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Alternatively, the path between Sheffield and Penistone is very well surfaced, flat and with good car parks at either end. How about starting at Meadowhall, heading up towards Penistone and turning round when you've had enough. Starting at Penistone would work well too.
Old Moor RSPB (SE of Barnsley) has good car parking, a great cafe and of course other things to do than biking. From there the paths are good in either direction. You can head E towards Doncaster, or W towards Penistone - you can also branch off North or South. Lots of choices.
not yet ... Is there a map for it ? I'd need to get my knee recovered first though of courseAnyone done the new spur from Penistone to Kirkburton? It starts just outside my office so I might bring my XC bike to work and explore one lunchtime.
Anyone done the new spur from Penistone to Kirkburton? It starts just outside my office so I might bring my XC bike to work and explore one lunchtime.
not yet ... Is there a map for it ? I'd need to get my knee recovered first though of course
Excellent, but the map only shows part of the route. It looks very well waymarked in any case. The offroad horse and mtb route is signed as 11.5 miles from Kirkburton to Millhouse Green, and appears to be on decent bridleways. The co tours on this side of Huddersfield are pretty kind too, so would.make a decent stretch for a wounded knee and an arthritic hip!!!!!TPT includes a map: http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/template.asp?ID=859&parentID=630
Interesting spur and one i'll try.
If you look at the map for the Calder Valley Cycleway/Birkby Bradley Greenway http://www.sustrans.org.uk/assets/files/leaflets/calder_valley.pdf there is a planned link from those into Kirkburton which opens up the TPT to a lot of towns and villlages it otherwise would go nowhere near.
Found this list of maps, some seem a little old but could be useful for Yorkshire: http://beta.ctc.org.uk/sites/default/files/cawyorkshirewest.pdf
Excellent, but the map only shows part of the route. It looks very well waymarked in any case. The offroad horse and mtb route is signed as 11.5 miles from Kirkburton to Millhouse Green, and appears to be on decent bridleways. The co tours on this side of Huddersfield are pretty kind too, so would.make a decent stretch for a wounded knee and an arthritic hip!!!!!
Whereabouts are you Wiggydiggy, are you near this end of the world?
Was that on the towpath? Looks lovely for a leisure ride. Calderdale have done some good work round the canals.
Yea did this last year bradford to brighouse over to manchester and back.Good days ride not very nice in manchester though drunks,druggies and the likes would never let the wife do it on her own.but the rest is a nice ride.Oh yes definitely, from Brighouse to Sowerby Bridge its a nice smooth surface and then from Sowerby Bridge to Todmorden can be bumpy/muddy but by no means unpleasent. Then its a mixture again of gravel and good surfaces all the way to Manchester. I'd describe the Manc>Brighouse as a classic cycling canal in that as long as you've prepared to get a little muddy it goes through some great scenery, is mostly sheltered and has lots of little engineering feats and features.
Indeed its planned to form part of NCN66 which in itself will serve as an alternative Mancehester > Hull route to the TPT itself.
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