BikeBike RideRide PhotosPhotos Health Health District ,Ossett, NotesNotes Cycle Rides 8 WrenthorpeWrenthorpe & Remember & Kirkhamgate cycling can: Circular ride in the district's north west Make you feel Ossett Town Hall & precinct Entrance to Spring Mill Golf Course Bridge over bypass (Waymarker 4) good (Waymarker 1) (Waymarker 4) Allow 75 mins Give you more energy The ride starts and finishes with a ride through some Help you sleep quiet streets in Ossett. The remainder of the ride takes better in some pleasant bridleways. There are two quite steep gradients during the middle section. Help you reduce stress 11.5 km / 7.2 miles

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SOUTH A ELMSALL 1 SOUTH KIRKBY Gawthorpe maypole, High Street (Waymarker 11) Starting at the Town Hall cycle from the precinct on 9 d 1 Roa arr New Street, to the junction with Prospect Road. dy C Bran B Cross over Prospect Road, to continue down New u School s h Street. (Waymarker 1) y B e Kirkhamgate c 10 k pe After the left hand bend, turn left into Intake Lane, Gawthor 2 Lane and immediate right into Fellowsides Lane. Continue Wrenthorpe Lind B ale along Fellowsides Lane, to the junction with a Lan tl e School ey Broadacre Road. Turn right, continuing to the R 8 o G a e awthorp d an Junction with Athold Street. e L Lane pe or th 3 Turn right, and then at the end of Athold Street, turn t en ree r S St W ilcoates left into Queens Drive. There is a dedicated cycle igh Lane H 7 lane, from here until the traffic lights. Gawthorpe e Travel the full length of this lane. The first part takes To School n School 6 a B L 4 100 metres after passing through the traffic lights, 11 a l t il you downhill and over the M1 bridge, and past Low le y S M turn left onto an unmade car park. This leads onto w k Laithes Golf Club, the second part, after the sharp it r S h a Spring Mill Lane. (Waymarker 4) Continue along t e P r n Church bend, by a stream, takes you uphill towards Batley e b e a Spring Mill Lane, with the golf course on the left. t n k Road. Turn right into Batley Road. (Waymarker 6) B r i School TAKE CARE on the speed ramps on this section. d le Lodge Hill 7 After 200 metres, turn left into Wrenthorpe Lane, L a n Paleside There are 2 barriers to negotiate along Spring Mill D e cycle up the hill, and soon after bus stop, turn left ew s b To into Lindale Lane. Lane. After the second barrier, the track bends right, ur ne Low Laithes W y l La a R Mil ke past the dog kennels, and then onto Wakefield oa Park Golf Course fi d eld Cycle the full length of Lindale Lane to its junction 12 Alverthorpe Beck 8 Road, Flushdyke. with Brandy Carr Road. 5 Turn right here, following the main road, over the 9 Turn left into Brandy Carr Road and continue to the dual carriageway, and downhill. Almost at the junction of Batley Road, and turn left. bottom of the hill, turn right into Park Mill Lane. 6 (Waymarker 5) Flushdyke 10About 200 metres along Batley Road, turn right into Town Wakefield 5 Gawthorpe Lane. (Waymarker 10) This bridleway C Road M1 h End takes a sharp downhill route, under the M1 u Junction 40 r c t h S S p motorway, and down to a stream. The remainder is S le r t School in a g D uphill, and into the High Street in Gawthorpe Village. OSSETT M i Spring ll L a Shepherd School Mill n 11 Just after the maypole. (Waymarker 11) Turn left e Hill To Golf Wk Ki Pr a into Swithenbank Street and then first right into ng os e sw R pe Course fi ay o ct el Bridle Lane. Continue down the Lane until the ad d Key Tow junction with Road. Church ng Waymarker Town ate 1 Hall Cycle Route 12Turn left into Dewsbury Road, and then second 4 Path Route 1 In e right, by the post office into Church Street. Continue ta riv Lib N k s D e e een Direction down Church Street, to the traffic lights, turn right to w L A Qu a t S n h S t e Parking re 2 es o P return to the Town Hall. t id l a e ws e d t t lo cr io el e da S Road n F Lan roa 3 B t R oad © Crown copyright All rights reserved o R Water a (Wakefield MDC) Licence No. LA 100019574 2008 d Low Common