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Cycle Harrogate Wetherby 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 LOCAL TRAVEL 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 Knaresborough with its ruined fortress overlooking 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. Both Harrogate and Knaresborough can be reached Cycle Harrogate Cycle by bike-carrying trains. Nidd Viaduct New routes for 2015 are part of the National Cycle Network Connecting your Journey Cycle Hire 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 A 1 ( M ) Spofforth Castle A168 ,UNSPZO/LYP[HNL © Copyright Sustrans September 2015 Spofforth Photography © Sustrans staff, except where stated B Registered Charity No. 326550 (England and Wales) SC039263 (Scotland) 61 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 A Q 1 ( Spofforth and the outskirts of Wetherby u M 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 n into the former railway ‘triangle’ in (Historic Houses e Deighton (ZZVJPH[PVU Rd Wetherby © HedgehogCycling.co.uk Wetherby by the local Lions Club, Racecourse whose then president was Peter Wetherby Harland. The extension to Thorp Arch 4 2 was completed in 2007. 2 1 Nidderdale Greenway B Moor Lane Good Cycling Code ) Walton M Devonshire 1( Wood A l Cycle With Care KilometrLZ l Always follow the Highway Code 9P]LY>OHYML 4PSLZ l Be considerate to other users, and give way to 8 6 Linton 1 pedestrians and horse riders A Hall Thorp Arch Wood W Walton l Take particular care at junctions, when cycling Cycle Routeest Y Estate and Road Ox Beilby Retail Park downhill and on loose surfaces Close Wood orkshir Gunter l Ride in single file on narrow or busy roads Wood Carthick e Wood 8 A65 l Consider wearing a helmet and high-vis clothing A5 9 A659 Boston Thorp Arch l Cycle at a safe and responsible speed and cycle To Bramham Spa Avenue D Viaduct expected to open to cyclists and slowly where there is limited space and when you A659 Collingham Cycle Route A walkers in 2016-17 rkshire 65 cannot see clearly ahead. West Yo 9 East Keswick Famham Ripley © OpenStreetMap contributors Castle Ripley RIPON RD Harrogate and Knaresborough www.openstreetmap.org/copyright and www.opendatacommons.org LA NG K A61 A ST N National Route 67 A 55 B 0 Y 6 to Fountains Abbey D A N D A R and Ripon S A E L G R D O I O R M B H W 65 G B61 O Tour de France commemorative sculpture HIGH MOOR LA L U O R Hollybank O Wood B Nidderdale Greenway Lingerfield A L 1 B6165 M d 6 A K id H N A N r N A e R iv B R A F L E T S Z A N I R M H I Brearton A P A L M E High Moor Scotton R Y K R E D T F L Nidderdale Greenway A Knaresborough T A 55 B 6 0 L LA L Golf Course IL A H O G LA A S CRA R L T R N In 2013 a new 3 mile walking, cycling L . L I I JO I P IK M H O V N K O A IR ' LT H E SYKE LA S U A N R M and horse riding route from Bilton to D G R N H B6165 E D B Ripley, was completed thanks largely to W R R D I the re-opening of the 1848 railway viaduct D HI Killinghall GH G RIPLEY RD MO over the Nidd Gorge. The whole project OR E L A R was a joint effort by Harrogate Borough D A C L AR R Council, North Yorkshire County Council, B A G L A local cycling groups and Sustrans, supported by The National Lottery. A little B6165 New A A Nidd L 6 Beryl Burton Way GREENGATE LA Scriven DS 1 later the greenway was extended beyond Viaduct R EA Bilton IPL LH E PARK GATE BE ZE 1 Banks Y R ECH GR HA 6 Ripley along Hollybank Lane towards Clint. River Nidd D 1 Named after one of Britain’s best cyclists, this is an off- 6 A PARK WAY PP L B E R B P Y road cycle route from Bilton Village FarmN to the River Nidd I GR C I C PARK P E K R T I O E LA N S H R G C E E T N E E CR N T AV WA O D in Knaresborough. It was developed by SustransR to enable RK FT E PA LA R R D S G GR D C Y A E R IN cyclists to avoid using the very busy A59. Born in Leeds, E B D I E V C R 5 L E K 5 H T N L 0 D A A A R A Beryl Burton (1937-1996) lived in Morley for most of her life. 6 L L O R N A ND L I W D I F T D D L Scotton LAN O P A DS L D B B R A 616 L D E Racing first for Morley CC then Knaresborough CC, she wonB 5 F Banks N L A U Y A Y E N N E N D Y R K L L M A A BILT SON ON over ninety domestic championships and seven world titles. H L E T A Y A LA E A LL L N VE V R R O MI IG G X N A L R B NO E H HE L D K T In 1967, she also set a 12-hour time trial record of 277.25 T E LL AY B KW E WAY W Y C W R S E H N A O K D R N O V HA G E BU D ST C A Y-A-PA R O L RK D W L U B miles, which exceeded the men’s record for two years.
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