Yorkshire cycling website
17th January 2019
The official sportive at the UCI 2019 World Championships will start and finish in Harrogate. Find out about the different options, and how to apply for a place.
Read about UCI 2019 official sportive.
A consultation on the proposed Otley Road segregated cycleway is to take place on the afternoon of Monday 21st January 2019, at Harrogate Grammar School Sixth Form College.
Read about the Otley Road cycleway consultation.
17th December 2018
TfL and the Mayor of London today published a Cycling Action Plan. Is it just warm words, or will it result in real improvements to conditions for cycling in the capital?
Read about London Cycling Action Plan.
7th January 2019
Sir Gary Verity says 2019 will be huge for Harrogate, as it will be the centre of the cycling world. He wants local businesses to seize the opportunity.
Read about Verity: 2019 huge for Harrogate.
The UCI 2019 road World Championships take place in Yorkshire from Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th September 2019. Harrogate is the central hub, where all the events finish.
The world's best cyclists in Yorkshire. Nine days of top-class sport, and a festival atmosphere. It's going to be brilliant!
Check the race programme at the 2019 UCI road World Championships.
23rd November 2018
A national cycling and walking champion is to be appointed, it was announced in the government's response to the CWIS safety review.
Read about national cycling and walking champion to be appointed.
7th December 2018
The Tour de Yorkshire 2019 route was announced today. There are 4 stages, from 2nd to 5th May 2019, and Stage 2 includes the UCI 2019 Harrogate circuit.
Read about the Tour de Yorkshire 2019 route.
17th November 2018
A public consultation has been launched on a new walking and cycling route from Chorlton to Manchester city centre. Chris Boardman is determined that it should be safe and attractive along the whole length.
Read about Chorlton to Manchester consultation.
13th November 2018
Sustrans has released a report on the National Cycle Network it looks after, admitting that a lot of it is sub-standard. There are plans to improve and expand the network.
Read about Sustrans NCN review.
11th October 2018
Hornbeam Park
You've heard of drink driving, you've watched as everybody steers their cars while distracted by their phone, but what about toothbrush driving - is it acceptable?
Read about toothbrush driving.
14th January 2019
The Belgian/Flemish Word of the Year 2018 is 'moordstrookje'. Find out what it means and why it's controversial.
Read about the Belgian word of the year.
Bike lanes in the Netherlands are designed with thought and intelligence to create a joined-up, easily usable network. I took a few photos of cycle infrastructure in Zandvoort, and I've added some comments about the intention of the planners. In the UK, we should pay particular attention to the way they give bike routes continuity, instead of making them give way to every side street.
Read about inspiration from Dutch cycle infrastructure.
4th August 2018
John Rowe, founder of Resurrection Bikes, Harrogate
An in-depth look at Resurrection Bikes, a charity cycle-recycle operation in Harrogate that meets the needs of local people.
Read about Resurrection Bikes, Harrogate.
A brief summary of events so far in relation to a so-called relief road being promoted by an Executive on North Yorkshire County Council - in spite of overwhelming oppostion from Harrogate councillors - and a couple of reasons why it is a terrible idea.
Read about Harrogate relief road.
This circular road cycling route starts in Harrogate, and heads up to Pateley Bridge then Lofthouse. It climbs the Côte de Lofthouse, which featured on the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, then returns via Grewelthorpe, Kirkby Malzeard, Galphay, Studley Royal and Ripley to Harrogate. It's on quiet, country roads, features beautiful scenery, and there's the challenge of a steep ascent.
Read about this Côte de Lofthouse road cycling route.
This circular road cycling route starts in Grassington, and heads north up Wharfedale then Littondale to Halton Gill. It climbs to Malham Tarn, then returns via Malham, Kirkby Malham, Airton, Hetton, and Cracoe to Malham. The roads are quiet, and the ride takes in lanes lined with dry stone walls, open fells, and villages of limestone-built houses, as well as views of Malham Cove.
Read about this Yorkshire Dales road cycling route.
The best and most popular cycleway in Harrogate, the Nidderdale Greenway goes about 4 miles to Ripley, using the trackbed of a disused railway. It opened in May 2013.
Our guide to the bike trail on Yorkshire Water's land at Fewston reservoir, through the Beecroft Plantation and Timble woods. Read about the Fewston, Beecroft, & Timble woods bike trail.
I started Hedgehog Cycling after the announcement that Yorkshire had been chosen to host the Grand Départ of the 2014 Tour de France. It was an exciting time for cycling in Yorkshire. There were Hedgehog guides to the Yorkshire (and Cambridge and London) stages of the race.
The Tour de France in Yorkshire has been and gone, but
Hedgehog Cycling is still going strong. In keeping with its origins, it
covers the Tour de France, and cycling in Yorkshire, including the Tour
de Yorkshire, and guides to Yorkshire cycle routes. There's also
cycling-related news from the UK and Europe.
A new Hedgehog Guide to the Cinder Track cycle route, along the old railway from Scarborough to Whitby, with full-colour (!) photos, including lots of Yorkshire sunshine. This 21.5 mile route has beautiful views, and there's wonderful wildlife along the way, for example house martins and swallows at Ravenscar. Read about the Scarborough to Whitby Cinder Track.
There's a great cycle route from the centre of York to Beningbrough, partly on tarmacked path by the river Ouse, and partly on quiet roads. It ends up at Beningbrough Hall, an C18th National Trust property (where cyclists are entitled to a free cup of tea). Read the Hedgehog guide to the York to Beningbrough cycle route.
The latest in Hedgehog's Sustrans Slow Tour of Yorkshire series, Stage 6 is a nice ride on quiet back roads from Settle to Clapham. There's just enough hill-age to make it interesting, and there are plenty of options for a cup of tea or a pint of beer.
Read about Stage 6, Settle to Clapham.
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