Local Information Cycling Code of Conduct: Cycle shops: When cycling on roads: Skipton: • Always follow the Highway Code • • Dave Ferguson Cycles (01756 795367) Be seen - most accidents to cyclists happen at junctions • Riders Cycles Centre (01756 796844) • Fit lights and use them in poor Settle: visibility • 3 Peaks Cycle (01729 824232) • Consider wearing a helmet and conspicuous clothing Cycling clubs in the area: When cycling on shared use paths Skipton Cycling Club: please: Web: www.skiptoncyclingclub.org.uk • Give way to pedestrians, leaving them Long Preston to Tosside South Craven Wheelers: plenty of room Tel. No: 07769296320 • Keep to your side of any dividing line Recreational Cycle • Be prepared to slow down or stop if Web: www.southcraven.co.uk Routes Settle World Wide Wheelers necessary • Use your bell - not all pedestrians can www.settlewww.org.uk see you. • Don’t expect to cycle at high speeds. Public transport: • Buses from Skipton to Hellifield and Long Preston via Settle (every hour, Craven District Council 1 Belle Vue Square every 2 hours on Saturday) Broughton Road Tourist Information: Skipton • Skipton Tourist Information Centre Phone: 01756 700600 (01756 792809) Website: www.cravendc.gov.uk/ Email: [email protected] Route at a glance • Settle Tourist Information Centre (01729 825192) Distance: 18.5km Email: [email protected] Height: 265m Local Attractions: Start and finish: Long Preston • Long Preston Village Greens (picnic Parking: Long Preston area) • Possible views of Pen-y-ghent and Difficulty: Moderate Ingleborough Cafes/Pubs Long Preston: The Maypole Inn (01729 840219) Wigglesworth: The Plough Inn (01729 840243) Tosside: The Dog & Partridge (01729 840668) Route Description: This route takes you across the Ribble valley and up towards Gisburn Forrest at Tosside. You then loop back to Long Preston on very quiet lanes. Start : A: Street Park on the westside of the A65 around the village greens and then head for the Church and down Chapel Walk. At the end look for the path known as Lovers lane. Walk down this for 60mters to Back Lane (by railway line), turn left and ride along this for 450 meters to the B6478. B: Turn right onto B6478 CAUTION TRAFIC as you turn cross. Follow this road over river bridge and ride on for nearly 3km, to arrive in Wigglesworth at The Plough pub. C. Ride up through the village staying on the B6478 signposted Tosside. D. Ride up this road for 4km until you get to Tosside: enjoy the views! The Pub in on the right hand side opposite the T-Junction with the Stone Water fountain. E. Turn left at the T-junction with the stone water fountain monument in the middle of the junction and past the village hall and telephone box. F. Follow this narrow lane for nearly 4km passing through the hamlet of Grunsagill. G. At the T-junction turn left signposted Wiggelsworth 3mile. H. In Wigglesworth turn right back onto the road you cycled earlier. Retrace back to Long Preston along the way you came or via the A65: CAUTION .