www.lancashire.gov.uk Getting about by bike It couldn’t be easier to get started Jon Sparks British Cycling and Hyndburn CTC, part of Prospects Foundation run comms: 4119 Welcome to the Hyndburn Cycle Map. Hyndburn has a growing network of off-road cycle routes. With more cycle lanes and 20mph zones it is becoming safer to cycle on regular series of cycle rides road too. www.goskyride.com www.prospectsfoundation.org.uk/events/cycling Hyndburn Greenway (Route 6) Hyndburn’s great traffic free route links Blackburn, Accrington and Baxenden. It is part it’s..fun‘n’friendly of national cycle route 6 which will eventually link London with Carlisle Plan your route...Use this map to plan your route. Use quiet roads, the Getting healthier too!... canal towpath or cycle paths, to avoid the worst of the traffic. Baxenden to Accrington Cycling to work or the shops is a way to obtain the 30 minutes a day From Baxenden follow the cycle path on the old railway through the lovely Woodnook It is quicker by bike...Short journeys are often quicker and easier by exercise recommended by doctors. Valley into Accrington bicycle. It is more flexible than public transport and can also be fun. Accrington Causeway Did you know Cycling?.. Cross the lake into Accrington Town Centre on the unique causeway. The red pillars • Keeps you young ...Regular cyclists are as fit as an average person 10 used to carry the railway across the lake. The lake supplied the Globe Works which years younger. was the largest textile machinery works in the world. The Bullough family owned the Works, a fleet of Rolls Royces, a private yacht and the Scottish Isle of Rum. • Burns calories instead of carbon...A cyclist’s emissions only bother the person behind. Accrington to Church • Gives you miles of extra cash...Cycling saves you money, so you’ve Follow the cycle path along the railway to Church more to spend on you. • An average household in the UK spends one pound in every six on Church to Rishton travel...think how much you’ll save travelling by bike. Discover the heart of rural Hyndburn. From Church Kirk take the cycle path through open countryside to rejoin the canal south of Rishton. There are great views of Pendle • Cycle with the children...Kids love cycling, take the children (or Hill from the path. grandchildren) on one of the area’s traffic free cycle paths. • Cycle to school ...New, safe, cycle routes are serving local schools...it’s Hyndburn Rishton to Blackburn in a class of it’s own. From Rishton follow the canal into Blackburn. There are links into Blackburn Town Centre and Witton Park. • Cycle to college...Make cycling part of your course. Cycle • Cycle to work It’s the business! Links to Rossendale There are plans to extend Route 6 south into Rossendale, linking to Haslingden, • Cycle to the station...There is secure cycle parking at Accrington new Ramsbottom and Bury. eco station. Let’s • Great Harwood cycle to Rishton and take the train from Great Harwood. Mountain Biking Ride on the Kings Highway to Haslingden, head to the West Pennine Moors or take the bridleway to Whalley. Rossendale’s Adrenaline Gateway mountain bike area is nearby. Wheels for all... There are bikes for everyone at the Wheels for All Centre. If you can’t ride a bike, or have a disability there’s help for you here at Wilson’s Playing Field, Clayton-Le-Moors. www.cycling.org.uk 01925 234213 Other Routes When sharing routes... Rishton to Great Harwood Some Hyndburn cycle routes follow paths shared with walkers and horses. From the canal towpath at Rishton follow the cycle path on the old railway to Great Further Information Harwood. The railway was built to avoid congestion at Accrington Railway Station. It is 1. Cycle slowly past pedestrians, giving them plenty of room. For more information about Cycling in Lancashire hoped to extend the cycle path over Martholme Viadvct to Padiham and Burnley 2. On downhill sections watch your speed. You will be surprised how www.visitlancashire.com/cycling-lancashire quickly you can pick up speed. Canal towpath Much of the canal towpath in Hyndburn has been upgraded to allow use by cyclists 3. Do not assume other users can hear or see you. Use your bell or say Online Cycle Journey Planner ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’. An online cycle journey planner is available from Huncoat Greenway 4. You are legally allowed to cycle on cycle paths and bridleways, but not When complete the new Greenway will link the north side of Accrington with Huncoat. on footpaths. www.cyclestreets.net Easington Gisburn 6 to Slaidburn and Forest ibble A5 496 N r R Gisburn o 396 5. Take extra care when passing horses. On bridlewaysve you should9 give Fell i 5 A r R A Schools Links t 478 B Greenber Field Gisburn Forest 6 6 6 h B 25 52 8 1 Locks Cafe 62 L B way to them. 2 a There are off road cycle paths serving St Christopher’s Church of England High School n c a s 352 Thornton h i FOREST and Accrington Academy on Queens Road. e Hall Farm 6. When cycling with children keep a close eye on them. Lancashire B 91 rid OF le 395 Cycleway w Earby a 7. On canal towpaths follow the Waterway Code. Ride at a sensible speed. Both Norden Sports College and Hollins Technology College are close to the Hyndburn y Whitewell BOWLAND Lancashire Mining YHA 388 Greenway. Be very careful at90 bridges. Dismount if necessary. Museum Cycleway Sawley BARNOLDSWICK 311 68 EARBY r e d Abbey P Pennine e Bancroft d 361 n Links to Accrington and Rossendale College o Rimmington n Mill Museum H i Photo Credits: Lancashire County Council, Xpanding Horizons, Jon Sparks, Lee Pilkington n Cycleway r e e For the College, leave the Greenway at Nuttall St and follow Nuttall St and Wellington St v i R Grindleton Salterforth B Bleara r to the College. From the north you can use side streets to get to the college. 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