a former railway line. The route takes you through the Earlsheaton tunnel, complete with its bat friendly lighting. l After the Portrait bench, with its sculptures of local people (including Brian Robinson – the first Brit to finish the Tour de France), you can head north into Dewsbury Town Centre passing the Sports Centre. l To continue to Oakenshaw take a left to cross the River Calder on a viaduct. When the route joins the towpath turn right for the canal basin in Savile Town with pub/café, or left to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation. l The canal loops around Dewsbury to join another The Slow Tour is a guide to 21 of the best cycle routes former railway line, the Spen Valley Greenway. From here across Yorkshire on the National Cycle Network. there are 7 miles of wonderful traffic free pedalling, passing The routes have something for everyone, whether you are a a selection of sculptures including metal sheep, giant family, new to cycling or a regular cyclist. You can take public hoops, digger seats and Tour de France themed mileposts. transport to the start of most routes and hire bikes there too. l The path is gently uphill, and passes close to the town centres of Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton, which both Tourist attractions l heritage sites have refreshment stops. cafés and pubs l picnic spots l canals l After bridging over the M62, the route crosses the golf l l course to arrive in Oakenshaw, where you’ll find Victoria museums playgrounds artwork Park, which has a play area and skate park, and the local Spen Valley Greenway nature reserves of Toad Holes Beck and Railway Terrace. If you like this route, try out the other 20. l This is the turning point to retrace the route back to the start. You can continue on National Route 66 to the centre Download your free maps at of Bradford following a signed route on roads and through Bowling Park. www.sustrans.org.uk/slowtourofyorkshire Enjoy a great ‘Rotate’ sculpture on the Spen Valley Greenway cycling day out... Ossett to Oakenshaw is part of Routes 66 and 699 of the National Cycle Network at your own pace ! Registered charity number 326550 (England and Wales) SCO39263 (Scotland).