The West Yorkshire Cycle Route - Useful Links




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  • Sustrans - huge resource.
  • Sustrans Good Cycling Code - how to cycle safely, without causing a nuisance to others (downloadable PDF file).
  • Bikes on Trains - usually accurate and up-to-date.
  • West Yorkshire
    • Cycling and Public Transport in West Yorkshire - information about cycle routes, cycles on public transport, services for cyclists, and maps.
  • Routes
    • Aire Valley Towpath - a guide to cycling on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal; currently runs from Leeds to Bingley, but is due to be extended to Steeton.
    • Great Northern Trail - Sustrans guide to a circuit based on Cullingworth.
    • Spen Valley Greenway - Sustrans guide to an 8 mile route using a disused railway path south-east of Bradford.
    • Trans Pennine Trail - links Leeds and Chesterfield, and will eventually link the North and Irish Seas.
    • Pennine Cycle Way - England's longest 'challenge' cycle route; runs from Derby to Berwick-upon-Tweed, through the National Parks of the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland.
    • Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority - a brief profile of The Yorkshire Dales Cycleway, which can be accessed from Ilkley.
    • Backbone - a collection of graded cycle routes around Calderdale.
    • Cycling in Calderdale - information and PDF maps of the Calder Valley and Hebble Trail Cycleways.
    • Online Cycling Map of Leeds
    • Cycling - an assessment of cycle routes in the area of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council on criteria of quality and safety.
  • Organisations
    • Leeds Cycling Action Group campaigns for cyclists in and around the City of Leeds; also organise training, and club/charity rides.
    • Kirklees Bicycle User's Group - promotes cycling and cyclists' interests in the area; includes information on cycle routes.
    • Bradford Cycling Action Group - campaigns for local cyclists.
    • Wakefield Council - information about their support for cycling; includes an overview of the WYCR, local routes, and various programmes
  • Open Directory Project
    • Many more links on ODP;please help to keep it up to date.