Cycle Harrogate Benefits of Walking & Cycling There’s now a continuous and easy to follow cycle Active travel for our commute or for leisure is one of route all the way between Ripon (via Fountains Abbey the easiest ways to get our recommended 30 minutes & Studley Royal World Heritage Site) to the north and of daily exercise and what could be easier than Wetherby to the south of this historic spa town. popping on some comfy shoes and taking a walk to the local shops, dropping your children off at school or This of course includes the very popular and gently cycling to the station? graded traffic-free section of the Nidderdale Greenway between the Asda car park off Dragon Road in Walking is one of the cheapest ways to get around Harrogate and Hollybank Wood just to the west of and doesn’t leave a carbon footprint so it’s ideal to Ripley Castle. This is approximately 5 miles long and help reduce air pollution and congestion in the town. crosses the Nidd Gorge using the viaduct built in 1848 But it also brings great benefits to you, helping to for the railway which used to run to Ripon and Thirsk. reduce stress and anxiety as well as being good for the waistline! The Beryl Burton Way (named in honour of the world champion racing cyclist from Leeds) forms the partly Cycling is a great way to enjoy an active lifestyle traffic-free link with the market town of Knaresborough and be healthier. Regular cycling can help you burn with its ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd, just calories, reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure and over 4 miles from Harrogate town centre. improve your sense of well-being. It’s also a fun way to keep fit and explore the hidden treasures in your local Both Harrogate and Knaresborough can be reached by LOCAL TRAVEL MAP LOCAL TRAVEL area you may not see from the car. bike-carrying trains. The best route to cycle isn’t always the way you would and Wetherby cycle routes cycle Wetherby and Traffic-free cycling travel by car so don’t be put off. This map will show you the recommended cycle routes and you can plan with Knaresborough, Ripley Ripley Knaresborough, with your journey at www.openharrogate.co.uk. Active Travel Harrogate Harrogate Travel Active Find out more about opportunities and support for being more active at www.harrogate.gov.uk/activehealth Nidd Viaduct Harrogate’s Wheel Easy Cycling Group offers company and encouragement for all levels of cyclists for both Connecting your Journey Cycle Hire leisurely and challenging cycling in and around the This map has been produced through Harrogate area. Visit www.wheel-easy.org.uk the Open Harrogate initiative which is a CorCoach: electric bike hire on Waterloo Street, Train North Yorkshire County Council project Harrogate. Call 01423 313613 Details of cycling events can be found at www.harrogate.gov.uk/cycling. Sustrans also funded by the Department for Transport Northern Rail runs services to Harrogate and North Yorkshire Electric Bikes Ltd: electric bike hire have a free downloadable map for the Slow Tour Access Fund. Knaresborough stations. Bicycles are carried free of on Bond End, Knaresborough. Call 01423 603423 ride from Harrogate to Ripley at charge with no reservations required for the maximum www.sustrans.org.uk/slowtourofyorkshire For more information visit: of two bikes per train (conductors do however exercise Veloheads: a bike library just off The Avenue north of www.openharrogate.co.uk discretion and have the right to refuse entry if the train Starbeck railway station. Call 01423 886355 is busy). Visit www.northernrail.org Nidderdale Cycle Hire: bike hire in Summerbridge. Tourist Information For National Rail Enquiries call 03457 484950 or Call 07821 463853 Harrogate: at the Royal Baths on Crescent Road. visit www.nationalrail.co.uk Call 01423 537300 Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Walking and Cycling Knaresborough: at the Library, 40 Market Place. Open Harrogate Bus For more information about walking as well as cycling Call 01423 866886 in Harrogate (including the app), visit The number 36 bus now runs every 10 minutes between Also visit www.openharrogate.co.uk @OpenHarrogate Harrogate and Leeds and every 20 minutes on to Ripon. www.northyorks.gov.uk/knaresborough-library Visit www.harrogatebus.co.uk The Sustrans website has up-to-date information and Wetherby: in the library at 17 Westgate. detailed mapping for the whole of the 14,000 miles of Call 01937 582151 This map has been produced by National Cycle Network. Visit www.sustrans.org.uk Wetherby North To Walshford To Harrogate Deighton A 1 ( M ) SpoSpofffforthfortorthth CastleCaC stletle A168 (English(EEngglisgli h Heritage)Heerittaage)ge)g )) Photography © Sustrans staff except where stated SpofSpoSpofforthfoforthororth B 61 Cartography © FourPoint Mapping 6 4 Bickerton A1(M) See continuation of map overleaf Kirk The Harland Way Deighton B1224 4 2 B1224 2 1 B A168 B 12 Wetherby Railway Path A661 24 ) In 1992 the disused railway between M ( 1 Q A Spofforth and the outskirts of Wetherby u a r r was converted into a walking and y H i l Barleyfields l cycling path. In 1993 it was extended Stockeld Park L Road a Deighton n into the former railway ‘triangle’ in (Historic Houses e Rd Association) Wetherby © HedgehogCycling.co.uk Wetherby by the local Lions Club, Racecourse whose then president was Peter Wetherby Harland. 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