Darrington to Knottingley & Pontefract
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Spread Eagle public house, Escourt Road, Darrington (Waymarker 1) HealthHealth Wakefield District Cycle Rides 12 DarringtonDarrington toto NotesNotes KnottingleyKnottingley && PPontefractontefract Circular ride around the Track off Windermere Remember north east of the district Drive across playing field cycling can: (Waymarker 5) Make you feel good Allow 75 mins Give you more A combination of off road and on road cycling covering the energy extreme north east section of the district. The incline out of Help you sleep Pontefract is quite steep. better 13.5 km / 8.2 miles Footbridge over dual Help you reduce carriageway towards Sowgate Lane stress (Waymarker 11) A656 Keep your heart M62 A616 30 strong 29/42 Lofthouse CASTLEFORD Gate Stanley 1 A639 41 6 Ferrybridge Reduce blood A 2 4 Whitwood 5 1 A6 6 M62 64 M 50 A Altofts A pressure Outwood Kirkhamgate 31 North 32 KNOTTINGLEY Featherstone Gawthorpe Wrenthorpe M62 A NORMANTON 6 3 Help manage 8 33 40 PONTEFRACT Track through your weight WAKEFIELD Kirkthorpe 5 5 Darrington 6 A645 OSSETT Heath A Purston farmers fields off Jaglin East FEATHERSTONE 8 Improve your life 2 Street Furlong Lane 6 Hardwick 1 High A A HORBURY Sharlston (Waymarker 15) expectancy West Ackworth A 39 Hardwick 6 Sandal Crofton 3 9 A63 Low 2 Middlestown 8 64 Ackworth Ackworth A Moor Top Overton Crigglestone Walton Wentbridge Netherton Thorpe 6 Fitzwilliam Audlin 63 A A 637 Badsworth A Kinsley 6 Ryhill 1 North 1 8 Elmsall M Havercroft 2 Upton 6 West A Bretton South HEMSWORTH Woolley A6 38 Notton Hiendley 38 SOUTH A ELMSALL 1 SOUTH KIRKBY North Road ad © Crown copyright All rights reserved Ro Bridge act (Wakefield MDC) Licence No. LA 100019574 2008 efr 11 ont 1 Starting from the Spread Eagle public P Knottingley KNOTTINGLEY 10Cycle to the end of the avenue, down house on Estcourt Road, turn left and 12 a steep hill to the junction with the cycle towards the A1M overbridge. 10 Simpsons School A645. Take care to cross this busy Spurriers Lane ane (Waymarker 1) After passing through Sowgate L Ave E road, and take the road down to the n 9 g Cotterill l a Darrington Village, take the road to the Road n former A1 (now A162) at the end of S ne d t La u L A t t a left, just after the motorway bridge follow m u 1 B n L y the road. p e a G ire n c M r r School the lane uphill to the roundabout. e o e a C s s ley Road t a ng t Knotti N t 8 11 Just before the dual carriageway, le ate o 4 dg l on r a B t 2 At the roundabout, turn right into Leys it h h cross over and head for the footpath R L H a a Road. Take care cycling along Leys ll o n R ze L Bexhi 13 a e o l t e which takes you to the footbridge. frac d ad nte Close School y o Po s Road, as it is constantly used by many T L (Waymarker 11) Cyclists should Ferrybridge a W n 14 Services e heavy goods vehicles. in d dismount here. After crossing the e 5 r e W m v e ri e 7 r e D bridge, it leads onto Sowgate Lane. 3 At the 90° bend, by the boulders, go s t e r n Carry straight on along the road, straight ahead onto Leys Lane, which is A M62 6 v a track and continues to the motorway e Junction 33 which then becomes a track. tunnel. Continue along this track until C 12Pass under both the railway and o b reaching the railway level crossing at b l e motorway, to re-emerge onto A645 r ’ Schools s England Lane. L Knottingley Road. Cross over the a n 4 Take the track to the left, before the e road, and turn left into Bexhill Close. crossing. Upon reaching the school, turn Eastbourne Eas Follow Bexhill Close round to turn left tbo 13 urn left, to emerge on Hazel Road. e V iew onto Cobblers Lane. 5 Turn left, and then right into Windermere L 14Now follows the hardest part of the e y Drive. At the barrier, take the track to the s route, with a long pull up Cobblers L a left across the field. (Waymarker 6) n e Lane. Just after the brow of the hill, 15 the main road becomes Western 6 This track goes in a semi circular route, School to the rear of the housing estate. Avenue, take the signed road to the S S t pita left, still on Cobblers Lane. At the re lga A e te 1 At the ‘A’ frame, take the track straight t La r 7 n G F e u school, the lane becomes a track. r e lo a ahead. This track bears right then left n t Key g N Continue here to where the road L o a r and right again to emerge at the rear of Waymarker n t 1 e h reappears, Eastbourne View. R Ferrybridge Motorway Services, and Cycle Route o a Millhill Fields d Mid Yorkshire Bickering onto a track called Cattlelaith Lane. Path Route Hunters Golf Course Wood 3 15Continue along the main road, Direction Wood enjoying some good open views of M Continue along here until the former A1 H 8 a Parking a P r v the countryside. The road becomes l e p r Valley i L c (now A162) comes into view. Take the Road t a r n o Plantation L e f d Street Furlong Lane, and on re a t oa n ys R track to the right, Mirey Butt Lane, which Water e Le entering Darrington, it becomes leads to the housing estate. Marlpit Lane. Turn left onto Escourt School 2 9 Take the second path on the left, through Road to return to the start. To Featherstone (Waymarker 15) a garage site, and onto Simpson Lane. Carleton 1 Turn left onto Cotterill Road, following Road Estcourt Road W e the road round to turn left onto Spurriers L Valley Road a s n t f e Darrington i e Avenue. l d.