National Cycle Route 164

NCN Route 164
NCN Route 164
Established	2011
Length	51 km (32 mi)
Location	Yorkshire
Designation	National Cycle Network
Trailheads	Pocklington 66 53°55′48″N 0°46′34″W / 53.93°N 0.776°W; Hutton Cranswick 1 53°57′14″N 0°30′00″W / 53.954°N 0.5°W; Kiplingcotes 66 53°53′02″N 0°35′31″W / 53.884°N 0.592°W; Beverley 1 53°50′N 0°26′W / 53.84°N 0.43°W;
Use	Cycling
Elevation
Elevation gain/loss	375 metres (1,230 ft) gain 425 metres (1,390 ft) loss
Highest point	Huggate, 191 m (627 ft)
Lowest point	Beverley, 9 m (30 ft)
Cycling details
Waymark
Website	https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-164/

National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 164 is a Sustrans regional route in the Yorkshire Wolds. The Northern section between Pocklington and Hutton Cranswick is part of the Way of the Roses, opened in 2010.^[1] The southern section links Beverley and Kiplingcotes via Newbold. Both sections are key parts of the 146 mile Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route,^[2] opened in 2011.^[3] It is fully open and signed.

Route[]

Pocklington to Hutton Cranswick[]

Tibthorpe, Main Street

The northern section is entirely on road using quiet country lanes. Its western end is in Pocklington in the Vale of York.^[4] The route climbs up the Yorkshire Worlds through Millington Dale. It is a gentle climb compared to most of the roads up the scarp slope of the wold. The village of Huggate is shortly after the top of the climb. The route runs downhill to the Holderness Plain. Its eastern end is about two miles west of Hutton Cranswick where it meets NCN 1.

Kiplingcotes to Beverley[]

Kiplingcotes Lane

Walkington Gate house, Beverley Westwood

The western end of the southern section is in Kiplingcotes at a junction with NCN 66.^[5] The route heads south to Newbold, with steep roads in and out, then turns east to Walkington, . Its eastern end is in Beverley at a junction with NCN 1.

Related NCN Routes[]

Junction of National Cycle Network routes 1 and 164

Route 164 meets the following routes:

1 at Hutton Cranswick 53°57′14″N 0°29′53″W / 53.9539°N 0.498°W / 53.9539; -0.498 and Beverley 53°50′26″N 0°25′44″W / 53.8406°N 0.429°W / 53.8406; -0.429
66 at Pocklington 53°55′51″N 0°46′33″W / 53.9309°N 0.7758°W / 53.9309; -0.7758 and Kiplingcotes 53°53′01″N 0°35′32″W / 53.8835°N 0.5921°W / 53.8835; -0.5921
167 at Huggate 53°59′02″N 0°39′49″W / 53.984°N 0.6636°W / 53.984; -0.6636

Route 164 (northern section) is part of the Way of the Roses along with:

69 68 688 65 658 66 1

Route 164 is part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route with:

66 1 166 167

References[]

^ "Route Opening". Way of the Roses cycle route. Cooper Douglas Partnership. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ "Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route". Cycle the Yorkshire Wolds. Cooper Douglas Partnership. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ Wills, Dixie. "Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route: 146 miles of back roads and huge skies". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ Way of the Roses Sustrans' Cycle Route Map. Sustrans. 2010. ISBN 1901389839.
^ Yorkshire Wolds, York & the Humber Cycle Map 28. Sustrans. 2014. ISBN 1900623455.

External links[]

National Route 164 on the Sustrans website.

[1] "Route Opening". Way of the Roses cycle route. Cooper Douglas Partnership. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[2] "Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route". Cycle the Yorkshire Wolds. Cooper Douglas Partnership. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[3] Wills, Dixie. "Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route: 146 miles of back roads and huge skies". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[4] Way of the Roses Sustrans' Cycle Route Map. Sustrans. 2010. ISBN 1901389839.

[5] Yorkshire Wolds, York & the Humber Cycle Map 28. Sustrans. 2014. ISBN 1900623455.

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List of routes
Main routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
National routes	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 27 42 43 44 45 47 51 54 56 57 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 81 82 88
Regional routes	125 141 155 164 165 166 167 169 174 179 544 622 636 647 648 656 657 658 665 688 700 725 754 756 818
Named routes	C2C Celtic Trail Clyde to Forth Colliers Way Cornish Way Darent Valley Path Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway Hadrian's Cycleway Heron Trail Keelmans Way Lon Cambria Lôn Las Ogwen Pennine Cycleway Mercian Way Salmon Run cycle route Scunthorpe Ridgeway Sheerness Way Trans Pennine Trail Way of the Roses White Rose cycle route W2W Yorkshire Wolds cycle route