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HealthHealth District Cycle Rides PParksarks && VillagesVillages NotesNotes 6 Circular ride from Pugneys Country Park to Notton, Ryhill & Walton

Cycle path down Asdale Road Bridge on disused railway Track towards Wintersett Lane Walton War Memorial Cycle path towards station Remember Allow 2 ½ hours (Waymarker 1) (Waymarker 5) (Waymarker 9) (Waymarker 13) car park (Waymarker 16) cycling can: A longer challenging route which takes in several villages to the Make you feel good south of Wakefield. The majority of the route is quiet roads or off- road, with only a few sections on busier roads. Give you more energy 32 km / 20 miles Help you sleep better Path to St George’s Walk Applehaigh Lane (Waymarker 6) Anglers Country Park, Discovery Entrance to Walton Nature Park Duke of York pub, Help you reduce (Waymarker 2) Centre (Waymarker 10) (Waymarker 14) Road (Waymarker 17) stress

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SOUTH A ELMSALL 1 SOUTH KIRKBY Path from Wood Lane Sportsman Inn pub, View from seat at top of hill Path towards Pugneys (Waymarker 4) Station Road (Waymarker 8) (Waymarker 12) Country Park (Waymarker 19) d a o 1 Take the road out of Pugneys and turn left following the cycle path R Key 10Keep following the path (you can cycle either way around the lake) g B 18 g a ri r Waymarker along Asdale Road, by Asda cross Asdale Road using the b C n until you arrive at the visitor centre. Turn right out of the car park g a s 1 n le Portobello A a y Cycle Route M 16 pedestrian crossing. R l e at Anglers Country Park into Haw Park Lane continuing past the iv n er a 17 Sandal & a

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d e a 2 Follow the cycle path to the right into St George's Walk. Turn right a Direction a t h o e s frame into the woods. Take the first turning left, then right and R s School onto Standbridge Lane and take the 4th road on the left, Hendal n Parking e P le a C k continue to follow the path. D a a Road Lane. Keep on Hendal Lane into Chaplethorpe, where this road s Sandal R t O y Sandal o le b a Magna n d Water becomes Church Lane and then bear left onto Boyne Hill. You will e Castle 11 Where the five tracks meet, with the bench on your right, continue D P 1 6 y W 6 A le a then reach a mini roundabout. Pugneys s lto straight on downhill. Leaving the woods, follow the track until you 3 1 n d n 15 6 r a La A Country Park a o ne B R 14 have to turn left over the old canal bridge. At this roundabout turn right onto Wood Lane. d 3 ie s n e 12Continue following Sike Lane to the right past the seat on left. Turn e WALTON CROFTON 4 Continue along Wood Lane, as the road curves around to the left - r B6378 G B Milnthorpe 8 Hare Park right onto The Balk. turn off the road to the right, onto the line of the disused railway. Broadlands 63 7 78 63 High Wood Farm Walton B ne Asd P La Continue along the track and under the bridge. Durkar ale tion Lane y 13Turn right at the end of The Balk onto Shay Lane. Go straight Ro Sta ha ad 13 S Thorntree Hill ahead at the mini roundabout. 2 Hare Park 5 When you reach a fork in the path take the branch to the right up T Kettlethorpe he Wood School B 10 the slight hill and continue ahead. Woolgreaves a 14Continue along Shay Lane and turn left into Walton Nature Park. ne lk 9

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again onto Applehaigh Lane. Continue along Applehaigh Lane l H Anglers t L branches take the path to the right following the Trail. Turn left (

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which turns into bridleway. Continue to the end of Applehaigh o Hill e over the stone bridge. Follow the Trail continuing under the e ol 12 u Park rh w

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Lane then turn left onto Bleakley Lane. e L d Wintersett L Railway viaduct. e a n dg ) oy P Lo n

B a e Green Lane l W an 7 Take the turning on the right into Notton Lane. Notton Lane then o Plantation p L 16At the road turn left onto Oakenshaw Lane. Continue forwards o e o ll d P an T e 3 L e t k s becomes Navvy Lane. At the T junction turn left into Cold Heindley L ar y n under the bridge. The cycle path is on the right just after the a Newmillerdam Chevet P r o n w r a N e a L Chase H e Common Lane, then next right into Ryhill Pitts Lane. 11 F bridge. Pass through the A-frame and follow the path, which runs Chevet 4 Haw Park Laycock parallel to the railway line. At the end of the path you will come out 8 Continue along Ryhill Pitts Lane until the road branches into two Park Wintersett Wood Newmillerdam Resr into Sandal and Agbrigg station car park. take the branch to the right along Station Road. Continue through Country H Park Chevet a Ryhill turning left onto Nostell Lane. At the bottom of the hill on Grange Rough w Cold Hiendley 17 Cycle through the car park and turn right onto Agbrigg Road. Bushcliff P RYHILL a Resr D Wood Bottom r Nostell Lane turn left off the road onto the bridleway (where the 40 ism Millcliff k Follow the road turning left at the Duke of York pub, onto Belle Vue Plantation L HAVERCROFT an a tl Wood n mph speed sign is). Follow the bridleway and take the right branch ed e its Road. At the mini roundabout turn left onto Sparable Lane. Turn R 5 hill P a Ry M il Bleakley Dike 8 ne i w C La Station l

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a d B l continue along the track you will need to dismount briefly L y At the end of Manygates Avenue turn left into Portobello Road. m v 18 av ie S N ne F e e ane La ne ll n to cross over Wintersett Lane/Santingley Lane. an L La a a Follow the road under the railway bridge. Continue to the end L ton urch H L ge Not Ch The route continues on the other side of the road. or where you will reach an ‘A’ frame at the start of the cycle path. Ge 7 Ellis T e

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a e B n d Applehaigh rn n n the bridge. Follow the right fork of the path up the short steep hill. ( i D s n u Wood le e L is y u T Follow the path around to the right and return to the visitor centre s C r View of Pugneys Country Park e a a d n il © Crown copyright All rights reserved ) a at Pugneys Country Park. from l (Wakefield MDC) Licence No. LA 100019574 2008