Part of the This route is a partnership between National Cycle Network • • • This route offers a leisurely ride with only one significant Harwell/Chilton Science Campus • climb at Hagbourne Hill. Around 6.5 miles are virtually Harwell Bicycle Users’ Group • Didcot to traffic-free on a combination of public byways, public Innogy • bridleways, public footpaths and private tracks. Millennium Commission • The remaining 4 miles are on quiet country lanes. Oxfordshire County Council • There are numerous links to The Ridgeway and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) • Wantage and Berkshire Downs. Surfaces vary from tarmac through tar South Oxfordshire District Council • spray and gravel chippings to limestone dust, but are Sustrans • designed for easy riding throughout. Vale of White Horse District Council • The Ridgeway
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Sustrans - the sustainable transport charity - works on The National Cycle Network is a comprehensive network practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and of safe and attractive routes to cycle throughout the UK. use public transport in order to reduce motor traffic and its 10,000 miles are due for completion by 2005, one third of adverse effects. which will be on traffic-free paths, the rest will follow quiet lanes or traffic-calmed roads. It is delivered through the As well as the National Cycle Network, Sustrans is working policies and programmes of over 450 local authorities and East Hagbourne on Safe Routes to Schools, home zones and other practical other partners, and is co-ordinated by the charity Sustrans. responses to the transport and environmental challenges we face. Sustrans' work relies on the generous donations and monthly standing orders of nearly 40,000 Supporters, www.nationalcyclenetwork.org.uk and the support of charitable trusts, companies, the National Lottery and local authority programmes. For more information on routes in your area: Sustrans 0845 113 0065 or visit the interactive mapping on our web site. Abingdon and Oxford
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Art & The Travelling Landscape Sustrans works closely with artists to enhance routes. During 2004 sculptor Tim Norris and students from Rycotewood College, Thame, will design and make artworks for the Seat by Angus Ross, Phoenix Trail, Route 57 path between Didcot and Upton. To Streatley