Cycle Harrogate Cycling for Health With the recent completion of a missing section of Cycling is a great way to enjoy an active lifestyle National Route 67 from the centre of Harrogate to and be healthier. Regular cycling can help you Follifoot village, there’s now a continuous and easy burn calories, reduce cholesterol and lower blood to follow cycle route all the way between Ripon (via pressure, and generally improve your sense of Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal World Heritage well-being. Site) to the north and Wetherby to the south of this Find out more about opportunities and support for historic spa town. being more active at This of course includes the very popular and www.harrogate.gov.uk/activehealth gently graded traffic-free section of the Nidderdale Harrogate’s Wheel Easy Cycling Group offers Greenway between the Asda car park off Dragon company and encouragement for all levels of Road in Harrogate and Hollybank Wood just to the cyclists for both leisurely and challenging cycling in west of Ripley Castle. This is approximately 5 miles and around the Harrogate area. long and crosses the Nidd Gorge using the viaduct Visit www.wheel-easy.org.uk built in 1848 for the railway which used to run to Ripon and Thirsk. Details of cycling events can be found at www.harrogate.gov.uk/cycling, and you can The Beryl Burton Way (named in honour of the download the free map for the Slow Tour ride from LOCAL TRAVEL MAP world champion racing cyclist from Leeds) forms Harrogate to Ripley from the partly traffic-free link with the market town of www.sustrans.org.uk/slowtourofyorkshire

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and Wetherby routes Wetherby and the River Nidd, just over 4 miles from Harrogate Traffic-free cycling with Knaresborough, Ripley Ripley Knaresborough, with town centre.

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Train Bike & Go: at Harrogate station. Visit www.bikeandgo.co.uk Northern Rail runs services to Harrogate and Big Red Bike: just behind Harrogate railway station Knaresborough stations. Bicycles are carried free of on East Parade: Call 01423 508941 charge with no reservations required for the maximum of two bikes per train (conductors do however Veloheads: just off The Avenue north of Starbeck exercise discretion and have the right to refuse entry railway station. Call 01423 819564 if the train is busy). Visit www.northernrail.org Tourist Information Walking and Cycling Harrogate: at the Royal Baths on Crescent Road. National Cycle Network on-road National Cycle Network traffic-free For National Rail Enquiries call 08457 484950 or Proposed routes Selected Regional Routes visit www.nationalrail.co.uk For more information about walking as well as cycling Call 01423 537300 About Sustrans in Harrogate (including the app), visit Knaresborough: off the Market Place at 9 Castle Sustrans is the charity that’s enabling people to Bus www.openharrogate.co.uk Courtyard. Call 01423 866886 travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of Also visit www.visitharrogate.co.uk the journeys we make everyday. The number 36 bus runs every 15 minutes between The Sustrans website has up-to-date information and Harrogate (next to the railway station) and Ripley for detailed mapping for the whole of the 14,000 miles of Wetherby: in the library at 17 Westgate. It’s time we all began making smarter travel most of the day. Visit www.harrogatebus.co.uk National Cycle Network. Visit www.sustrans.org.uk Call 01937 583144 choices. Make your move and support Sustrans today. www.sustrans.org.uk Wetherby North To Walshford This map has been produced by To Harrogate Deighton

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