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York 6 3 Minster 0 1 Things to see and do A Key Slow Tour route York 6 On-road / Traffic-free 3 To A 0 1 1 0 The beautiful and historic walled city A 3 Stamford 6 National Cycle Network River Ouse of York has countless attractions! York Bridge On-road / Traffic-free Minster, York Castle Museum and Clifford’s Other cycle routes start Tower are within easy reach of this route. National Cycle Network 227 route number www.visityork.org 1 B1 York A59 Café / Pub / Toilets Clifford’s Solar System GreenwayB1224 Tower Restaurant / Shop The route becomes a scale model of the Railway with station solar system just outside York. Cycle past A1079 36 Take a Break! A10 Cycle parking / Cycle hire 6 the sun, planets and models of the Cassini 3 0 WideA selection of cafés, 1 1 5 A spacecraft and Voyager! pubs9 and restaurants in York Access point www.york.ac.uk/solar 2 Rowntree Park Reading Café Take care here 6 3 A59 0 Look out also for two yellow Mileposts, Brunswick1 Organic 1 3 A Bus interchange painted by Sustrans Volunteers in 2014 to Nurseries Café 4 celebrate the Tour de France in . Naburn Station Café Historic attraction 5 Naburn Marina Café Rowntree Picnic spot / Gardens Rowntree Park Park The historic Rowntree Park is on the South Bank riverside route as you head out of York. 2 The Park was dedicated to the People of York by Joseph Rowntree and has play areas, picnic spots and an To Stamford Bridge excellent Reading café. Making it The A19 Chocolate easier for you Works 2 Adapted bikes may find the short steep section 3 6 3 0 at1 the end of the Fulford A riverside path difficult. River Ouse Knavesmire An alternative is to turn Racecourse right at the Millennium Bridge, then left onto road and rejoin the cycle path at The Chocolate Works. Millennium Bridge

Rowntree Park reading café A 1 9 Bike Hire 4 You can hire bikes from Cycle Heaven at York Train station. Turn A64 Take Care right out of the main entrance and To Start of Solar System the shop is just on the right. Greenway 1 Share the path. Give way A64 to pedestrians and wheelchair www.cycle-heaven.co.uk users. Get Cycling in York can deliver a variety of hire bikes to you at the A64 2 Take care going up and train station, including childrens’ A64 down the short steep section at and disability bikes. the end of the riverside path. www.getcycling.org.uk 3 Take care crossing the road just past The Chocolate A19 Bishopthorpe Works. 4 Take care at the blind Enjoy the Slow Tour bend where the path briefly 3 goes alongsideB1222 A64. on the National Cycle Network!

River Ouse The Slow Tour is a guide to 21 of Fisher of Dreams the best cycle routes in Yorkshire. It’s been inspired by the TourCrockey de Hill France Grand Depart in Yorkshire in 2014 and funded by Public Health A19 To Teams in City of York and North Tadcaster To End of Solar Yorkshire Councils. All routes form System Greenway, part of the National Cycle Network - FINISH and Hull more than 14,000 miles of traffic- 4 free paths, quiet lanes and on-road Acaster walking and cycling routes across Malbis 5 the UK. 2

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1 Fisher of Dreams at Naburn Bridge B This route is part of National Route 65 and the Trans Pennine Naburn Trail, so just follow the signs!

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2014. Cartography © FourPoint Mapping. All rights reserved. Return 10 miles, 21 York to Naburn about 2 hours STAGE 9 This stunning ride is perfect for families and those new to overview map York to cycling! The route takes you south from the ancient walled city of York along the River Ouse and down a traffic-free converted 6 railway path, passing historic parks, sculptures, bridges and 20 Naburn 7 the solar system! 5 8 l Exit York station by the Short Stay Car Park ramp (at the 9 4 end of Platform 4) and turn right at the riverside path. 3 19 1 l Continue along the riverside path and onto quiet roads 10 through York following signs for National Route 65 to Selby. 12 2 18 l Fork left under Skeldergate Bridge and follow the route 11 13 along the River Ouse past Rowntree Park and the Millennium Bridge. Just before the bridge look across the river for the Ice Cream boat! 14 15 17 l Follow the route past the bridge, turning right for a short uphill to the striking landmark of Terry’s Chocolate Factory 16 (now The Chocolate Works). l Follow National Route 65 signs across the Knavesmire racecourse, (looking out for horses on race days!) past Knavesmire Wood and Bishopsthorpe village to join the Trans Pennine Trail to Selby. This railway path was bought by Sustrans for £1 and is one of its first traffic-free paths. The first The Slow Tour is a guide to 21 of the best cycle routes 5 miles form the Solar System Greenway, the famous scale across Yorkshire on the National Cycle Network. model of the Solar System. Cycle past the Sun, the planets, the The routes have something for everyone, whether you are a Cassini spacecraft and Voyager! family, new to cycling or a regular cyclist. You can take public l Enjoy the wonderful ‘Fisher of Dreams’ at Naburn Bridge. transport to the start of most routes and hire bikes there too. l The Slow Tour ends at the site of the old Naburn Station l where there is a café. Other refreshment options are to turn left Tourist attractions heritage sites down a ramp opposite the Station Café, continue left under the cafés and pubs l picnic spots l canals bridge and walk along the pavement for 100m, then cross the l l road to Naburn Marina café. Alternatively, carry on down the museums playgrounds artwork greenway after the Station café for 5 mins, and turn right off and more! the path where there is a sign to a pub in Naburn village. Solar System Greenway l Retrace the route back to York or continue for a further If you like this route, try out the other 20! 3 miles (30 minutes) along the greenway to the model of Voyager at the end of the Solar System Greenway, just before Download your free maps at the village of . www.sustrans.org.uk/slowtourofyorkshire Enjoy a great cycling day out... York to Naburn is part of the national multi-user route Trans Pennine Trail www.transpenninetrail.org.uk at your own pace !

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