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erve the Cycling is healthy and green! please obs 20 mile cycle tour Riding a bike – whether for fun, sport or as environmentally countryside friendly transport is a healthy way to get around. How cycling benefits you code Regular cycling where you breathe more heavily than usual but are not • Consider other people out of breath will: Showing consideration and respect for other people makes the countryside a pleasant environment for • Increase fitness everyone - at home, at work and at leisure. • Reduce risk of diabetes, some • Keep dogs under close control 11 cancers and heart attack 12 • Help shed excess weight The countryside is a great place to exercise dogs, but • Reduce stress and anxiety it’s every owner’s duty to make sure their dog is not 10 • Help you stay mobile and independent as you get older. a danger or nuisance to farm animals, wildlife or other people. So get out and on your bike 13 The days of ‘no pain no gain’ are over. • Protect plants and animals and take your litter home The focus is on moderate intensity physical activity such We have a responsibility to protect our countryside as cycling as part of your everyday life. now and for future generations, so make sure you The recommendation for adults is to build up to 30 don't harm animals, birds, plants or trees. minutes on at least 5 days of the week. This can be in • Be Safe – Plan ahead and follow any signs two or three sessions. That’s only two short journeys of Even when going out locally, it's best to get the about 2-3 miles each way on most days latest information about where and when you can So go for cycling – you and your family will feel better for go; for example, your rights to go onto some areas it and reduce the risks of health problems small and large! of open land may be restricted while work is carried 1 out, for safety reasons or during breeding seasons. Follow advice and local signs, and be prepared for Useful telephone numbers the unexpected. Tourist Information Centre Opening Times: January – Easter: 10am-2pm (closed • Leave gates and property as you find them Wednesday & Saturday) Please respect the working life of the countryside, as Blickling Easter – 30 September: 10am-4pm (daily) our actions can affect people's livelihoods, our heritage, 1 October – 24 December: 10am-2pm (closed and the safety and welfare of animals and ourselves. Wednesday & Saturday) to Cawston Broadland District Council 01603 431133 Information for this publication was prepared by Local Police (non-emergency number) 0845 456 4567 Broadland District Council. Whilst every effort is used to ensure accuracy, no responsibility can be accepted Useful websites for errors or omissions. 20 mile cycle tour www.sustrans.org.uk For further walk and cycle leaflets please call www.ctc.org.uk 01263 733903. Printed 2007 www.nationalcyclingstrategy.org.uk www.rospa.co.uk

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6 Take the next turn left signed Irmingland and follow the lane for 1 mile through fields and past Irmingland Hall on the right. Continue DIRECTIONS for another mile. From Norwich take the A140 north Turn left at the main road junction 1 towards Cromer. Take the road into 7 signed Norwich B1149. Aylsham and follow the brown tourist After almost 3 miles turn right at signs, for about 1 mile, through the 8 the crossroads signed Heydon. market place to Blickling Hall. Follow this road for about 1¾ miles From the Hall turn left along the turning right at crossroads into Heydon. 2 road back to Aylsham and take Here you will find Heydon Hall. the first right turn signed Silvergate. Turn around and take the same Turn left at the end of this road Follow this road for ½ a mile into Silvergate. 9 12 road out of Heydon and at the and follow for just under a mile to Turn right at the far end of the crossroads turn right signed Wood Crabgate. 3 village by the National Trust Abel Dalling then right again signed At the end of this road, opposite Heath sign, (at the end of the road). Turn Saxthorpe. Follow the road for ¾ mile 13 Crabgate Farm, turn right and right again and follow the road for about to Crompton Hall on the right. continue for about a mile then turn left 1½ miles into the Parish of Oulton. Turn left opposite the Hall and at the crossroads, signed Salle. Continue straight ahead over 2 10 follow the road passing Grove 4 At the junction turn left onto the sets of crossroads for 1 mile, Farm on the left. 14 Reepham Road. Continue along passing the Parish church of St Peter and Turn left on the next sharp right this road for 1¾ miles towards Salle St Paul on the right. 11 bend into Red Pit. turning left on the right hand bend At the crossroads after the church signed Salle Street. 5 turn right signed Itteringham. At the end of this road turn right Follow the road through Oulton passing 15 opposite the entrance to Salle Hall Park. the attractive 18th Century Oulton Hall (not signed) on the left. 16 Take the next left turn signed Cawston and follow the road for about 1½ miles into Cawston. To return to Norwich take the B1145 towards Aylsham and then the B1149 which will take you back to the City. Blickling Hall

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