National Cycle Route 166

NCN Route 166
Route 166 in the Yorkshire Wolds near Fordon
Length	61 km (38 mi)
Designation	UK National Cycle Network
Trailheads	Kirkham (west) to Hunmanby (east)
Use	Cycling
Elevation gain/loss	535 metres (1,760 ft) gain 510 metres (1,670 ft) loss
Highest point	Settrington Beacon, 201 m (659 ft)
Lowest point	Menethorpe, 20 m (66 ft)
Waymark
Website	sustrans.org.uk
Trail map  167  to South 0 mi Kirkham 6 mi Norton-on-Derwent 9 mi Settrington 10 mi 13 mi Norton-on-Derwent 14 mi Duggleby 16 mi Kirby Grindalythe 17 mi 18.5 mi Sledmere 22 mi Helperthorpe 23.5 mi Weaverthorpe 27 mi Foxholes 27 mi 32 mi 33 mi Fordon 37 mi Hunmanby railway station 37.5 mi Hunmanby  1  to North and South

National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 166 is a Sustrans regional route in the Yorkshire Wolds between Kirkham and Hunmanby. It is one of 5 NCN routes that make up the 146 mile Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.[1] Created in 2011[2] it is fully open and signed.

Route

The entire 61 kilometres (38 mi)[3] route is on road, along quiet country lanes. The western end is at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, where it joins the north western end of NCN 167. It passes through the town of Norton-on-Derwent and then the villages of Settrington, Duggleby, Kirby Grindalythe, Sledmere, Weaverthorpe and Foxholes on its way to its eastern end at Hunmanby.[4] Here it meets NCN 1.

The Yorkshire Wolds is a rolling landscape, flat sections are few. There is an accumulated ascent of 535 metres (1,760 ft) and 510 metres (1,670 ft) of accumulated descent.[3]

Heading east, the steeper gradients are the climbs from Foxholes and from Settrington. Here the route climbs a scarp slop to its high point at Settrington Beacon. The village is 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level, and the route rises to 200 metres (660 ft) in 3 kilometres (1.9 mi). Westward, the climbs are gentler dip slopes with the climb from Duggleby to Settrington Beacon being the only significant challenge.[3]

Related NCN Routes

Route 166 meets the following routes:

• 167 at Kirkham 54.0829°N 0.873°W / 54.0829; -0.873
• 1 at Hunmanby 54.182°N 0.3255°W / 54.182; -0.3255

NCN 166 is part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route with:

• 164
• 66
• 1
• 167

References

1. "Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route". Cycle the Yorkshire Wolds. Cooper Douglas Partnership. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. Wills, Dixie. "Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route: 146 miles of back roads and huge skies". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. "Waymarked Trails - Cycling". cycling.waymarkedtrails.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
4. Sustrans (2014). Yorkshire Wolds, York & the Humber Cycle Map 28 (1 ed.). Sustrans. p. 2. ISBN 1900623455.

External links

• National Route 166 on the Sustrans website.